mud fever and swelling leg

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hi my horse has mudfever it is all up the cannon bone she has been on antibiotics and now just treating with sudacream and aloe vera juice in feed my concern is that it is filled on a morning but does go down with excercise but now it isnt going all the way down it is still filled a bit after being out all day with turnout boots it did go all the way down before so now confused as to why not going all way down now
 
I have had a couple with mud fever, one was awful. Found a product aromaheel, its amazing, tried them all and it was the only one that worked, super quick to grow back hair. Was amazing, literally took days to start working!!! Will never use any other product again and would strongly recommend it to anyone with mud fever!! (sorry if i sound like Im selling it, but i really do believe in it!)
 
i think im getting on top of the mudfever scabs going hair growing back its more the filled leg im concerned about as its not going down totally she is sound though
 
My mare was exactly the same, how long has your mare had the swelling for?

it took my mare a couple of weeks before legs were down totaly,
I was reluctant to turn back out as fields were so boggy so she stayed in and had exercise everyday.
 
she has had it about 3 weeks the vet told me to turn her out with her boots on as our fields arent boggy yet and to lightly exercise her what did you treat with nikkinoo
 
My bay got mudfever last year in summer from the grass being wet all of the time! A few tips I learnt on the way....

It spreads! Be cautious when grooming you don't encourage it to spread to areas which aren't infected. Clipping excess hair away will allow easier application of treatment, and also, dry quicker.
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To get it to heal, you need the legs to be as dry as possible. I use to scrub the affected area with diluted hibi-scrub, rinse off, towel dry, spray an anti-bacterial first aid spray on it, used a hair dryer to get it perfectly dry, and then had a barrier cream on the top (can't remember which one - it was in a small white pot with green writing if that helps anyone name it
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) !! Once I gained control of the affected area, heat and swelling decreased rapidly. His skin went pale pink quite fast!
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The barrier helped to soften the scabs so that they fell off when doing the whole routine the next day. As the area progressed, I didn't keep washing it, I used the anti-bacterial spray to clean it, dried it off, and used the barrier cream again!
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Personally I wouldn't use boots as the legs may sweat and will anger the mud fever further, encouraging it to get infected and spread. They need to be dry. If you have dry fields I would turn out to help with the swelling, otherwise I would keep your horse on box rest to ensure his/her legs are as dry as possible. You should notice a difference with heat and swelling as you gain control of the infection, if the area is still very angry.... vet job
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Hope you get sorted soon xx
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I have had a couple with mud fever, one was awful. Found a product aromaheel, its amazing, tried them all and it was the only one that worked, super quick to grow back hair. Was amazing, literally took days to start working!!! Will never use any other product again and would strongly recommend it to anyone with mud fever!! (sorry if i sound like Im selling it, but i really do believe in it!)

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Another vote for Aromaheel. Especially if the horse if very sore as you don't wash the legs first.
 
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