Pancreatic Cancer
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As the name suggests, pancreatic cancer means a tumour in the pancreas. Symptoms include bloody faeces, and most dogs have seizures and experience lethargy and loss of coordination. Vomiting, diarrhoea and loss of appetite may also occur.
Symptoms of this disease usually don’t appear until the later stages and the condition also is difficult to treat. Often, the disease has already spread to other organs by the time it is diagnosed. In other cases, the cancer has spread to the pancreas from other organs.
Diagnosis includes blood and enzyme tests. Treatment includes radiation and drugs. Sometimes a vet might suggest that the dog receives his nutrients via IV.
Surgery is one of the common methods of treatment, but this is useless if the disease has already spread to other organs. Gastrointestinal bypass surgery may also be performed if the tumor to prevent bowel obstruction.
The prognosis for a dog with canine pancreatic cancer is poor. Few dogs live longer than a year after diagnosis.
See also:
Complementary Healthcare
Complementary Healthcare Products
As the name suggests, pancreatic cancer means a tumour in the pancreas. Symptoms include bloody faeces, and most dogs have seizures and experience lethargy and loss of coordination. Vomiting, diarrhoea and loss of appetite may also occur.
Symptoms of this disease usually don’t appear until the later stages and the condition also is difficult to treat. Often, the disease has already spread to other organs by the time it is diagnosed. In other cases, the cancer has spread to the pancreas from other organs.
Diagnosis includes blood and enzyme tests. Treatment includes radiation and drugs. Sometimes a vet might suggest that the dog receives his nutrients via IV.
Surgery is one of the common methods of treatment, but this is useless if the disease has already spread to other organs. Gastrointestinal bypass surgery may also be performed if the tumor to prevent bowel obstruction.
The prognosis for a dog with canine pancreatic cancer is poor. Few dogs live longer than a year after diagnosis.
The database PubMed has over 10,000 listings of spontaneous remission from cancer – so hope is justified. Complementary cancer therapies do exist, and include CV247, Transfer Factor, Essiac Tea, flaxseed oil and cottage cheese, and a number of energy therapies such as Emotional Freedom Technique.
There is some evidence to say that Geopathic stressin the home might be involved with cancer, and other factors such as micro parasites, an acid/alkaline imbalance, and CoQ10 deficiency could be involved.
Homeopathy is another mode of healing. Homeopathic vets believe that every living being has the ability to heal and that illness only occurs when the ability to self-heal is somehow repressed. The goal of homeopathy is to improve the overall health of the body and aid in the body's own ability to heal. An option, therefore, is to ask your vet to refer you to a homeopathic vet.
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