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[RC] How long to sweat - k s swigartCindy Collins said: However, somewhere in the thread there was a discussion on DMSO/furacin sweats for injury and someone said something about only leaving it on for a brief time period...a few hours, I think. Anyhow, my very experienced equine vet always recommends ice, then a DMSO/furacin sweat for a serious injury and says to leave it on for 48 hours. While I have never had a vet tell me to leave a sweat on for 48 hours, most vets I have any experience with recommend or do it themselves (like in the hospital) for 12 to 24 hours. The less time you have it on, the less it does; personally, I wouldn't bother to do it "for a brief time period...a few hours" as it is going to have very little effect and it is a bit of a PITA. Additionally, when my horse was in the hospital with her swollen leg, they put the sweat on for 24 hours; however, after pulling it off and looking at the leg, they put the sweat right back on. Therefore, the reason for removing it after 24 hours was not because you don't want to sweat a leg for too long, but rather because you want to look at it periodically to monitor its effects, and stop when either the swelling is gone so you don't need it anymore or if it is apparent that sweating it is the wrong thing to do for that condition. I don't like to leave sweats on for more than 24 hours because _I_ want to see that I am doing the right thing, but I cannot say that I never have. Certainly I have left it on for 24 hours, looked at it, and put it right back on because I like the way it is working. Done it to myself too. Sweats also work very well for sprained ankles in humans. I can personally attest that not only does it reduce swelling, it also reduces pain (probably because much of the pain is caused by the swelling). kat Orange County, Calif. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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