Over reach injury

[kanery1]

my horse got an over reach injury while jumping a couple of weeks ago. its not healing very well and being a show horse i really want to heal without scarring, or scarring very little. i have been using alimitex and wound powder which hasn't been working very well, and a deromline cream from the vets which also hasn't made much difference. even when it does start to heal there are always lots of flies on it. someone suggested camrosa? what do you think???
(by the way... i wish i had put over reach boots on... but it wouldn't of mattered anyways because it above where over reach boots sit and below where brushing boots would sit... my luck!). i might get pastern wraps... good idea??

 

[only_me]

camrosa is very good, but there is a gel called "intra-cite" for humans and avaliable at any chemists, which is really good for overreaches!

camrosa is good as well and i use it on the majortiy of cuts, but i use intracite on the heels as it is less likely to rub off!

 

[kanery1]

thanks! i will need to google that intra-cite stuff... lol

 

[kcgibson]

we use intrasite gel at work for wound healing and it is very good but it tends not to stick to the skin/wound very well at all. It slides off all over the place! How does it work for over-reaching?

 

[only_me]

well we push the hair back and place the intra-cite around the cut, and place some on the actual over reach. we put the gel on in the morning and afternoon when they come in, as it stops anything getting into the wound as well!
i dont know why, but it seems to stick better to horse hair/skin! lol
the gel also seems to cool it down as well! it also stops scarring...

i googled it and got this site (if you understand it)
http://www.dressings.org/Dressings/intrasit.gel.html