Sarcoid is back :( please make me feel better :(

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My horse has had sarcoids successfully treated in the past with Liverpool cream.

He had 5, 3 on his chest and wither area, 2 shallow surface ones up high on the inside of one hind leg. Those were treated last year and all dropped off and the vet was confident that they wouldnt come back.

I have found another one a week ago - it had some up very fast but doesnt seem to have grown since i first saw it. Up high on the inside of the hind leg again. Photos dispatched to Liverpool and cream on its way :(

The vet helpfully said that some horses they just keep on coming!
Now i'm worrying that this could be the death of him one day! lots of sobbing in the office bathroom later ;(

Is there anything i can do to stop these little blighters! or do i just keep on treating them when they arrive??

I need a cup of tea and a hug ;(
 
How old is your horse? Mine has had sarcoids since he was about six, I've never treated them, just had one shelled when he wore the skin off the top. It grew back reasonably quickly, but seems to have stopped growing for now. A couple of years ago he grew two new ones, one in his armpit and one in the middle of his chest, they're growing slowly, very slowly! He also has them inside of his hindlegs (usual place-where the shelled one came from too), sheath and on his midline, right where the martingale loop sits-that one gets rubbed occasionally. Sometimes they drop off, usually regrow though.

My vet tells me they won't really cause a problem now, my horse is 19 next month and apparently the older they get, the less sarcoid trouble.

If the sarcoids aren't doing much and aren't in the way, I'd be tempted to leave them alone. Also, a lot depends on the type, some are more problematic than others. Maybe have another chat with your vet?
 
He is 7 years old.
When i bought him at 2 and a half he had one on his chest. 2 years later there were 3 and 2 were growing quickly.
Vet strongly recommends treating them as they seem to spread once they are there.

The new one on the hind leg came up quicky over the space of a few days so this one needs prompt treatment too.

Leaving them alone seems not to be an option.
 
You're doing the very best you can by having them assessed by Liverpool and treated according to what they recommend.

I went to a talk by Derek Knottenbelt recently - sarcoids and melanomas. He described sarcoids as a skin cancer, and said that there's no way we would find a human skin cancer and just ignore it or try all kinds of untested potions on it, so was urging all horseowners to discuss possible sarcoids with their vet without delay, and to treat accordingly.

Hope treatment goes well this time round.

Sarah
 
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