Originally Posted by gottatrot
Does the laminitis cause the gut problems or does the gut cause the laminitis? At least in humans, the illness is the cause and the stomach issues follow.
From the perspective of dealing with my horse that has hind gut ulcers and Equine Metabolic Syndrome:
None of the above
Which is why I read the article with great interest.
The vet feels the stress of having EMS since 2007, plus being 24 at the time the colics started to happen, were what brought on the issue of hind gut ulcers.
<quietly-knocking-on-wood> this horse has never even had a slight laminitic issue
Unlike my 17 yr old who was formally diagnosed as insulin resistant in 2010 and trying to control his insulin is like trying to stop the rain. He did severely founder in March, 2012. At that time there were no signs of ulcers but there is now. I attribute that partly to the long period of time he was on aspirin for the founder.
The corelation in the article makes a lot of sense - it could be my 25 yr old is the exception to the theory and I hope he stays that way - he's the handsome fella in my avatar and (at 16) my heart horse of 22 years-----------