Manuka Honey treatment with pics for those interested; AUSLANDER

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I posted on here about a week ago about a nasty oozing wound that wouldn't heal, the general consensus was try manuka honey, so after a very kind member on here :) Thanks Auslander :) I received some dressings in the post and I finally have a result :) So for those interested I have some before, during and after pics!

Before any manuka honey treatment, this is about a week and half after the initial injury.

As you can see its red raw and still oozing a fairly considerable amount! Was cleaned twice a day under vets advice.

After around 48hrs of a manuka honey bandage (I say around as the bl00dy bandage would not stay put!!!! I think my flexiplast had lost its plast!!) apologies for the quality of the pic, my wuss of a horse didn't like the look on my phone and didn't exactly stay still long enough!!

Here the wound is looking considerably better, the skin is looking pink and healthy not red raw! There is still some oozing thou, so on goes another bandage!

This one managed to stay on for 72hrs!!!

And finally we have no more ooozing!!!! woohoooo I have decided to leave the bandage off so the wound can now dry out and hopefully heal over :)

So thanks again Auslander, manuka honey worked a treat :) Ive ordered some more my vet box!! :)

Apologies I cant seem to get the images directly into the post!
 
Applause for the lovely Auslander....what a lovely thing to do.

Pictures say it all really, very glad it is healing so well now :)
 
Fab result!

You're very welcome - I have a small supply of the dressings, and i'm very happy that I was able to help. This is a really good result - I'm impressed, and i already rate manuka!

I'm going to alert my friend at Intelligent Woundcare to this post, She's the one who got me all fired up about Manuka honey, and I think she'll be very pleased to see these pics!
 
Well i for one really didnt believe it actually worked. Yeah read about it but hey impressive result. What is it that makes it work. Seriously interested ? :)
 
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All honey has anti-bacterial properties and creates a 'moist healing environment'. I think manuka honey has increased anti-bacterial properties to normal honey.
Any honey will help to heal wounds, and I sometimes put it on burns too :)

Auslander- your friend will probably know more than me!
 
dominobrown said:
All honey has anti-bacterial properties and creates a 'moist healing environment'. I think manuka honey has increased anti-bacterial properties to normal honey.
Any honey will help to heal wounds, and I sometimes put it on burns too :)

Auslander- your friend will probably know more than me!
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There's a lot of science behind it, which I know - but she knows far better. If I can't get hold of her, I'll start regurgitating!
 
Wonder if it would work on my own skanky oozing burn?! It doesn't love me pulling my wellie on and off over it several times a day!
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I keep telling people how good it is!! So many poo poo the idea. We have a Dartmoor who gets a recurring abcess on her cheek, had it all her life and vets, x-rays etc can find no reason. Last time it flared up we used manuka dressings.. what a difference and what brilliant healing.

So glad it worked for you as well OP. x
 
Amazing, I never cease to be amazed by MH, and to think its all from bees :) Those photos are a fabulous illustration of its effectiveness.
 
Katpt, that looks sore, how did you manage that !

Flaminzine is what you need for burns. The hospital gave it to me for radiation burns, I had six weeks of daily rads and the burns were horrific. Flaminazine is amazing stuff. It vastly improved my mess very quickly.
 
I do have some flamazine from when the pony had a wound on his elbow. His took months to heal properly. Not sure I could put a manuka dressing on an elbow unfortunately. (Mine is a friction burn from training on aerial silks at the circus! Pretty nasty thanks to wellie constantly upsetting it)
 
Flamazine is only active for 7 days after being opened, well that is what my oncologist told me, so you would need a fresh tube from your GP.
 
Great results! I always remember when I was on work experience at a vet surgery hearing about Manuka honey. A little foxhound puppy had been brought in after getting her leg caught in farm machinery and got a very large nasty deep cut to her front leg. No matter what they tried they couldn't get it to heal until one of the vets tried Manuka honey. Within a week it was already showing signs of healing. Amazing stuff.
 
I keep a jar of manuka in my first aid kit - recently noticed that my horse had a cut above his hock, so I bathed it and then smeared honey on it. It's healing up nicely. I also keep a jar at home to add to hot lemon in case of a sore throat - I'm not keen on the taste of honey but it works!
 
Fantastic photos and result. I'm another who always has a tube of the stuff in the horsey medical kit. Important to point out though that you need to use the sterile, medical grade stuff, not the regular jars as they wouldn't be ideal to use on an open wound. I think with unsteralised honey there is also the risk of botulism.
 
Mickyjoe said:
Fantastic photos and result. I'm another who always has a tube of the stuff in the horsey medical kit. Important to point out though that you need to use the sterile, medical grade stuff, not the regular jars as they wouldn't be ideal to use on an open wound. I think with unsteralised honey there is also the risk of botulism.
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Yep! Food grade manuka is pasteurised, and botulinum spores can be re-activated when the honey is introduced to the wound environment. Medical grade manuka is gamma irradiated, so totally safe to use.
 
Auslander said:
Fab result!

You're very welcome - I have a small supply of the dressings, and i'm very happy that I was able to help. This is a really good result - I'm impressed, and i already rate manuka!

I'm going to alert my friend at Intelligent Woundcare to this post, She's the one who got me all fired up about Manuka honey, and I think she'll be very pleased to see these pics!
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Thank again!!

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48 hours
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how did you do this??? I spent ages last night trying to figure it out!!!

p87 said:
What an amazing result in such a short space of time. Where do I get it? :)
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I brought some from here http://www.animeddirect.co.uk/activ...content=1911&gclid=COG3zarSubwCFbLJtAodQV8AJA they also stock a tube of the honey if you don't want dressings, very quick delivery and reasonably priced :)
 
putasocinit said:
I would continue to apply the manuka honey until there is a clean scab over the wound but not bandage
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I wouldn't tbh - once the yellow ooze has stopped, I'd switch to intrasite or similar just to keep it moist.

Good rule of thumb is "Yellow stuff (honey) for yellow wounds. Clear stuff once granulating" - that came direct from the "wound fairy".
 
Fair enough auslander, however thats not what our two vets do, they continue to treat with honey until scabbed over and all pus is completely out. Each to their own. They actually use intrasite gel in the very beginning of the wound appearing then resort to manuka 72hrs later as infection only starts on the third day. Not saying there will always be an infection
 
putasocinit said:
Fair enough auslander, however thats not what our two vets do, they continue to treat with honey until scabbed over and all pus is completely out. Each to their own.
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If there's still pus - it's still a "yellow" wound - so fair enough!

I don't think that wound care specialists agree with letting a would scab over any more though - pretty sure that its considered better to use instrasite or similar to keep it moist until healed. I could be wrong though - but Intelligent Woundcare lady will be along later to address some of the questions raised by this thread.
 
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