Wound Care for Dog, Cat and Horse

Wound care for animals differs not much from human wound care: The two most important things are preventing an infection and supporting the natural healing process.   Therefore your dog, cat or horse will need a reliable wound care product for its wounds or open sores, a wound care product that does not cause side effects and is easy to apply. The wound dressing you need should be antibacterial and soothing at the same time.

Wounds, Ulcers, and Open Sores on Dogs, Cats or Horses: What you need to know about your animal’s wounds/ulcers/ (open) sores

 
It is a myth that a wound needs to be dry in order to heal. A moist environment has proven to provide the best circumstances for the fast healing of wounds. In order to heal, a wound needs to be nurtured so that skin tissue can grow back.

Another myth about wounds is that the formation of a scab promotes healing. A scab is nothing else but dead cell material that will actually deprive the tissue underneath of the nutrients and water that it needs to re-grow.

Scabs cause scars, since it does not let the tissue grow back at the same level as the rest of the skin. The new tissue lies below the scab and thereby at a lower level than the rest of the skin. Once the scab falls off, the skin that grew underneath will stay at a lower level and a scar will be noticed.

In order to avoid the formation of ugly scars it is necessary to nurture the wound right from the beginning so that the tissue soon grows back to the same level as the rest of the skin.

Active Manuka Honey from New Zealand is a medicinal honey with strong antibacterial properties. Other than conventional antiseptics Active Manuka Honey creates a moist environment when applied to a wound. Although Active Manuka Honey keeps wounds moist, it keeps bacteria in control and can even destroy them. Therefore Active Manuka Honey as a wound-dressing can be effectively applied to sterilize wounds.

Unlike other products for dogs and other animals Active Manuka Honey also nurtures the skin tissue in the moist environment it creates and thereby helps the tissue to grow back. Active Manuka Honey provides the tissue with amino acids, vitamins and sugars. The vitamin C in it for example might play a major role in collagen synthesis.

Active Manuka Honey creates a protective barrier over the new growing tissue. With the honey on the wound no scab can form.

As opposed to antibiotics, Active Manuka Honey has absolutely no known side effects. It can be described as “natural antibiotic”.
 

Advantages of Active Manuka Honey

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