The terms laminitis and founder are used interchangeably.
Treatment of chronic laminitis.
Chronic laminitis can be a very difficult disease to treat however by using natural treatments the success rate increases significantly.
Horses with chronic laminitis should be closely monitored during treatment and recovery.
Treating these horses involves a combination of many alternative and complementary modalities including acupuncture herbs homeopathy and the most important of all nutrition.
It is not unusual for horses with laminitis due to insulin dysregulation ems ppid to have chronic laminitis without having shown signs of being lame according to ninja karikoski 2 naturally occurring endocrinopathic laminitis is a chronic process and laminitic lesions may have been developing for months or even years.
Horses with chronic laminitis can be at a high risk of future episodes.
Chronic laminitis is usually where the horse has had repeat episodes of laminitis causing physical changes to the hooves or when the pedal bone has moved.