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Bertie84

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Hi,

Just looking for some help.

My horse developed a sarcoid on his girth area, quite far up his left side, just below where saddle pad meets girth.

From reading from www.liv.ac.uk/sarcoids/appearance/what/ website, the sarcoid looks like either verrucous or nodular. It is smaller than 1p piece and is grey, scaly / warty appearance. There is no hair growth over it. It is not red, bleeing or exposing any red fleshy tissue.

One vet said just leave it alone if not bothering him, especially when ridden. However, another vet (from same practise) said Liverpool Cream.

If i am going to go down the road of treating it, i need to do it now, or wait 8 months until cooler winter weather later in year as flies wont be present and reduces risk of infection/transfer.

What are people's thoughts on this?

Thanks in advance :)
 
If it's not doing anything leave it alone would be my advice. My boy had one similar, did absolutely nothing for well over a year and then it changed. It grew rapidly and doubled within a week, it also started to bleed in spots. Nothing changed and there was no apparent reason for it. He had it removed within a fortnight. By then it was nasty. I chose to have it frozen off and I worried about flies as it was warm but all was fine :-) I had to clean it twice a day with very very mild hibiscrub, then a good layer of flamazine and then a really thick layer of fly repellent cream. It healed fab. I believe I may have some pics of it as it healed.
 
You could join the facebook user group Turmeric User Group and review the files of people's successes and stories using turmeric topically and as a supplement for the treatment and prevention of sarcoids amongst other things. I feed all 5 of mine turmeric for various reasons, one had a fibroblastic sarcoid and ringbone and another arthritic changes.
 
Do it now if you are going to treat it. My horse is peppered in them and we were forced to treat him during the summer months because the earlier treatment of Liverpool cream had failed. I used to wait until the cream had dried on them then plaster the sarcoid with summer cream or anti-fly cream before I put him out. It was much easier dealing with them during the winter months.
 
Do it now, don't play with cancer. You wouldn't on yourself or family, there are treatments on here that make me cringe. Sarcoids have roots that damage flesh far beyond the visual bump.
 
If the sarcoid is suitable for laser surgery then I would go with that every time heals quickly and minimal scarring. You need an experienced vet though.
We are using the Liverpool cream at the moment on a mare whose sarcoids are not suitable for laser surgery it is a long process and messy compared to the other mare who had laser.
 
My mare had a sarcoid removed via laser just over 3 weeks ago.
If I had to, I'd certainly use laser again (hopefully wont have to)

Looks bad once done but healing beautifully
 
My mare had one has a 4 year old on the inside of her back leg & we treated it as soon as possible with Liverpool cream & fed global herbs sarc ex & it worked 6 years on & alls well. My old pony developed a sarcoid & my vet advised me to leave it which was a mistake it gree bigger & where it was it couldn't be treated. Personally l'd get any sarcoid checked out & treated l understand that some can be left alone without any problems whilst some aggressive ones can be troublesome with treatments but its a chance you have to take.
 
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