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Sent: Monday,
August 13, 2007
From: Dr Andrew Jones
Author: Veterinary Secrets Revealed
Website:
www.veterinarysecretsrevealed.com/vsr.php
Re: 2 Vaccine reactions this weekend.
A cheery morning to you and your furry friends.
The newsletter that I sent out on Friday had a herd of
responses
about vaccines.
A common theme was about the complications of vaccines.
There are many and varied- and if you were to be aware of
all of the complications you would be especially concerned
about
over-vaccination.
I mentioned some of the more serious ones:
acute allergic reaction
auto-immune hemolytic anemia
immune mediated polyarthritis
allergies
cancer
immune suppression
seizures
And after I wrote about this wouldn't you guess what I saw
this
weekend.
2 Vaccine Reactions!
One was in a young puppy getting his second booster- this is a
booster
that I advise you give to your puppy, but he reacted to the vaccine
and
began to vomit 10 minutes later.
Fortunately he remained alert, and I had talked to his owner about
vaccine
reactions, so she knew what to do.
We gave him a anti-histamine, and he stopped vomiting immediately.
I used
Benadryl, which is available at any pharmacy. This is a home remedy
that all
of you should have available for any type of allergic reaction. I
recently
used it on Lewis after he ate a wasp and hos lip began to
swell.
The second vaccine reaction was far more serious. I was called in
on
emergency for a dog which was very weak and had pale gums.
This dog is a purebred dog, from another city and had a
series
of vaccines last week.
He was very weak and breathing heavy when I saw him.
His gums were extremely pale.
Blood tests showed that he was very anemic- his red blood cell
count was
down
to 14%- Normal is usually 40%.
A blood smear under the microscope showed a type of cell seen in
auto-immune
hemolytic anemia.
When I put a drop of blood on the slide mixed with saline, the
blood rapidly
clotted, another sign of auto-immune disease.
This required some urgent treatment.
1. IV FLUIDS
2. Immuno-suppressive drugs to block the immune system from
destroying his
red blood cells
3. A Blood transfusion.
He responded great and looks 100% better today.
BUT what is the MOST LIKELY cause of this SERIOUS LIFE
THREATENING
REACTION?
.....VACCINES..
Could other things have triggered this?..Yes.
And in most cases there is no obvious underlying cause.
BUT the MOST LIKELY CAUSE...VACCINES.
This once again reinforces my belief in limiting the number
and
frequency of vaccines.
ONLY give what is NECESSARY as INFREQUENT as possible.
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P.S. The keys to good health....
- Limit Vaccines
- Feed a natural diet, including home diets and raw food
- supplements, including essential fatty acids, probiotics,
anti-oxidants
- Learn about and use alternate therapies
- Regular exercise
- Lots of positive quality time with your pet
To Be able to give your dog or cat every available health option,
you need
to be current and knowledgeable. To get the 'inside' in the know
ways I
suggest
you become a member of my Inner Circle. I have added my HUGE Pet
First Aid
Secrets Manual to the Membership Site, so you can learn even MORE
ways to HEAL your
pet at home. It's at:
www.theonlinevet.com
It's Your Pet.
Heal Them At Home!
Best Wishes,
Dr Andrew Jones, DVM
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WARNING: vaccinations against "canine distemper" can trigger this
latent disease
- Veterinarians tell that only 1 to 0,1 % of diseased dogs
survive
- Be extremely careful vaccinating a dog from a canine distemper
region
- Inform your veterinarian if you had contact with, or suspect this
disease in your vicinity
- Are we using the right vaccin?
www.vetinfo.com/ddistemper.html
If bitches
are fully vaccinated they will pass on passive immunity to their
puppies through the first milk (colostrum) and this protection
falls off after 8 weeks, so the puppies should be vaccinated from
that time. Measles vaccine can be used to give cross-protection to
distemper, and this is given to provide some immunity to young
puppies (from about 6 weeks to 12 weeks of age) that have been
exposed to the disease even though maternal antibodies may be
present.
www.provet.co.uk/Petfacts/healthtips/caninedistemper
Canine
distemper
Overview
Canine distemper is a contagious, incurable, often fatal,
multisystemic viral disease that affects the respiratory,
gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems. Distemper is caused
by the canine distemper virus (CDV).
Incidence
Canine distemper occurs worldwide, and once was the leading cause
of death in unvaccinated puppies. Widespread vaccination
programs have dramatically
reduced its incidence.
CDV occurs among domestic dogs and many other carnivores, including
raccoons, skunks, and foxes. CDV is fairly common in wildlife. The
development of a vaccine in the early 1960s led to a dramatic
reduction in the number of infected domestic dogs. It tends to
occur now only as sporadic outbreaks.
Young puppies
between 3 and 6 months old
are most susceptible to infection and disease and are more likely
to die than infected adults. Nonimmunized
older dogs are also highly
susceptible to infection and disease. Nonimmunized dogs that have
contact with other nonimmunized dogs or with wild carnivores have a
greater risk of developing canine distemper.
Transmission
Infected dogs shed the virus through bodily secretions and
excretions, especially respiratory secretions. The
primary
mode of transmission is airborne
viral particles that dogs
breathe in. Dogs in recovery may continue to shed the virus for
several weeks after symptoms disappear, but they no longer shed the
virus once they are fully recovered.
It is possible for humans to contract an asymptomatic (subclinical)
CDV infection. Anyone who’s been immunized against measles (a
related virus) is protected against CDV as
well.
Symptoms
Macrophages
(cells that ingest foreign disease-carrying organisms, like viruses
and bacteria) carry the inhaled virus to nearby lymph nodes where
it begins replicating (reproducing). It spreads
rapidly through the
lymphatic tissue and infects all the lymphoid organs within 2 to 5
days. By days six to nine, the virus spreads to the blood
(viremia). It then spreads to the surface epithelium (cell lining)
of the respiratory, gastrointestinal, urogenital, and central
nervous systems, where it begins doing the damage that causes the
symptoms.
Early symptoms include fever, loss of appetite, and mild eye
inflammation that may only last a day or two. Symptoms become more
serious and noticeable as the disease
progresses.
The initial
symptom is
fever
(103ºF to 106ºF), which
usually peaks 3 to 6 days after infection. The fever often goes
unnoticed and may peak again a few days later. Dogs may experience
eye and nose discharge, depression, and loss of appetite
(anorexia). After the fever, symptoms vary considerably, depending
on the strain of the virus and the dog’s
immunity.
Many dogs experience gastrointestinal
and respiratory
symptoms, such
as:
•
Conjunctivitis (discharge from the eye)
• Diarrhea
• Fever (usually present but unnoticed)
• Pneumonia (cough, labored breathing)
• Rhinitis (runny nose)
• Vomiting
These symptoms are often exacerbated by
secondary bacterial infections. Dogs almost always develop
encephalomyelitis (an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord),
the symptoms of which are variable and progressive. Most dogs that
die from distemper, die from neurological complications such as the
following:
•
Ataxia (muscle incoordination)
• Depression
• Hyperesthesia (increased sensitivity to sensory stimuli, such as
pain or touch)
• Myoclonus (muscle twitching or
spasm), which can become disabling
• Paralysis
• Paresis (partial or incomplete paralysis)
• Progressive deterioration of mental abilities
• Progressive deterioration of motor skills
• Seizures that can affect any part of the body (One type of
seizure that affects the head, and is unique to distemper, is
sometimes referred to as a “chewing gum fit” because the dog
appears to be chewing gum.)
Many dogs
experience symptoms of the eye:
• Inflammation of the
eye (either
keratoconjunctivitis, inflammation of the cornea and conjunctiva,
or chorioretinitis, inflammation of the choroid and retina)
• Lesions on the
retina (the
innermost layer of the eye)
• Optic neuritis
(inflammation of the optic
nerve which leads to blindness)
Two relatively minor conditions that
often become chronic, even in dogs that recover are:
• Enamel hypoplasia
(unenameled teeth that erode quickly in puppies whose permanent
teeth haven’t erupted yet - the virus kills all the cells that make
teeth enamel)
• Hyperkeratosis (hardening of the foot pads and nose)
In utero
infection
of fetuses is rare,
but can happen. This can lead to spontaneous abortion, persistent
infection in newborn puppies, or the birth of normal looking
puppies that rapidly develop symptoms and die within 4 to 6
weeks.