Sarcoid skin tumours can vary in appearance and type;
- Occult - single, hairless, roughly circular lesion
- Verrucous - wart-like
- Nodular - firm well defined spherical nodules
- Fibroblastic - aggressive fleshy, ulcerated appearance
- Mixed and Malevolent - the most aggressive type in which the tumours spread extensively through the skin with cords of tumour tissue interspersed with nodules and ulcerating fibroblastic lesions
The lesions often appear in very young animals and can occur anywhere on the body. Sarcoids in horses affect the skin and the tissue directly under them. Although it is not yet known exactly what causes sarcoids there is evidence that they are caused by viruses closely related or identical to bovine papilloma viruses. Sarcoids in horses are often invasive recurrent and due to their anatomical location may result in loss of use of a horse.
Can Equissage help with Sarcoids in horses?
There is no definitive answer to this.
However, some regular users of Equissage have indicated that they have noticed small, isolated verrucous and nodular sarcoids in horses have disappeared.
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Application
Without definitive evidence as to whether Equissage can help, then no proper advice can be given with regard to how best to use it.
Obviously if a horse has to have surgery to remove an aggressive tumour then of course Equissage comes into its own helping to heal the surgery site, eliminate the toxin effects of necessary drugs, alleviate stiffness and soreness in surrounds muscles, etc. Use the Pad on a twice-daily basis on a No3.-No.4 setting.
