What are Sarcoids?
Sarcoids are a type of benign skin tumor found in horses, often mistaken for warts. Sarcoids are caused by the bovine papillomavirus, which can be spread by flies. Some horses are immune to this virus and some can become immune over the years. However, for the horses that are not immune, it can be very difficult to get rid of as sarcoids spread quickly and easily.
How are sarcoids usually dealt with?
The general treatment for sarcoids is to contain the sarcoid rather than remove it.
Please read below for three case studies of the ArcEquine being used on horses suffering from sarcoids.
Casper's Story
Casper is a 5 year old Irish Sport Horse owned and ridden by Emma Merrick from Bodiam, East Sussex. Casper developed a sarcoid on the upper eyelash of his right eye. This grew very quickly to protrude about 1 inch from his eye!
Vet prognosis: Sedate Casper and inject the sarcoids with anti-cancer drugs with no guarantee of success.
To avoid the injections, Emma started using the ArcEquine daily and introduced Thuja 200, a homeopathic remedy. For the first month there seemed to be no change, then the sarcoids started to grow. Within a few more weeks it had grown by at least 50%. It started to bleed a lot and was irritating Casper as he kept rubbing his eye on his leg every day, knocking the top off. The sarcoid changed from a solid wart to scabby looking.
This sarcoid is yet to fully drop, as of today (20-08-14) it is still hanging on by a thread of skin!
Tio's Story
Tio is owned by Pam Harrison from Cumbria.
Tio got two massive fly bites last September that were very inflamed and these lumps developed from there - Pam never had them confirmed as sarcoids but the vet was convinced that's what they were. Pam started using the Arc in April this year. Until the beginning of July there was very little change and then one started to change in shape and texture.
At the end of July the bigger of the two sarcoids had dropped off. Tio came in from the field at 7:00pm on the Saturday evening. By 10:00pm the sarcoids had gone. The picture below shows how the skin under the sarcoid had already begun to close as the sarcoid gradually came out.
Tio had very little bleeding and by morning it had dried up on it's own accord.
Casper's Story
Casper is a 5 year old Irish Sport Horse owned and ridden by Emma Merrick from Bodiam, East Sussex. Casper developed a sarcoid on the upper eyelash of his right eye. This grew very quickly to protrude about 1 inch from his eye!
Vet prognosis: Sedate Casper and inject the sarcoids with anti-cancer drugs with no guarantee of success.
To avoid the injections, Emma started using the ArcEquine daily and introduced Thuja 200, a homeopathic remedy. For the first month there seemed to be no change, then the sarcoids started to grow. Within a few more weeks it had grown by at least 50%. It started to bleed a lot and was irritating Casper as he kept rubbing his eye on his leg every day, knocking the top off. The sarcoid changed from a solid wart to scabby looking.
A few weeks later, the
sarcoid literally exploded, there was blood all down the side of Casper’s face, rather gruesome! However, once cleaned up
there was just a small bump left. Within another few weeks this had completely gone
and there was no trace of the sarcoid ever been there.
Eno's Story
Eno is a 20 year old Grand Prix Dressage Horse owned by Debbie Vincent-Cole from Maresfield, East Sussex.
Eno had three large sarcoids on his sheath of varying sizes, the largest being the size of a fist! They had been banded by the vet several times but always grew back. Eno had just had to live with them for years.
Eno is a 20 year old Grand Prix Dressage Horse owned by Debbie Vincent-Cole from Maresfield, East Sussex.
Eno had three large sarcoids on his sheath of varying sizes, the largest being the size of a fist! They had been banded by the vet several times but always grew back. Eno had just had to live with them for years.
Debbie started using the Arc on Eno daily and after two months, introduced Thuja 200. After a month or so the first sarcoid changed, it started to elongate and similarly to Casper, changed from firm to scabby. It then began to look more like an open wound, sometimes bleeding. It continued to protrude and eventually was hanging on by a thread of skin! Once the sarcoid had dropped off, it took very little time to heal and within two months the first sarcoid had gone!
*** GORY PICTURE ALERT ***
The second sarcoid began to protrude another two months later and continued to grow until it measured 10 inches in diameter!!
*** GORY PICTURE ALERT ***
The second sarcoid began to protrude another two months later and continued to grow until it measured 10 inches in diameter!!
This sarcoid is yet to fully drop, as of today (20-08-14) it is still hanging on by a thread of skin!
Tio's Story
Tio is owned by Pam Harrison from Cumbria.
Tio got two massive fly bites last September that were very inflamed and these lumps developed from there - Pam never had them confirmed as sarcoids but the vet was convinced that's what they were. Pam started using the Arc in April this year. Until the beginning of July there was very little change and then one started to change in shape and texture.
At the end of July the bigger of the two sarcoids had dropped off. Tio came in from the field at 7:00pm on the Saturday evening. By 10:00pm the sarcoids had gone. The picture below shows how the skin under the sarcoid had already begun to close as the sarcoid gradually came out.
Tio had very little bleeding and by morning it had dried up on it's own accord.
