Experience with sarcoids..???

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My 5 yr old boy has a lump on his belly near his girth area. The vet looked and said its a sarcoid and is best left alone. If you touch it my boy kicks his belly. Do you think this will be a big problem for him when he is tacked up as he is not ridden at the moment but is restarting work in a few weeks.
 
Ensure the girth isn't touching and it should be ok. You might want a girth that isn't too wide or one less likely to rub, like the Stubben string type.
 
Read up about alkanize as internally system is to acidic and this causes sarcoids. On the outside treat it with aciclovir cold sore cream it will drop off once shrivelled up.
 
Key will be whether it's near the girth area on under the girth when tacked up.

If you can fiddle about with type of girth and even type of saddle to make sure it never touches I'd take your vets advice and leave it alone.
 
However if there is one there will be others so i would still try the alkanize if concerned about aciclovir, my boss a vet uses aciclovir, and ofcourse you will never know if it gets bigger and ends up being brushed against with blanket straps let alone the girth.
 
Thanks everyone. His girth is a fleece lined one so is soft..?? However Im happy to try others too. Its about the size of a marble and hard....could it come off with a band perhaps or should I just leave it..??
 
I seem to recall there is a leading vet at Liverpool uni that will give you advice based on photos Knottenbelt (sure I will have spelt that wrong!) perhaps get a second opinion from a specialist. If it's actually under the girth then if you do anything he might be in line for a long time off while the wound heals!
 
Is it raw or hair covered?
We had great success banding a marble size lump that was hair covered but the vet didn't think it was a sarcoid.
I had another with HUGE raw bleeding sarcoids in his armpit area so not actually under the girth but was obviously only a matter of time as they were so vicious. The vet cut these ones out and although he took absolutely ages to heel he's still completely free of them.
Another had a flat sarcoid, think they have a proper name but not sure of it! That was directly under his girth but never caused a problem. He was my child hood pony so I knew nothing about sarcoids anyway at the time. It was pointed out too me by a vet when he was really old (still ridden!)
 
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