sarcoids around the eye

[maddielove]

I'm wondering if anyone else has had experience with sarcoids around a horses eye?
My horse has one on her eyelid, vet doesn't want to try injections as she is terribly phobic of needles so i'm wondering if there are any other treatments safe enough to use in such a delicate area? I would love to get rid of it as she looks so beautiful but this unsightly sarcoid ruins her face a bit.
Thanks in advance

 

[kirstyfk]

My dad's horse has a sarcoid above his eye. The vet sent photos to Liverpool where they then sent up cream for it. Has your vet said anything about getting Liverpool to look at it?

 

[christine48]

Mine had one on her eyelid which was surgically removed. It did distort the shape of the eye lid slightly. The problem is there is no way you can use the ointment around the eye as it is so caustic.

 

[maddielove]

The vet is very anti about it. Just wants to leave it unless it gets worse. He did originally want to give me cream for it but has gone against this now.
She has lots of other ones too around her groin which the vet doesnt want to do anything about

 

[ThomasTank]

Give her Thuja pillules. They will get rid of them

 

[maddielove]

I was reading the post below and was going to post something.
Would i be able to buy these via the net?
[thanks by the way!]

 

[ThomasTank]

If you look up the phone number of the Helios pharmacy in Tunbridge Wells, they will sent some to you.

 

[maddielove]

Thats great! I think i'll get some cream too for her other sarcoids [they looks like a mushroom colony...]
thank you very much!

 

[ThomasTank]

Here is the number
01892 510950
That is the reception so they will give you the number for mail order.
Try not to handle the pillules but tip them onto the lid and pop into the feed or better still, straight into the mouth or slip into the gum to disslove.
Ask advice on the potency you need too

 

[ThomasTank]

They are very nice at Helois and will advise you.
My friends son was covered in warts and they all went as did my daughters verrucas

 

[kanter]

I have had two horses with this - one had cryosurgery, sarcoid went, but left bald patch with a few white hairs. The other one the vet gave me some human wart cream (this was very many years ago ) , cleared up without a trace! They were both just granulating sarcoids though (not sure if that is correct name) - they had no roots

 

[GreedyGuts]

This area is very difficult to treat because of the risk to the eye. The mass can be injected with various things, such as chemicals that kill the tumour cells and BCG which stimulates the horses immune system to destroy the sarcoid.

If your horse will not tolerate this then radiotherapy, where radioactive wires are placed in the sarcoid for around 7-10 days, would be another option. However, this is expensive and only available in a few places.

If you think that the sarcoids are beginning to cause a problem then ask your vet to treat them. When horses have multiple sarcoids it is much easier to treat them early and get on top of them than wait untill they become more extensive and a major problem.

 

[maddielove]

Did the granulated ones just look like very dry skin?
Thats what maddie's looks like-and what i originally presumed it was.
The vet only gave me a very technical term for it which i cannot remeber

 

[henryhorn]

We've had two horses treated and although it's expensive it has removed them.
The high cost comes when the horse needs to be sedated each time , our last mare cost over £1000 to treat with cream made up by Liverpool Uni hospital, injecting into an eyelid isn't possible without sedating them, so by the time you add visit/treat/sedation drugs to the cost of the cream, it adds up quickly.
I would query his diagnosis though and get a second opinion, with that many sarcoids they may need treatment not just ignoring.
Is he a very experienced horse vet or not? Surely she could be sedated for the treatment?

 

[wanderer]

your sarciods sound like the occult ones which are the hardest to treat as they are flat dry scaly skin looking things so the root is harder to penetrate mine had 24 of these and the liverpool cream then bloodroot salve has worked so far but i would be hesitant to use them around the eye.
they recommend radiation therapy in those area's as long as you have horse insurance its an option.
but if it just looks a little unsightly but isn't effecting your horse i would leave it alone.