Lupus
Lupus is a serious autoimmune disease, indicating a wide range of antibodies in the dog which attack self tissue. These antibodies can affect a wide range of organs including heart, kidneys, joints, lungs and skin. Signs of lupus include lameness, mouth ulcers, hair loss, and excessive drinking and urinating. This is a rare disease and is often difficult to diagnose.
Treatment would involve suppressing the immune system with corticosteroids to prevent the dog’s antibodies from attacking its own tissues and biochemicals.
Lupus is a serious autoimmune disease, indicating a wide range of antibodies in the dog which attack self tissue. These antibodies can affect a wide range of organs including heart, kidneys, joints, lungs and skin. Signs of lupus include lameness, mouth ulcers, hair loss, and excessive drinking and urinating. This is a rare disease and is often difficult to diagnose.
Treatment would involve suppressing the immune system with corticosteroids to prevent the dog’s antibodies from attacking its own tissues and biochemicals.
As stated above, lupus is an autoimmune disease, and vaccines have been shown to cause dogs to produce antibodies against self tissue. These self-destructive antibodies are called ‘autoantibodies’. Many of the autoantibodies found in lupus were also found in vaccinated dogs by Larry Glickman and his team at Purdue University. They were not found in the unvaccinated dogs.
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