Fw: sugar for wounds

["patoliva" <patoliva@earthlink.net>]

 

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From: patoliva <patoliva@earthlink.net>
To: patoliva <patoliva@earthlink.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: sugar for wounds

 

-----Original Message-----
From: patoliva <patoliva@earthlink.net>
To: patoliva <patoliva@earthlink.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: sugar for wounds

 

-----Original Message-----
From: patoliva <patoliva@earthlink.net>
Toridecamp
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: sugar for wounds

It may be okay for horses but iodine is more likely to cause a local reaction when applied as a wet dressing.  Both are good  as a disinfecting agent.  Iodine is usually applied and dries,    In the sugar mixture the solution stays damp.  Betadine is a iodophor.  It is a combination of iodine  and a surface-acting agent which slowly liberates iodine.  It is just a "softer and safer mixture".  Pat

-----Original Message-----
From: April Lee <adlee@bigfoot.com>
To: patoliva <patoliva@earthlink.net>
Cc: ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, March 22, 1999 9:37 PM
Subject: sugar for wounds

Why not use iodine or betadine scrub?  I found numerous references to mixing sugar and iodine.  Why not?  I'm quite curious because I actually used iodine tincture that I got from Wal-mart to make my mixture.

 

---April

   Chattanooga, TN

Do not use iodine or betadine scrub.  I had never thought of. of using it on my horse.  What a great idea.   Pat