Orf in humans - urgent help needed

[jd24]

A concerned parent has posted on my local Facebook page that their child has contracted Orf and is seriously ill in hospital. Doctors are struggling to deal with the infection.

If you know of any doctor/specialist /treatment or any experience of the infection in humans please pm me and I will forward you onto the parents plea.

 

[CPF]

Just rang a sheep farmer I knew and I now he had caught it this is what he used lamisol cream or canesten cream from pharmacy for orff

 

[TripleSix]

I've seen that, it's infected Orf.
Can be very bad.

 

[CPF]

A concerned parent has posted on my local Facebook page that their child has contracted Orf and is seriously ill in hospital. Doctors are struggling to deal with the infection.

If you know of any doctor/specialist /treatment or any experience of the infection in humans please pm me and I will forward you onto the parents plea.

Put it in livestock and forage section

 

[Tomr10]

There was a member on here that has just caught it seems to be a few cases at the mo

 

[Princess Pooper]

A concerned parent has posted on my local Facebook page that their child has contracted Orf and is seriously ill in hospital. Doctors are struggling to deal with the infection.

If you know of any doctor/specialist /treatment or any experience of the infection in humans please pm me and I will forward you onto the parents plea.

Is this still current, I first saw it 2 days ago?

Was also posted on here yesterday, so now 2 threads running. https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index...enager-hospitalized-with-infected-orf.317135/

I contacted the facebook poster to check as I know someone who could help them and received no reply. Suspect they are now receiving the attention they need. It annoys me when people circulate urgent pleas and then don't update when help no longer needed.

 

[JP1]

A concerned parent has posted on my local Facebook page that their child has contracted Orf and is seriously ill in hospital. Doctors are struggling to deal with the infection.

If you know of any doctor/specialist /treatment or any experience of the infection in humans please pm me and I will forward you onto the parents plea.

Already a thread running and I for one have been in contact direct

 

[puppet]

Just rang a sheep farmer I knew and I now he had caught it this is what he used lamisol cream or canesten cream from pharmacy for orff

Neither of those would have any effect on orf. Both are anti-fungal.

 

[jed]

Orf pills from Wynnstay farmers are always our first stop if we have a problem and a touch of blue spray probably not licensed for human use though!

 

[CPF]

Neither of those would have any effect on orf. Both are anti-fungal.

Well that’s where you’re wrong

 

[Badshot]

Orf pills from Wynnstay farmers are always our first stop if we have a problem and a touch of blue spray probably not licensed for human use though!

Orf pills?

 

[deleted user 837354]

Well I must say this place has let me down for once. Neither here nor on the other thread have I seen anyone suggest using blue spray, it gets recommended for everything else.

 

[Muddyroads]

Well I must say this place has let me down for once. Neither here nor on the other thread have I seen anyone suggest using blue spray, it gets recommended for everything else.

You can sleep soundly tonight Ollie, it’s in post 9! ?

 

[jed]

Orf pills?

Ovaloid orf capsules.
Make sure you get the applicator makes the job a lot easier when dosing them.

 

[puppet]

Well that’s where you’re wrong

There is nothing in that post which is wrong. Feel free to Google both and correct me .
He put on some anti-fungal cream and the viral orf happened to get better - which it does anyway in most people. He wasted his money I'm afraid.

 

[jd24]

From memory when I was a kid and we had sheep.
Orf creates the sores but then they can get bad secondary infections. The lambs would get over the Orf infection but they never recover the lost weight etc. Dad used to separate off the lambs and keep the wounds as dry as possible. I swear he used something like a coal tar based ointment.
Ps yeah I read Orf is a virus and like the current coronavirus outbreak, antibiotic and anti fungals don't help but, may help with secondary problems and sooth the sores etc.

 

[milkloss]

There is nothing in that post which is wrong. Feel free to Google both and correct me .
He put on some anti-fungal cream and the viral orf happened to get better - which it does anyway in most people. He wasted his money I'm afraid.

yes, anti fungal for ringworm

 

[jd24]

yes, anti fungal for ringworm

I had ringworm several times when I was a kid. Kept touching the calves noses when giving them their milk....

 

[Pistonbroke]

When away at college I got orf on my face and the doc didn't know what to do so gave me an antiviral cream. It was getting worse so I came home to see my doctor and he threw the cream in the bin because keeping it moist is the worst thing to do. Dried it up and kept it clean and it went completely,no scar at all

 

[deleted user 837354]

I've decided we need an: ewww, minging face emoji.