lungeing

lungeing

exercising a horse by having it circle at the end of a long lead, encouraged if necessary by a lungeing whip.

Lungeing. By permission from Hinchcliff KW, Kaneps AJ, Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, Saunders, 2004

---

Patient discussion about lungeing.

Q. My grandfather died of lung cancer because of smoking. what is the probability of me getting a cancerous tumor? What procedure is done to see if a tumor is malignant? Is a simple MRI enough to make that conclusion?

A. Sad.. my brother in law died from smoking, few years ago.
Regardless of family history, smoking is not exactly helthy and does contribute to lung cancer.
Even though the role of heredity in lung cancer is not as well-known, having a family history of lung cancer does increase our risk to some degree. Hereditary lung cancer is higher in women, nonsmokers and those with early onset lung cancer (lung cancer that occurs before the age of 60). Overall, it has been estimated that 1.7% of lung cancers up to the age of 68 are hereditary.

Q. Does the risk for lung cancer remain the same after I stop smoking? I'm 55 years old woman and have been smoking since age 20 one pack a day. Fortunately, after numerous failures I succeeded to stop smoking 5 years ago. I'm happy and feel much better now, but I'm still worried about the possibility of lung cancer- I know that smoking cause lung cancer, but after I've stopped smoking, am I still at risk to have cancer?

A. The answer is a little complicated: as former smoker, the risk for lung cancer does decrease with time. However, it may never return to the risk of someone similiar to you who never smoke to develop lung cancer.

Q. Is it possible to have lung cancer without smoking? My 89 years-old grandfather was told by his doctor that he has lung cancer, after he had cough for almost two months. I thought that lung cancer happens because people smoke, but my grandfather never smoked or drank alcohol and is still in a very good shape (for his age, of course) – is it possible the doctor was wrong and he doesn’t have lung cancer?

A. There are other things that increase the risk of lung cancer-. He may not be a smoker himself, but maybe he was living with a smoker, maybe he worked in an asbestos building, or exposed to substances that cause lung cancer.