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Member: Corinne |
Posted on Friday, Apr 21, 2006 - 1:10 am: My horse had a small overreach injury on his heel bulb that had all but dried up and approximated (no signs of infection) but after standing in the wet and muddy footing because of bad weather we have been having the wound edges are macerated and it has opened back up with a small pocket of skin. There are no signs of infection but it's hard to keep this area clean and I would like to prevent infection without denying his turnout.Have you ever heard of "New-Skin Liquid" it is for small cuts and wounds. New-Skin dries rapidly to form a tough protective cover that is antiseptic, flexible, waterproof and lets skin breathe. Completely covers the entire wound to keep out dirt and germs." Active Ingredients: 8-hyDrOxyquinoline 1% (antiseptic) Inactive Ingredients: Alcohol (6.7%), Oil of Cloves, Pyroxylin Solution I was thinking I might apply this type of liquid bandage to his overreach wound on his heel bulb (after throughly cleaning) to give it some protection from all the manure and mud in the paddock. Until the wound dries up again and the mud dries up as well. I have to turn him out and there are no dry pastures after a week of storms. Perhaps a liquid bandage would help protect the wound until it can heal. Would there be any contraindications for use on a small wound on a horse heel? Do you think it might work? It sloughs off naturally by the way Any advice you can give would be appreciated. v/r Corinne |
Moderator: DrO |
Posted on Friday, Apr 21, 2006 - 6:41 am: No I don't see a reason not to give this a try but cleaning when the horse comes in and a good spraying of nitrofurazone spray would get this healed also.DrO |
Member: Corinne |
Posted on Friday, Apr 21, 2006 - 10:11 am: Thanks Dr O for the prompt response.Yes I believe a good night time cleaning will work as well followed by nitrofurazone but with school I am not typically there in the evenings when they come in and since the footing looks like it's not going to dry anytime soon (spring here is very moist and the paddock was a dry lot lending itself to muddy conditions throughout the spring) I thought it might be worth a shot. It was essentially healed and dried to an 3/4 inch long crack that the farrier had a hard time finding the other day. But I suppose if you give a scabbed area enough moisture it can decrease the integrity of it. The weather here is a losing battle. Take care, Corinne |
Moderator: DrO |
Posted on Sunday, Apr 23, 2006 - 9:54 am: The scab is not the only barrier to infection and maybe not the most important. The underlying bed of granulation tissue is a signnificant barrier to infection. The scab does help keep the granulation tissue clean and moist. Perhaps the New Skin will serve?DrO |
Member: Corinne |
Posted on Sunday, Apr 23, 2006 - 10:52 am: Sir,The initial injury on the heel bulb had created a pocket on the bulb that I just kept in tact following your advice for a similar injury by a Sandy because it provided some protection. I just kept it clean. Equine Diseases > lameness > Diseases of the Hoof > Hoof abcesses, bruises and gravels > Pocket formed from heel injury Initially I thought it was an abcess but there was no lameness or drainage which led us to believe it was an overreach as he is really just learning collection. We now have him in bell boots for dressage. His was a bit lower but appeared to have healed until all the rain. I guess it wasn't really a scab per say that moistened but rather wound edges that were once approximated that opened up. When it opened it there were no signs of infection but there was an undermined area of the horn (if the heel tissue is the horn which I think it is from studying the hoof anatomy on your diseases of the hoof artcles) I cleaned it up trimmed one small edge of the horn that looked like it was going to tare off but since it looked rather exposed I thought the New Skin would provide him some protection until new horn grows back. Have been having foot problems myself this weekend so the barn manager cleaned the mud off last night and didn't call to say there were any problems. I will go out today and check and try to take a pic if the camera works. Will let you know if it has worked. This stuff works great on blisters that have opened on people so it just might do the same for my boy... And for those who work in the medical profession this stuff protect skin cracks and small cuts so your most important protective barrier stays intact. Corinne |
Member: Corinne |
Posted on Sunday, Apr 23, 2006 - 2:41 pm: Just back from the barn.....couldn't get the camera to work but the new skin is working like a charm...even in all that mud the wound stayed protected and is healing. No signs of infection.I have tried the liquid band aid version before on myself and think that will work as well but there are only 40 gtts per vial per box for $6-$7 vs 15 ccs of the New Skin for $3. The liquid band aide is also sticky so it helps wound edges stayed closed.....providing it is a clean wound with absolutely no infection. |