CANINE DISTEMPER CAN BE CURED
Dear
colleagues,
First of all, I would like to
explain that this treatment is effective (on a bigger or smaller scale) for
almost all typical clinical viral diseases of small animals.
I made up my mind on writing this
article after arguing with a colleague, quite aggressively, in another
veterinarian forum about whether my treatment for distemper based on the
release of histamine (in the long term) leads or not to a definite improvement of the patient.
This argument left a bitter taste in
my mouth and led me to –not only think
again on how to express myself in the forum, but also to review the medical
records on my laptop at the veterinary clinic and make a detailed monitoring of
the patients treated during December and January for this terrible viral
disease. Thanks to this, I have been able to ratify that distemper can be cured
in a 90% of the cases with the treatment I have been defending since so long
and which I will explain in this article.
Canine distemper is a chronic viral
disease caused by a pneumotropic virus of high morbidity and high mortality if
the patient is not properly treated.
In past years, treatments were more
effective (as described by Dr. Catalan
40 years ago), but with the appearance of NSAIDS (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) and
other drugs -such as corticoids, antihistamines and antipyretics- the
treatments diminished their effectiveness and worsened the symptoms of this
disease. It led unavoidably to a slow and painful death occurred in the nervous
phase of the disease- with meningitis, exhaustion, deep depression and death.
Generally,
it happens that the mutability of the virus is blamed, arguing that the virus
has turned more aggressive; but, in
fact, with the appearance of NSAIDS, the clinical response of this disease is
deformed- the immediate symptoms are relieved
but the disease is definitely
worsened. In other words, it has an expected immediate response (temporary
improvement) and a mediated NEGATIVE response to the organism (gastritis, drop
of the defenses, it opens the blood-brain barrier, lowers the fever, etc.) All
this is produced by NSAIDS.
Many times, in order to lessen
the bearable pains and aches, we lead the patient to an unbearable pain: the
nervous phase of distemper (meningitis) and, therefore, to a slow and PAINFUL
death.
Today,
I can undoubtedly affirm: ‘If you want to kill a puppy, use aspirin”
Not many colleagues are aware of
this, and it is also a constant argument with new colleagues and even with
clients, because many puppies come already medicated from their homes by their
owners; and, generally, in a worse state due to the propaganda of NSAIDS and its transfer to HUMAN
medicine, very different from the veterinarian one.
I
also read that there is a whole market of ideas and treatments, on the basis of
an evident intention of making money
over any treatment. There is also when
we know by the name of MARKETING; but, behind all this, there is an
INTELLECTUAL RESPONSIBILITY that evaluates immediate responses (PAINS) and does
not evaluate the definite one, i.e.: THE PATIENT’S DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT.
How to treat this chronic disease.
Even if the Veterinary faculties
follow Ettinguer school, who
recommends in his works NSAIDS,
corticoids, antipyretics and others; these should be CONTRAINDICATED, due to the fact that the owner will see a
temporary improvement, but this will be later followed by a serious worsening
that leads the patient to a nervous phase, and to a slow and painful death.
Our treatment:
Based on immune stimulators
(histamine releasers), antibiotics, calcium and vitamin B, together with a
balanced alimentation and preserving the patient from stressful situations
(such as exposure to intense cold or keeping
him caged).
LA OXYTETRACYCLINE,
today we use König’s “Kuramicina”: 1 cc each 30 kg, subcutaneously in rib cage
every 96 hrs.
We also use terramycine/LA (EVERY 72
hrs) or classic terramycine every 48 HRS. This may vary according to the
patient’s stage or the patient’s general state. If the patient is too weak, the
dose has to be reduced.
Calcium and vitamin
B1 B6 B12 (FOR REMYELINATION)
If the patient has been previously
medicated by its owners, it will be much more difficult to improve it. The
ideal situation would be that the animal is brought to us showing symptoms such
as bilateral conjunctivitis, the classical Kennel Cough (that may “invite”
distemper if it is not already a symptom
of its first phase) or a viral
gastroenteritis in most cases.
The disease lasts from 6 to 8 weeks.
It starts with a bilateral conjunctivitis- it will be the first sign to appear
and the last to disappear.
It is necessary to explain that most
viral diseases in puppies appear with a bilateral conjunctivitis; but then, the
following symptoms will determine if it is a distemper, hepatitis, or a viral
gastroenteritis to parvo or corona. What
matters is that, as the patient evolves, the treatment hereby
proposed-because of being immune stimulator- benefits the patient no matter
which viral disease he may be suffering.
LA Oxytetracycline works through
antibiotic (very effective in this respect) and
histaminic (immune stimulator) pathways by forming a bubo or a granuloma that is reabsorbed after some days (depending
on the dose, the type of drug applied and the patient). During these days,
there is an extra release coming from the bubo and increasing histaminemia
(very low in
some viral diseases).
My
theory is that, through certain doses in blood, it functions as antibiotic
(penicillinemia) (in high doses
penicillinemia can also be toxic!) and,
in increased doses of histamine in blood, it functions as viricide and
antibiotic; and, in extremely high doses of histamine we can observe reactions
of type 1 (in a dog it occurs almost always in its skin and very rarely it
appears as vasodilatation of suprahepatic veins, but never as glottis and pulmonary edema. )
The
viricide effect of “in Vitro” HISTAMINE has already been proved. In fact,
allergic patients only suffer from their allergy and are generally really
healthy, and they do not suffer from cancer either, as they do not suffer “any”
disease. I am convinced that resistance of allergic patients to the disease is
due to a high flowing histaminemia, and that is why they have a hyperactive
immune-competent apparatus, much more developed than other, like an athlete has
their skeletal muscle apparatus much more developed than an idle person.
This
article is addressed to the colleagues that have to deal with viral diseases,
specially a distemper. It aims to provide
them with tools to help the patient to cure their disease.
I
do not intend to generate aggressive arguments, BUT arguments that can enrich our knowledge through the exchange of
opinions, experiences; so that we can realize that distemper CAN BE CURED as far as we treat it from
an early stage (and not with NSAIDS
and corticoids)
Everyday,
I have to treat puppies that suffer from this disease; and this article is not
the result of researches on bibliography, but of my own daily experience. That
is the reason why I intend to contribute with a treatment that will allow to
cure the patient, even if the laboratories do not obtain substantial economical
profits, because the medicine hereby needed is cheap and accessible. Maybe that
is why, in the market, this TREATMENT is not really spread, because it is not
economically profitable for laboratories; above all those that invest big sums
of money in ‘supporting’ congresses and researches for making profit of them.
In this aspect, forums play an important role , because, otherwise, it is very
difficult to spread the info among colleagues, specially professors of clinics
of small animals, who very much rely upon English speaking authors.
Regarding
those colleagues who do not treat many cases of distemper (and may hear that it
does NOT work), I would recommend them to visit any Societies or
associations for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, where you will find all
the stages of distemper (due to the overcrowding and stress caused for it). I would also recommend
them to collaborate with such associations because the medications are
accessible. Once you have done all this, you can make your own conclusions and
statistics.
A variant for this treatment: In
the cases of Feline
viral rhinotracheitis (FVR), very common in Mendoza, we do not use LA Oxytetracycline,
but the classic one and we add TINDALAC (Tyndalized milk), with amazing results
when compared to other treatments.
I hope the present work helps to exchange
experiences, because I am convinced that the best part of these forums is what
I call INTELLECTUAL GENEROSITY.
Sergio de la
Torre
UNLP 1981
MENDOZA
ARGENTINA
This work can be sent
as many times as you want, specially to professors at faculties of small
animals.