Dogs-info:What about Cancer in Dogs?
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After a long day of work you come home and welcome your pet as usual.
You should relax while you pet your dog, one or more large swelling of
the throat, your dogs and have never felt before. Even if your dog
feel good, energetic, wagging tail and eat / drink in general, want to
ensure that these pieces have nothing to fear. So, make an appointment
with your vet to check this sudden off.
At the veterinary service, only takes a few minutes, the clinical
examination and needle aspiration from the swelling of the neck, your
veterinarian will tell you that your animal, possibly a cancer called
malignant lymphoma are the most common cancer in dogs and cats today.
This scenario is one of the most common lymphoma in dogs and one of
the diagnoses the most difficult and painful, we hold the animals,
which are often surprised that their pet happy and full of 'energy
could have such an illness. During aspiration of lymph nodes is often
enough to be a presumptive diagnosis, a biopsy is sometimes necessary
to do to confirm this.
Most cases do not affect the lymph glands in the neck, front legs
forward and often in the abdomen and the back foot node lymph node
areas. The remaining 20% of cases can affect all organ systems,
including bone marrow, liver, spleen, stomach, central nervous system,
eyes, bones and even the heart. The frequency seems to increase in
veterinary medicine today is estimated at 24 per 100,000 pets of all
breeds, age and sex are at risk. While most animals are middle-aged to
older have the disease in young puppies and kittens, and reported.
Genetic factors are also involved, but environmental factors are
excessive exposure to certain chemicals and pesticides and herbicides,
and exposure to strong magnetic fields. Pets years to
immunosuppressive therapy, and all with a history of other diseases
mediated immune to moderate increase in risk. High levels of calcium
in the blood can occur in approximately 15% of infected animals on the
screen with blood. If biopsy, full staging of lymphoma was performed
before treatment. No treatment, most animals usually within 4-6 weeks
after diagnosis. If it is a rare form of lymphoma, with a body part is
a disease in which the whole body, and therefore the conventional drug
treatment of choice is a combination of chemotherapy drugs is
generally known that as CHOP.
In feline medicine, many veterinarians significant recession two drugs
known as prednisolone and chlorambucil received. With the growing
interest in holistic medicine and complementary animal guardians and
to identify the leadership and wisdom of qualified veterinarians in
alternative medicine such as nutrition and supplements, therapy,
homeopathy, Chinese herbal medicine, etc., or as a complement or
alternative to conventional cancer treatment. It is important that
veterinarians have extensive training in these areas before
considering the holistic treatment options or alternatives to find.
Whatever method you choose, should pets with lymphoma a little anxiety
in the immune system as possible, including the minimum, no
vaccinations, exposure to pesticides, etc. Excellent home or
commercial real estate, natural foods, like that Eat Great Be well,
Wysong Pet Guard or should be fed. Despite the skepticism of many
oncologists do not interfere, supplements containing antioxidants and
fatty acids, it seems that most chemotherapy regimens, although other
than your pet, you should ask your veterinarian.
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