Sarcoids

[daffy44]

I just use regular table salt and plain flour, almost equal measures of each of them and water. Half a cup of each lasts me about a week and then I throw out any leftover and start again. I just use my fingers to wipe it over the sarcoid once or twice a day until the sarcoid has a good layer on it.

I’m really glad I tried it, despite being under pressure to go the laser and chemo route. Not to say I won’t with some of them at some point, but I am happy with the results I am getting so far, and he doesn’t object to it at all. I’m sure it must sting a bit once the skin is broken, but he will let me apply it without a halter (and he is quite feral about most things!)

Thank you so much, I would just like to try something that cant hurt, and then hopefully we wont need the laser etc, because I'd really rather not go down that route if its not necessary.

 

[LEC]

I have used Aldara which actually worked pretty well.

 

[Pinkvboots]

I have used Aldara which actually worked pretty well.

I used that once on one of Arabi's and it worked it was a very tiny one on his stomach.

 

[Sarys]

I sadly have a lot of sarcoid experience, incl with current youngster who sprung up 5 shortly after import but which seem to have now gone and not reappeared - fingers crossed!

General immune system is linked to sarcoids multiplying which is why a low sigar/starch diet is always recommended for those with them, and this is the premise on which SarcSecret works, it's basically just a gut balancer (main ingredients being milkthistle, bicarb, brewers yeast and fenugreek - I fed those things instead mixed and saved myself about £60 a month!). I think if your mare is stressy this would be a good place to start. I also fed oily herbs which is good for gut, skin and general immune systems it would seem - rosemary, thyme, oregano. www.buywholefoodsonline.co.uk will be the cheapest place you can buy all of those ingredients mentioned in that paragraph.

I also fed Tulsi Leaves, Amla Powder, Turmeric and Ashwaghanda as these are the main ingredients in SarcEx and I thought for very little extra cost I would hedge my bets.. It sounds very complicated but I just bought it all and mixed it in equal measures in tubs and fed a scoop of each, there is nothing there that will harm your horse unless fed in extreme quantities.

The other thing I did was apply a paste of flour and salt in equal measure, then added water until it was just a little softer than toothpaste. Put on sarcoid topically twice a day for as long as it takes - the thought behind this is that it dehydrates the sarcoid and overtime shrinks back the tissues, and I have to say I saw a visibile difference on Dex. Sarcoids are supposed to really like water, so you are advised to keep them as dry as possible. (You'll see this referred to as the Sarcoid Cure on Facebook, it's how I first found it and it's proved effective for me personally - I initially figured it was less than £2 to make and wasn't going to hurt him so what is there to lose)

Personally I am always of the side to leave them alone unless they're red raw or changing or growing or somewhere that's causing issues (my old boy had quite a few and lived with them for years and they never caused issues) - yours is now somewhere that's causing issues so I suppose it's forced your hand.

You have other options:
- liverpool cream - extremely painful, expensive, is a serious thing to apply/aftercare and isn't guaranteed to get all the tissue, and literally any cells left can multiply and regrow
- laser - similar to the above, not cheap and they have to take off a big margin around the sarcoid to try and get all the tissue so it leaves a big old wound behind. Regrowth % is high.
- Bloodroot cream - is caustic and is a cream to be applied twice a day, so mare may stop allowing you to get near. Once started you have to stick with it and it can make a bit of a bloody mess.
- Toothpaste with high flouride content - not tried it and not convinced it's not an old myth but you will see it mentioned.
- Copper Oxide - as above, caustic and does hurt and will create a wound but thought to be very effective but you have to be precise, determined and not worried about it looking worse before better
- Thuja Cream/tablets - not so caustic, but I haven't heard of anyone having any great success with it personally. I think it's a patience game and slow progress if any
- Aciclovir - genital warts cream essentially if you buy over the counter, it's based on sarcoids being the herpes virus but doesn't penetrate deep into the skin so will only affect very shallow low key sarcoids, if it has any effect at all
- Cryosurgery - cold version of laser, less invasive I believe is the thought process but not sure on how effective it's been researched to be, not super widely used.
- The Sarcoid Centre Woman - You may see this on Facebook, in my experience the woman is nutty and it's expensive b0llocks, but some claim it's magic so who knows.

Thank you for sharing this information. Really helpful.