I guess the steroid in it worked like little pacmen and munched it all up. This series of proud flesh healing pictures is by Michelle Morris Horan. We have had great sucess with some leg wounds just using ordinary honey, applied to the wound by wrapping it with honey on a pad such as a disposable nappy, which has the advantage of adhesive tabs so you can keep it on while you reach for the bandage or vetwrap.
The honey is naturally antibacterial and promotes healing. We also have used honey with success. Also plain white table sugar works wonders. Just sprinkle on a moistened pad we use diapers too! After much research and confusion I phoned my vet…she suggested packing the wound with meat tenderizer available in the grocery store spice section. I wish I had taken photos. The proud flesh has gone from an inch of ballooned tissue to almost completely flat in 5 days.
I pack, pad and bandage the leg every other day. FYI, I use sanitary pads to absorb the weeping from the wound and to provide a non-stick padding. Works beautifully. This method has worked better than I could have imagined.
Can you tell me? Recently had a mare with a 12cm x 8 cm open wound on lower leg that could not be sutured and was badly infected. Medical honey manuka honey and solosite gel to keep it moiust was applied daily and wrapped.
The wound closed beautifully and did not scar. Fully furred and invisible within 6 weeks. Wounds have been found to heal fastest with the presence of carbohydrates, and the solosite helps prevent granulation, as the wound is moist. Medical honey has strong antibacterial and fungal properties, and in this case the infected material was drawn out and sloughed of beautifully.
Wound was clean and smell free after just a couple of days. Have used medihoney before with great success, and would thoroughly recommend. You can use Manuka honey for a short while until granulation starts, then stop. It helps keep the wound clean. Then use Vetericyn Plus gel spray to keep bacteria at bay and wound moist. I thought of using honey but vet advised not to as encourages more granulation during the healing process.
Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Skip to content. Near joints such as the pastern, the skin moves every time the horse takes a step, so healing is slowed because the cut is constantly pulled open.
Cuts in these areas can usually be sutured, which almost always prevents the growth of proud flesh. Suturing should be done as soon as possible after the wound occurs in order to allow faster healing with minimal scarring. It is much more difficult to suture wounds on the lower legs because the skin is wrapped so tightly. Wounds normally heal by the formation of granulation tissue first, after which skin grows over this layer, beginning at the edges of the wound and growing toward the center.
To give leg wounds the best chance of healing, a veterinarian may use bandaging or a cast to limit motion as much as possible.
This gives the skin a better chance to grow over the normal granulation tissue, preventing or reducing the amount of proud flesh. If it does occur on a wound, proud flesh should be cut back until the wound surface is level with the skin surface.
Some cases might require debridement trimming of dead tissue or wound closure. Companies advertise many over-the-counter products as proud flesh preventives. Medical-grade honey dressings appear to be extremely effective at providing antibacterial support to healing wounds, while also being very gentle and keeping them moist.
As your veterinarian what product is best for your situation. Treating the Issue. Work with your veterinarian to manage proud flesh efficiently and effectively. The first step is determining whether the wound had any lingering infectious or inflammatory constituents. In some cases, he or she might need to investigate further through diagnostic imaging.
After addressing possible infection, your veterinarian might suggest treating the proud flesh with topical steroids e. The goal of topical steroid treatment is to reduce the inflammatory response and, thus, prevent overproduction of granulation tissue. Surgical debridement is necessary when the proud flesh becomes taller than the normal epithelium surrounding it. Epithelial cells cannot climb over the mountainous granulation tissue; therefore, when this happens, wound contracture halts.
Due to the extensive vascular supply and lack of nerve supply, trimming of this tissue will be bloody yet pain-free for the horse.
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