My lovely boy today diagnosed with sarcoids..

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Hi,

My 6 year old gelding has today been diagnosed by my vet with sarcoids:(:(:(, he has 3 which have appeared just in the last few months. The vet took photos, and is going to treat them with Liverpool cream, but has to come out each time to apply the cream. One sarcoid is the flat type which she said is most aggressive, and the other two look more like black warts.

I am really worrying now whether my insurance will cover the treatment and how best to deal with all this….any advice or similar stories would be so welcome!! We’ve started riding again and getting fit after the bad weather and was hoping for a great summer with him. I don’t even know if you have to stop riding/exercising them whilst they are having treatment.

xx
 
Sarcoids aren't the end of the world. Two of my horses have had different forms of sarcoids and after a referral to a holistic vet they were treated with thing such as thuja, and in one case Ditton Cream. What sort of sarcoids has your horse got? I think they would normally be covered under insurance, at least for a year.
 
Hi my horse has had sarcoids repeatedly for the last eleven years. They have never returned always a different type in a different place and all a result of a fly bite.

My insurance has always paid when asked.

It depends where they are but i have always continued with his work throughout his various treatments.

stay positive and don't worry. i bet they are upsetting you more than him.
 
Years ago, I had a pony with one, it grew very quickly, phoned Ainsworths Chemist in London who recommended Thuja pillettes and Thuja cream/tincture and by the time the vets phoned to say the Liverpool cream had eventually arrived, the sarcoid was gone. Maybe worth a try as many people seem to have used it with success?
 
Sarcoidosis definitely aren't the end of the world especially if they aren't where the tac touches or they can rub them when working eg between the upper thighs. If your horse has not had them before there is no reason why the insurancecwon't pay but the sooner you contact them the better.
 
My pony had sarcoids last year. Sent photos to Liverpool, but we put some teatree oil on them and the one on his eye almost disappeared and the other 2 reduced dramatically. Liverpool came back with monitor for 6 months and see how they go so hopefully no need for iridium treatment now.
 
I'd just written a big reply and lost it so will keep it short. Sorry to hear about your boy xx

Boots Medicated Talc - may sound crazy but seriously, my boy had a very aggressive type and it all but cleared them up. I very almost lost him due to one huge tumour. Am on a kindle (pain to type) but will tell you the full story when on laptop.
 
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Please dont worry too much. my friend has a mare that developed them as a 6 year old. She spent an absolute fortune on getting rid of them, liverpool cream included. Nothing worked. Mare is now 16, still riding, still jumping, everything the same, just the value of the mare has decreased. Doesnt need to change the use of the horse, just the price. xx
 
I wouldnt worry have had quite a few treated over the years and as long as they are in a place that you can apply Liverpool cream and have them treated they almost never come back. Theres a lot worse things that can happen so dont worry.
 
Mine had sarcoids when I bought him aged 4. He spent a week at the on site vet clinic with treatment of Liverpool cream. One was a warty type above crease in mouth and other was under the skin where his girth went. I couldn't ride for a few weeks afterwards due to the location of them, but they cleared up first time.
My insurance only covered the stay in equine hospital and not the treatment due to the fact it was a known condition when we bought him. That was 6 years ago and until now he's been clear, but I'm convinced he's now got one growing on the other side of his face. TYPICAL!
 
Also worth a try with the toothpaste!
Liverpool treatment is very agressive ive found and now that there are lots of alternatives i would be willing to try those first.
Good luck it isnt the end of the world!
 
My previous horse was diagnosed with sarcoids and was also treated with the liverpool cream he had 4 he was still able to be ridden as the sarcoids were not anywhere near his tack it was all covered under insurance even when one had to be retreated a month or so later he didnt get anymore after that he was fine with the treatment maybe just a little fed up with himself! Good luck with yours
 
Sarcoids are not the end of the world! Honest!! benson had too amny to count but his main ones were on his shoulder, one on his chest, and lots on his groin and up his sheath. we had most of the ones that we could banded (a band that gets put round a lambs tail til it drops off), some of the others had been frozen off with liquid nitrogen, and the last treatment we used was EFUDEX, vet wrote out a prescription for it, it would of been over £80 from the vet, but as its a cancer cream for us humans, I could get it from a pharmacy for around £20.
Like I say, its not the end of the world, bensons sarcoids very rarely bothered him, maybe in the summer a bit when they would sometimes ulcerate and bleed so the flies would go there, but things can be done about that too.
 
A couple of mares at the yard developed sarcoids about 5-6yrs of age. One owner left them and monitored and they eventually went away of their own accord. The other used camrosa which shifted them in a couple of weeks. Neither horse has had them come back and that was a few years ago. For both cases the vets wanted to use Liverpool cream, but the owners for whatever reason did not go for that option. One had insurance that would have covered it, so there may have been reasons other than financial involved.
 
Hi, my boy developed a few sarcoids and I was going to leave them until one presented under his girth area which interfered when ridden. I had the Liverpool cream treatment and it worked fantastically at clearing that one and another on his sheath. The cream was very aggressive and the area was not very nice for a while after but eventually cleared up. However the sarcoids on his chest it made an absolute mess of, didn't clear them and left a lot of scar tissue. He had two courses of Liverpool cream treatment which cost around £1500 in total. Since then I have put him on zinc tablets in his dinner having read that they helped. A few small sarcoids that had come up after his Liverpool cream treatment fell off and now after a year of having the zinc tablets the ones on his chest have cleared along with all of the scar tissue left by the Liverpool cream and he has not developed any more! It has been fantastic and he will now stay on Zinc tablets!
 
Didn't even treat my boys and they haven't proved the slightest problem. He has them, you can only do what you can and what is advised. Its not life threatening.

Try not to worry, worse things happen x
 
Feed NAF D-tox. It takes about three months but they will go with the build up of the immune system.

I have used it several times. Last time was with a 4 year old TB who developed a large sarcoid on his sheath and another mass on the inside of his lower lip.
They seemed to be shrinking a little but, stayed the same for ages, smaller but still there, then they were gone.
 
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My lovely boy was too diagnosed with a sarcoid.

He was sadly badly bitten by a mare, which developed into a sarcoid, he had the warty type.

He had about three lots of treatment with 'Liverpool Cream'.
The worst thing was flies in the summer. I was told by a vet to cover the area in petroleum jelly but I found that this fed the sarcoid.
After much thought I tried Stockholm tar and this worked fantastically well. He now just has the scar.

I was absolutely distraught when this happened to my gorgeous boy but you will get through this.
 
Thanks so much for all the replies and advice. Going to try to Liverpool cream (just waiting to hear back from vet about starting this) but if it doesn't utimately work, you've given me lots of other options and treatments to try.

One sarcoid is the flat, larger type, no scab and looks quite innocent really, however the vet said this is the most aggressive type of sarcoid. The other two are more like warts and are more crusty which are apparently easier to treat. Sorry, can't remember the correct technical name for each one!

Will keep you posted xx
 
Hi,
Just wanted to post an update on what's happened the last few weeks.....

He's had five treatments from the vet with the Liverpool Cream. Bless him, he's not been happy as they advised me to keep him in until the end of the treatment, and he's so not impressed just standing in a stable. The area around two of the sarcoids has been massively swollen but apparently this is normal. The sarcoids should now form big scabs, and the vet will be back in 2-3 months to check progress.

So now just have to wait and see...thanks again for all the support and advice give on here xxxx
 
My mare had 2 sarcoids treated with liverpool cream, it took nearly a year for the scabs to eventually heal up and go, and she was very down during treatment and for a couple of weeks after. If she had any more I would definitely go down alternative routes. In fact she did have a tiny one come up on her face but I adjusted her diet to support her immune system and it went again
 
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