proud flesh? honey? equaide?

[kez1001]

So my 4yo gelding sustained a rather nasty leg wound a nearly 3 weeks ago. It was about 5cm above his fetlock and was 10cm long and about 4cm wide and really deep, not far off the bone

He spent a few days in horsepital and had antibioitcs and stitches, the bottom end of the wound was left open to allow for drainage. The stitches were removed on monday and vet advised to use intrasite gel when changing bandages every 3-4 days. And she said he could start light work today. So i changed the dressing last night and the wound looks as though it has some proud flesh approx 3mm out from surface of the leg approx 4cm long (the part of the wound that was not stitched, also a small 0.5cm spot above where the stitches were. I am a nurse (people not horses) and we use intrasite on wounds that need debrided of slough but not on proud flesh. I cleaned the wound and it bled slighlty. Obviously the wound will not close if proud flesh present so . . .

So basically looking for some advice? what would you use to get rid of proud flesh. I have seen lots of suggestion such as chemical ones silver nitrate, copper sulphate etc. And also the natural treatments eg. aloe vera and honey. Anyone have any experience of using equaide also as the website looks promising? I am continuing with bandaging it but lightly working my 4yo is a bit of a joke, i tried lunging him but he zoomed off at 100mph (at least he isnt lame!) wondering if i should just turn him out, vet didnt really give me an answer just muttered something about keepign bandages on?

Help anyone? pear cider and walkers sensations for those who got this far on a friday night! thanks

 

[kittykatcat]

I would say....get the vet out :S - proud flesh left unattended or 'dabbled' at can turn nasty, become infected and leave huge scars....

 

[JessandCharlie]

My girl had pretty bad proud flesh once. She had a cut around 10cm long and a good couple of cms deep and it was right on the pastern, so couldn't be stitched. Got some equaide and WOW! It was pretty much gone overnight! Never seen anything like it, all the 'dead' flesh disappeared and new, pin flesh took its place. My vet commented on how well it had healed and how quickly. She went out with no dressings as it forms a protective 'clay'. If you're worried, best get your vet though, don't want it turning nasty.

 

[kez1001]

i will be giving her a call on monday anyway was just musing over suggestions as the main consensus from vets is to cut it off. i will be sending her some pictures to see what she thinks, trying to mimimise call outs as this has already cost me over £1000 in vets bills. thanks for replying

Jessandcharlie thats intersesting about the equaide wondered if it really did do as it said!

 

[irishdraft]

Definate, definate, equaide, is very very good, friends used it on their horse which had suffered 3 or 4 visits from vet cutting off proud flesh, very difficult site at the back of knee, horse in for 6 months whilst this was going on ( on my yard) in desperation found equaide miracle cure, horse was sorted, this was about 4/5 years ago. I used it for my mare who sustained a wire cut this march which then developed proud flesh, got rid of it within 2/3 weeks.

 

[irishdraft]

Just seen your reply to previous post, dont get vet to cut it off it will come back

 

[Boysy]

Another vote for Equaide, my mare sustained a small but deep to the bone cut right in the middle of her face, i wasted wks trying to heal it watching the proud flesh get bigger, got the Equaide and a couple of wks later could just about see where she had cut it, healed beautifully with just a tiny tiny scar.

 

[Angelbones]

Equaide is phenomenal stuff but I've only used it to prevent proud flesh, not to treat it afterwards. I'd get the vet out and then use Equaide afterwards if appropriate.

 

[kez1001]

this is all great advice guys i think i will order the equaide and even if vet doesnt want it used i can keep it in the tack room for future use.

 

[galaxy]

My mare had proud flesh which the vet cut off as it was preventing it from healing. It them healed over, but scab was still raised. I left it and put this aloe vera gel on that the vet gave me for about a week. Nothing happened. I then put Camrosa on it and within days it had softened and flattened and within a week there was just about nothing there!

 

[Angelbones]

this is all great advice guys i think i will order the equaide and even if vet doesnt want it used i can keep it in the tack room for future use.

Try to keep it in the fridge if poss. Many vets haven't heard of it so don't be surprised if you get a quizzical look! But it is good stuff, and really helps prevent scarring. Stick to the instructions and you'll be fine.

 

[appylass]

tA friend's colt cut his leg very badly, the wound could not be stitched and he developed proud flesh. We used copper sulphate initially which greatly reduced it and the vet removed the rest. We also used honey to help with healing but it didn't really make any difference to the proud flesh

 

[asterid]

Another Equiaide vote here. Magic stuff!

My mare had small proud flesh wound on her pastern, rear hind. The vet had come to try and remove a bone fragment, stitched it up, but a week later blew all her stitches!

The wound was taking forever to heal, put equiaide on it and overnight the wound was 80% better. the next 2 days it was completely healed! I would never of thought a small pot of expensive silver paint would work so well! (obviously not silver paint, but looks like it)