Papaya
juice or Adolph's Meat Tenderizer are both old time remedies that are quite
effective. Caustic powder is still the surest, fastest and best though. Debride
all the proud flesh away from the wound, dust lightly with caustic powder and
wrap firmly. Every other dressing leave open to dry out.
Bob
Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID
-----Original Message----- From:
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On Behalf Of Darlene Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 4:53
PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Proud
Flesh/wound treatment
Happy New Year everyone!
Does anyone know what is the latest protocol with
regards to preventing proud flesh? I have a just turned one year
old who cut his hind leg (ripped skin off from knee down to coronet band) and
shaved a few slivers off of his flexor tendon.
He was never lame on it. I have been
keeping him stall bound, he is getting the bandage changed every day and it is
still a nasty looking mess. The vet comes weekly and last week we
put an ointment on it to knock back the proud flesh that was just starting at
the top of the wound. It looks worse this week. The ointment is
very caustic and I really don't want to use it if I don't have
too. I have put nothing else on the wound. Just rinse it
with saline daily and re-wrap.
Tomorrow it will be one month.
He's been in a stall the entire time. He has not got the
wound wet or dirty,.
He IS NOT getting better. It has
filled in a bit but is still about 4" x 6" and deep (say 1/3 and the tendon is
still visible) Tomorrow my Vet comes again. He wants to "trim"
around the wound. I have great reservations about this as he isn't
infected and why make this huge wound bigger? I'd
appreciate your comments.
Thanks
Darlene/NW WA
PS The vet wants him stall
bound, (not even hand walked) but he can buck and rear and does all
kinds of "airs above the ground in his stall" He's going stir
crazy that's for sure.
