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Member:
mtca

Posted on Saturday, Apr 12, 2014 - 3:22 pm:

Dr. O,

Our gelding, age 21 dark skin AQHA/Thoroughbred cross white coat, dark skin. He has had a sore on his hip for almost a year. It has been biopsied this February 2014 and no cancer was found. I thought it was a pressure sore as he lies down in his stall at night, always on the same hip. It looks like a volcano with the up lifted sides. Here is a photo. It goes through stages where it looks like an ergot on a horse’s leg and puffs out and if you put something on to soften it, it comes off like a cork and this is what you have. We have tried after washing it nitrofuracine, scarlet oil. Our vet has also used unconventional things like meat tenderizer, toothpaste, Maalox none have worked to reduce the size or get it better. He likes to lay in his urine as you can see. Please let me know if you have any ideas. Gelding 4.2014
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vickiann

Posted on Sunday, Apr 13, 2014 - 9:01 am:

I have had such sores in one of my Arabs following both a "summer sore" and other sores that become like boils, I think in response to the bite of some kind of nasty insect.

But mine have always cleared up without much trouble except in cases where reinfestation by the habronema took place.

I cannot help but wonder whether there is some deleterious tissue in your horse's cavity that is delaying healing.

Hope you get some answers and final healing.
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DrO

Posted on Sunday, Apr 13, 2014 - 10:16 am:

Hello Linda,
When you have pressure (decubital) sores you can only get them well by relieving the pressure. Your horse's habit makes this difficult. Consider ways you can change this habit or how you can protect this area when he is lying down. I am thinking a large rubber donut woven into a horse sheet that would keep it positioned over the wound. As for the next step for treatment consider culturing the wound to be sure you don't have a chronic pathogen, like pseudomonas, that may be making healing difficult.
DrO
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