Sweat rash

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Please can anyone help.

My mare is rising 5 and a few weeks ago I noticed that she had a small patch of hair missing where her saddle sits. I have had her saddle checked and have been given the all clear.
The vet has seen it (when she had a vaccination recently) and she said that she thinks it may be a sweat rash.
I have been using a clean numnah every time I ride or lunge and it did seem to be getting better but it seems as though it has spread and is very sensitive when I touch it.

I don't know what to do. I have hibi scrubbed it and put sudocrem on it, however not sure whether it is the best thing to do.


Has anybody got any advice please?

Thanks! :)
 
Hibi scrub is harsh so could make it worse :( I'vew found the best thing to do is to sponge with water after riding and allow to thoroughly dry. Is she rugged? Does she have it anywhere else?
 
Ah right ok. Yeah that would make sense. No she doesn't have it anywhere else but is very thin skinned (TB X) so when she has physio or anything she comes up with lumps everywhere where they have pressed. Thank you Fides
 
Leave Hibiscrub well alone - it is not meant to be used for wounds but to sterilise a surgeons hands prior to surgery.

Wash the area with Nizoral Shampoo - if it's sweat rash it usually means ther is some fungal infection present - the Nizoral will clear this up. Dilute with hand hot water and work well into the area, leave for 10 minutes and rinse.

Use Canistan In wash solution in the rinse water when you wash your saddle blankets.
 
Tnavas said:
Leave Hibiscrub well alone - it is not meant to be used for wounds but to sterilise a surgeons hands prior to surgery.

Wash the area with Nizoral Shampoo - if it's sweat rash it usually means ther is some fungal infection present - the Nizoral will clear this up. Dilute with hand hot water and work well into the area, leave for 10 minutes and rinse.

Use Canistan In wash solution in the rinse water when you wash your saddle blankets.
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Thank you very much! I will try that, that makes sense about the infection.
 
It may be the sudocreme which is making it worse. I haven't used it for a while but if it is oily it will cause the bacteria to spread under the skin as it will block the porse.
It is NOT fungal, it is bacterial.
I have posted numerous pieces of advise recently on here which you can read if you wish.
It is up to you if you follow that or not but everything is based on vets advice and fact.
If you have scabs you need to remove them. Although hibiscrub can be harsh you only need use it for two or three days at most. Dilute 1:50. Don't be tempted to use salt walter . Apart from drying out the skin and stimulating oil production (which will block porse) it may prevent healing if staphylococcal bacteria is present. Staph thrives on salt .
Keep dry and avoid wetting and shampooing ( condition thrives in damp conditions). Same as rain scald. Hot towel method is a good alternative.
Antibiotic cream should be applied and oral antibiotics may be required depending how bad it is. Vet prescribed norodine and flamazine cream for us. Worked well.
Prevent spread by washing brushes regularly and washing numnahs and small rugs in washing product for babies or sensitive skin and rinse with dettol rinsing product. If you are not able to get stable/ turnout rugs cleaned you may want to put a thin cotton sheet underneath. I'm not really a fan of layering though.
 
lamlyn2012 - Nizoral also has antibacterial properties as well as fungal which is why I suggested it.

Hibiscrub should NOT be used on broken skin - it advises this in the information relating to the product. It is for the sterilisation of a surgeons hands and should never be used when the skin is broken.

Sudocrem does contain Lanolin so can block pores, but its zinc content is a great healer.

Cleaning the area is important as is cleaning all the horses equipment and rugs.

As a sweat rash sufferer myself I know that the damaged skin can also be attacked by fungal infections too.

Scabs should only be removed if the chose to be removed - eg they wash off with a gentle clean. Scabs on healthy clean skin are not easy to remove and no attempt should be made to remove them.

lamlyn2012 Would be most interested to know where the information re salt and Staph comes from as I cannot find any reference to it being a problem. I've ALWAYS washed all injuries, skin problems etc with Saline and never had any problems with healing (over 40+ years of working with horses). In fact my Equine vet also recommends it.
 
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