Hypocare - new revolution in infection control

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Went to my local tack shop today for some bits, and saw this, the people in the shop were raving about it.

From the website:
Hypocare is a revolution in infection control. It is a topical application that mirrors the body’s own immune system. Naturally working with the body, it will kill all bacterial, viral and fungal infections on contact.
In the Equine world people use Hypocare to clean and flush wounds and injuries as well as stubborn fungal infections, such as Ringworm, Mud Fever and Thrush.

Hypochlorous acid is amazing.
It is between 80-300 times more effective at killing pathogens than hypochlorite or bleach. It achieves unrivalled killing potential, where surgeons use Hypochlorous to sterilize infected surgical appliances and yet it is incredibly kind to healthy tissue ensuring that it will not slow down the healing process.

http://www.horseware.com/hypocare/

It certainly sounds impressive. Has anyone seen the results for themselves? I am trying it on some thrush atm.
 
Actually amazing stuff. My mare has had mudfever for the first time this year and I've found it really hard to get rid of. It was almost gone within 3 days of using it (along with pink ointment).
 
I am really starting to go off Horseware products due to their lack of evidence, dodgy science and pseudoscience :(

I'm not saying it doesn't work, I've never tried it, but their 'reasoning' on the website is rather suspect.
 
How, pray, is hypochlorous acid " formulated to emulate skin pH", which as far as I'm aware is neutral. Surely this in itself is a contradiction in terms? :cool:
 
A vet friend quizzed them on it at hickstead, trials are apparently fairly weak to be making such monumental claims about it. Watch this space I guess and see how it goes.
 
JFTD said:
How, pray, is hypochlorous acid " formulated to emulate skin pH", which as far as I'm aware is neutral. Surely this in itself is a contradiction in terms? :cool:
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Skin pH is approx 5.5 afaik, so mildly acidic, and I'm assuming the hypochlorous acid has a similar pH.
 
Pixiepoo said:
A vet friend quizzed them on it at hickstead, trials are apparently fairly weak to be making such monumental claims about it. Watch this space I guess and see how it goes.
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They've continually refused to provide supporting evidence for one of their other products (that they are pushing heavily), shame as it is a company I used to have a lot of respect for.
 
ailbheg said:
Skin pH is approx 5.5 afaik, so mildly acidic, and I'm assuming the hypochlorous acid has a similar pH.
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So that would be barely acidic at all then :rolleyes:

And this statement is indefensible too "it will kill all bacterial, viral and fungal infections on contact. "

All bacteria infections? Even those which aren't sensitive to mild acidic shock and can avoid killing by the host immune system? Even those which have massive, thick, lipid rich cell walls which are immune to most disinfectants? Because I will eat my hat if that is capable of killing mycobacteria (keeping in mind the difficulty of finding suitable disinfectants for TB, meaning that very few indeed are available for use in labs etc) rhodococci and other "tough" actinomycete types.
 
its actually extremely week bleach solution and salt, which as i understand is what damaged cells exude to clean and heal .:rolleyes: there was a big debate about it on an american forum cos its been out for a while over there,i will see if i can find the thread
 
JFTD said:
And this statement is indefensible too "it will kill all bacterial, viral and fungal infections on contact. "

All bacteria infections? Even those which aren't sensitive to mild acidic shock and can avoid killing by the host immune system? Even those which have massive, thick, lipid rich cell walls which are immune to most disinfectants? Because I will eat my hat if that is capable of killing mycobacteria (keeping in mind the difficulty of finding suitable disinfectants for TB, meaning that very few indeed are available for use in labs etc) rhodococci and other "tough" actinomycete types.
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Wonder what else it has in it apart from hypochlorous acid if it can do all that?
 
archiepoo said:
its actually extremely week bleach solution and salt, which as i understand is what damaged cells exude to clean and heal .:rolleyes: there was a big debate about it on an american forum cos its been out for a while over there,i will see if i can find the thread
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Yeah it's been around for a while there, nicknamed 'holy water'. Says it all, really :rolleyes:
 
I bought some at the weekend. I'm not a scientist so won't pretend I understand all the technical claims. I'll just see if I like it when I get round to needing to use it!
 
Love vetericyn and have used it to heal really nasty wounds, skin conditions etc in chickens,it's even safe to spray in their eyes so cleared up eye infections with it. Cured a few things deemed incurable with it. I will be using it to heal my pony's sweet itch wounds once his itching is under control

Not sure about the copy cat products though
 
I have used it on ringworm and rain scald. Both cleared up well and quickly. Ringworm cleared quicker than Imaverol (we had 3 at once that had it and did trials!! Imaverol, hypocare and athletes foot cream.) the extensive facial and full neck rain scald was cleaned initially in salt water and sprayed twice daily with hypocare. Was clearing up in less than a week and now 10 days later hair is growing back. My tb took 2 months for the same results.

I am incredibly sceptical but was given a free sample in exchange for photographs, appreciate every horse is different and all have different healing times but I would now recommend it
 
I was at badminton a few years back and there was a rep there from horsewear promoting a product called something like lecithyn ?? anyway she said it was new and hadn't been distrubuted to retailers yet bla bla bla, anyway its the same stuff, they've just renamed and relaunched it. Was speaking to someone in local tack shop and she said she'd used it on a huge wound on her mare that had been stitched, when vet came to check it he/she was impressed at how well it had healed using it, wether it would have healed that well without it we'll never know. It smells of bleach ..... not sure how it can be non toxic if its bleach ?? bit scared now to use it

Also its in a purple bottle which put alot of people off on my yard cos they thought it was normal purple spray, think they should have done it red for first aid !
 
WelshD said:
Love vetericyn and have used it to heal really nasty wounds, skin conditions etc in chickens,it's even safe to spray in their eyes so cleared up eye infections with it. Cured a few things deemed incurable with it. I will be using it to heal my pony's sweet itch wounds once his itching is under control

Not sure about the copy cat products though
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You could try TCP solution on the sweet itch, mix a bottle with water in a spray bottle, I use it to stop them biting him, but the person who told be about it cleared their pony's sweet itch
 
Well, having comented on this post previously I have to say I assumed this product would stay in my cupboard for months until I needed it, but my pony came in from the field at the weekend with what I can only describe as a rash of little bumpy sores over his whole muzzle, it almost looked like acne or teenage spots! I'm really not sure what it was due to, but I cleaned it with boiled water (cold obviously!) and sprayed this on once a day for three days and whatever the "rash" was, it has now completely gone!

Not exactly a test under laboratory conditions, but good enough for me, I was very impressed!
 
I bought some after reading this thread for itchy pony, it hasn't got near the stables as yet but it has started my 11 year old ear infection clearing up. I have otitis externa and have had so many things over the years but nothing has worked completely to get rid of it. I sprayed this in a few times and it is loads better, not 100% but it has only been 3 days, it will be iteresting to see if it gets rid completely.
 
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