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HORSE’ WOUND TREATMENT WITH A 100% NATURAL HEALING PRODUCT What is important to know about horses’ wounds? A wound -even light- presents risks for horses, so that while not being treated in an adequate way, many problems can emerge, for example an infection or worse, the loss of a member. The process of a wound recovery passes by four different stages: These various stages are superimposed during the wound recovery process. 1/ This stage generally lasts 4 to 6 hours. There are vascular changes to slow down or to envisage the heavy bleeding and thus allow that immunizing defenses (white globules) enter in plays like a first line of defense against the substances or foreign bodies. It is during this stage that chemical substances -which are causing the pain-, are released by the organism. 2/ This stage takes place at the end of 6 to 12 hours after the wound has been made. It is characterized by an increase in the defensive cells (white globules) which fight against the infectious bacteria and other organisms in order to avoid a possible infection. 3/ This stage starts from 12 hours and lasts to 15 days. During this stage, an irregular tissue is formed, pink or red dark, which grows interior towards outside on which will regenerate the new skin. 4/ This stage is described like the organization of the tissue and the appearance of the scar. This one has a less flexibility compared to healthy tissue. Which factors have to be taken in account to treat? Owing to the fact that no wound is identical and that each horse is different, it is then necessary to take into account for each case various factors in order to determine the adequate treatment of the wound. These various factors can be the nature of the wound, the health condition of the animal, the time spent before the beginning of the treatment as well as the degree of contamination. The nature of the wound refers to its size and to the place where it is located. Degradations cause great tissue losses, which sometimes, request joining points. On the other hand, if the wound is located on the knee or any curved zone, it will be then impossible to use joining points. The degree of contamination constitutes a crucial factor which makes the difference between the failure and the success of the treatment of a wound. If a wound remains contaminated, then it becomes infected and the healing is impossible. If the wound requires joining points, the main aim is vigorous cleaning and disinfection in order to reduce the risks of contamination; although it is preferable to leave the wound opened in order to make the healing easier (that means that the wound will not have any joining points but will be closed by itself). The state of the animal refers mainly under its body condition, this is why a badly nourished, thin and weak animal and which has parasites will need a very detailed attention and the healing of the wound will take more time than usually. The time awaited before lavishing the care is also a factor of great importance, since it is that which determines if there will be joining points or not. This period is known under the name of “gold period” and lasts from 6 to 8 hours once the wound has been made. Once this time is spent, the chances of success of the closing of the wound considerably First aid First aid to lavish on a horse which has a traumatic wound can make the difference between a healthy and fast recovery and a length and painful process, which will not make it possible to obtain a total recovery. Once first aid has been lavished, the veterinary surgeon should be called. Here first aid to lavish: 1/ Wash the wound. It is recommended to clean it with clear water (preferably pulp) with soap with a neutral pH in order to eliminate the ground and any other impurity which could give place to an infection. 2/ It is to recommend to apply an antibiotic product in order to avoid the development of an infectious process. Even if the use of hydrogen peroxide is a current practice to disinfect a contaminated wound, it was observed that its anti microbial action is in fact only not very effective and that moreover, reduces the efforts made by the horse’s organism in the initial state of the healing process. It is also current to use corticosteroids because of their anti-inflammatory action. However they inhibit the immune system also more or less, thus predisposing the wound with potential infections and delaying the healing. Fortunately there exists today a product - D.P.E. Plus , which is a 100% natural disinfecting - healing, particularly effective for the treatment of the wounds and which offers, among others, the following advantages:
Among the actions observed following the use of this product on traumatic wounds, we can see that:
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