Not all allergies are IgE mediated. Allergy means altered reactivity yet has come to be narrowed to IgE mediated by the majority of the medical profession. Environmental Sensitivity includes many non IgE meidated sensitivities. Sensitivity being a more accurate term.
It becomes a bit mind boggling but there is information. Also see www.vitaroyal.com for Environmental Illness in horses. There is also a discussion list associated with this web site. The owner is a biochemist who specializes in EI in horses and humans. She is very helpful and you can email her directly or from her Yahoo list on Environmental Health. Garnet On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 11:58, Sharon wrote: > The vet drew blood and sent it in for an IgE test. I am pretty sure > it indicates allergies...At least that's what the vet said. At first > the diagnosis was COPD. > Sharon > > >Are you sure the pony has allergies? I am sure I have read that the > >only animals > >that get allergies are humans and monkeys. > > > >Marshall > > > >Sharon wrote: > > > >> Hey guys, A while back I saw a post on MSM for allergies, and I'd > >> like to know if you think it might be helpful to a pony with > >> allergies, and if so how much of it can I safely give a 600lb pony? > >> I'm giving her CS too, and at one point was going to try to nebulize > >> the CS but never got a chance to build some sort of "bag" to neb her > >> with. > >> TIA for any ideas. > >> PS she's already somewhat grey so I doubt I would notice any changes > >> due to CS if there were any. > >> Sharon > >> > >> >Hi, > >> > > >> >We've been giving our senior horse a quart a day for a couple of years > >> as a > >> >preventive measure. He's still the original color. > >> > > >> >Trem > >> > > >> > > >> >----- Original Message ----- > >> >From: "Marshall Dudley" <mdud...@king-cart.com> > >> >To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > >> >Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 8:48 AM > >> >Subject: [silver_list] Re: CS>Silver In Horse Bandages > >> > > >> > > >> >> First of all, if they are talking about true CS, then argyria has > >> never > >> >been > >> >> known to cause it in anyone or anything. In fact theory predicts that > >> >true > >> >> CS will help prevent argyria if taken with silver compounds that would > >> >have > >> >> caused it otherwise. > >> >> > >> >> But even if it did, it seems to me the choice between a gray horse > >> and a > >> >> dead horse should be easy to make. > >> >> > >> >> I would think that dressing the wound with cloth saturated with CS and > >> >> changed fairly often would be a good start. Also the addition of some > >> >DMSO > >> >> to the mix would also likely assist. > >> >> > >> >> Remember that preventing an infection by putting CS on a wound is only > >> >part > >> >> of the story. The other part is that the ionic portion promotes > >> healing > >> >> without scaring by triggering injured cells, and cells in a > >>blood clot to > >> >> revert back to stem cells. > >> >> > >> >> Marshall > >> >> > >> >> Garnet wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > I have been discussing CS on a horse forum that I am on and some are > >> >> > very skeptical due to Argyria info they turn up on searches, but > >> many > >> >> > are interested. Horse folks want to know what really works and will > >> be > >> >> > easy, inexpensive and keep wounds below the knee from forming Proud > >> >> > Flesh, a common occurrence in slow healing wounds. I will be posting > >> >> > this information there this morning. It will be interesting to see > >> how > >> >> > this cross section of humanity from Dressage Queens to Outback Sheep > >> >> > Herders reacts to this product. > >> >> > > >> >> > Garnet > >> >> > > >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> >> > > >> >> > Equus May 2004 in their New Products section lists VetAg Wrap. > >> >> > > >> >> > "Antimicrobial wound dressings. A thin stretchable fabric made of > >> >> > medical-grade-nylon coated with 99 percent pure silver, > >>these wraps are > >> >> > designed to inhibit bacterial growth in pressure sores, > >>burns, abrasions > >> >> > and other open wounds without the use of drugs. > >> >> > > >> >> > The dressing is placed directly over cleaned wound, with or without > >> an > >> >> > over lying bandage. The VetAg Wrap may be removed while the wound is > >> >> > cleaned, then rinsed in water and reapplied, but it needs to > >>be disposed > >> >> > of once the wound has healed. The dressings come in three > >>sizes and can > >> >> > be cut to fit. > >> >> > > >> >> > Manufacturers comments: 'Silver salve has been used on burn > >>victims for > >> >> > years, and historically, it was used before penicillin was > >> invented', > >> >> > says Marty Emrich, sales and marketing representative for Berlin > >> >> > Industries. 'The silver has been known to have antimicrobial > >>properties > >> >> > for up to 28 days.' > >> >> > > >> >> > Price $9.50 for a four fy four inch pad; $15.99 for an eight > >>by sixteen > >> >> > inch pad; $19.95 for a four by twenty four inch pad. > > > >> > > >> >> > Source: Berlin Industries, PO Box 215, Berlin, Center, Ohio > >>44401; (800) > >> >> > 544-3635; www.selectfabricators inc.com." > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal > >> Silver. > >> >> > > >> >> > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >> >> > > >> >> > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > >> >> > Silver List archive: > >>http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >> >> > > >> >> > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > >> >> > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >> > > > > >> >> > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >> >> > >> >> >