Miracle creams to heal wounds...

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*also posted in vet. lounge*

You see plenty of adverts for horrid injuries/wounds, and miracle creams that fix them in what seems like no time...

So i need one.. stupid horse has nasty over-reach right on the bulb of his heal, and the on coming event season isn't going to wait for him again!!

Who has used what??

*excuse my spelling of heal, you get what i mean in both contexts*
 
Intrasite gel is amazing stuff, but I think u have to get it from the vet, but when i uses it on a over-reach every 24hrs u noticed an improvement!

Keep it moist, as thats the best healing environment, but u need something which will control any exudate (sorry I was a wound care rep)! and if u can get your vet to precribe a silver dressing, will prevent any infection (they can be expensive)!!! Biatain/Aquacell dressings are great, u should be able to get them from a pharmacist!
 
afaik medical-grade Manuka honey is miraculous, i've not used it though.
beware using honey in summer, i used it in desperation to heal post-sarcoids and my poor mare got badly stung on the leg by bees (obv attracted by the smell), and I thought she'd totally done a leg... I nearly had heart failure.
i have a variety of different potions but never found that any are markedly quicker than others tbh... i swear by Aluspray if you can get it though.
hope you get it sorted, how frustrating.

yes, Intrasite is fantastic but it can produce proud flesh if you keep using it for too long, my vets warned me of that, it's for getting a hollow wound to fill out with flesh, kind of thing. I always have it here but rarely use it.
 
It has spend the last 3 days under Manuka Honey, a poltice, and vet-wrap.. but i feel i want to dry it up a bit, the bulb of his heal looks very white and wet.. so i've now progressed to wound-powder and dressing and vet-wrap..
Maybe i'll put some more manuka honey on it, and leave it naked for a bit, as it looks like a prime wound for proud flesh, and i know the honey is good for stopping that...

Never tried the Camrosa, that was the one i was thinking of, have seen some amazing pictures with it, but also heard of it going wrong, not sure how, but someone said they'd never use it again..
 
icestationzebra said:
Camrosa is great stuff. Also proper Aloe Vera gel is fantastic. I've just brought a plant back from the Canaries so I can get my own!
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are you sure it's the right type of Aloe Vera plant? there are different varieties and i've got them all over the house but i was told they're the wrong type for use on wounds... if it is, which one is it please?! the good news is they're easy to keep!

ah, if it's had manuka already and is now wet, Aluspray definitely if you can get it from your vet. Amazing stuff, forms a flexible metal sort-of-skin over the wound, just what you want down at ground level...
 
kerilli said:
are you sure it's the right type of Aloe Vera plant? there are different varieties and i've got them all over the house but i was told they're the wrong type for use on wounds... if it is, which one is it please?! the good news is they're easy to keep!

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Yes it is, came with instructions on how to extract the gel for dressings. Not sure what variety it is though, sorry :confused:
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I worked in wound care as a rep and When I left I kept a massive box of dressing so now all dodgy wounds get, the best dressing possible its amazing the difference it makes! As if u don't lock the exudate away it then causes the messy soft tissue! The other thing with the expensive dressings is that they are designed to be left on for at least 3 days as everytime u change a dressing it can take 2-4 hrs to getback up to the temp required to heal so if your changing it every 24hrs think of all the healing time lost!
 
I would unwrap it now as it wont heal if it doesn't get air. My vet says poulticing is ok on a wound for a day or two but no longer as it will stop it from healing and encourage proud flesh.
My horse cut his pastern and needed 5 stiches. Vet said to cover it with a thin gauze to protect it from dirt untill the stitches were out. Once they were out, no dressing just silver aluminium spray once a day. If you are really concerned about leaving the wound 'naked' get some silver spray from the vet otherwise I would turn out on a dry paddock and spray with antiseptic spray.
 
Keep the wound wet but allow it to be in the open it will heal far better - I had great success on a very nasty injury on the pastern with manuka honey and aloe vera. It cleared beautifully and horse was out in the field after 7 days from being sewn up with 20 stitches on his pastern.

I used Body Shop pure Aloe Vera.
 
lui23456 said:
I worked in wound care as a rep and When I left I kept a massive box of dressing so now all dodgy wounds get, the best dressing possible its amazing the difference it makes! As if u don't lock the exudate away it then causes the messy soft tissue! The other thing with the expensive dressings is that they are designed to be left on for at least 3 days as everytime u change a dressing it can take 2-4 hrs to getback up to the temp required to heal so if your changing it every 24hrs think of all the healing time lost!
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that's fascinating to know, thankyou!
okay, so what are the BEST dressings and topical applications available nowadays please?
 
kerilli said:
that's fascinating to know, thankyou!
okay, so what are the BEST dressings and topical applications available nowadays please?
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I am a font of useless knowledge, the dressings change all of the time but the best I have seen are called aquacell or biatain and u can get silver versions of these, they promote the right healing environment whilst taking the wound exudate away from the skin, the silver versions release silver ions into the wound which kill any bacteria present.

My vets try to use a foam called alyevyn which can be compared to putting a wet sponge on your skin, the tissue will go all soft and soggy, the same ad a poltice.

The vets should be able to write u a prescription to get from a normal pharmacist or u can pop in and ask if they can sell u some.

The key is when a wound stops pumping out lots of exudate then u put the iodine type dressing on and it will dry it up.
 
Swear by Manuka Honey - i had a a horse with a deep fetlock wound which was a definate candidate for proud flesh - i used the stuff in the tube to get inside the wound, and then a mesh which was filled with manuka honey on the top. Worked wonders and would definately recommend, for other smaller wounds i back up comments made about Aloe Vera :)
 
Current favs are (in no particular order):
Activate (activated charcoal - good for proud flesh etc.)
Acticoat (silver - blimmin' expensive but good)
Activon (medical manuka honey dressings)

Creams/topicals:
Aluspray (fabulous at drying wounds up, protecting them and promoting healing)
Manuka honey from a jar
Dermagel

Avoid anything that promises miracles (especially the 'C' one ;)) - as likely as not the wound was going to heal perfectly well anyway. Make sure that the infection is gone (ie. no smell etc.), minimise movement of the wound edges (so bandage to restrict movement if over a joint) and DON'T put wound powder on anything. Ever.
 
Equaide- fantastic stuff can not rate it high enough we've had some amazing results with it. Dries up wound very quickly too, give the UK distributer a call she is really helpful.
 
lui23456 said:
I am a font of useless knowledge, the dressings change all of the time but the best I have seen are called aquacell or biatain and u can get silver versions of these, they promote the right healing environment whilst taking the wound exudate away from the skin, the silver versions release silver ions into the wound which kill any bacteria present.

My vets try to use a foam called alyevyn which can be compared to putting a wet sponge on your skin, the tissue will go all soft and soggy, the same ad a poltice.

The vets should be able to write u a prescription to get from a normal pharmacist or u can pop in and ask if they can sell u some.

The key is when a wound stops pumping out lots of exudate then u put the iodine type dressing on and it will dry it up.
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This isn't useless knowledge. Useless knowledge is knowing that an octopus has three hearts (one for each gill and one for its body and brain, in case you wondered). I have lots of that kind of fascinating crap clogging up my brain... ;) ;)
This is really really useful stuff, cut 'n' pasted, THANKYOU!!!

thanks GB, great to hear those too, to hear a vet's vote for Aluspray (which I was using on my grey in 1997 and 1998, and which some vets haven't heard of?!?!)

thanks ElleJS, another one to look up.
 
Butter Cream! Yep, just as in mix butter with sugar, and plaster it on the wound. Was recommended this by a horse paramedic at a comp and it seems to really work!
And having a TB which likes to rip it's legs apart, I've had plenty of practise with it! :o
 
I use manuka honey for the first few days and then a homemade oil that a friend of mine does - she calls it carbolic oil - I don't have a clue what is in it but it has healed wounds that a vet would have stapled. They have always healed without proud flesh or white hairs as well.
 
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