Canine Symptoms
Do you treat canine symptoms like your own? Do you think you cure pain, fever and the cause of inflammation with aspirin or cortisone? What are you thinking?
At some point we must set aside the aspirin, Tylenol and ibuprofen commercials and look at the body, whether it's canine or human, for the miraculous thing it truly is.
The America I know and live in is full of folks who go to work, come home and switch on the television, or boob-tube as I call it. Consciously or unconsciously soaking up commercials about every 12 minutes. Advertisers are damn good at their jobs. We suck up, soak up their messages like an intravenous feeding.
At the slightest hint of discomfort, we run for the aspirin (my era), Tylenol, Motrin or Advil. Whoa we think we fixed that problem. Thank goodness the drug companies are constantly coming up with newer and better ways to fix us! And thank goodness, they can fix canine symptoms too!
Like I said, I grew up in the aspirin era and here's a case in point.
I was married to a man for 18 years who popped a couple Excedrin aspirin every time he felt the slightest discomfort. Ye-haw. After 10+ years of drinking coffee all day, he decided it wasn't good for his health. He switched to herbal tea. Sounds good right?
The problem was that his body gave him headaches while it was trying to detox from caffeine. Know how he fixed it? By taking more aspirin! Two extra strength Excedrin several times a day.
I suggested he read the label on the bottle because caffeine was one of the ingredients.
He pooh-poohed me and ten years later when he had cancer surgery, the doctor told him to stop taking aspirin. He didn't.
Several years after that, he fell and broke his leg. The doctors told him he MUST stop taking aspirin because his blood was dangerously thin.
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Did it ever occur to this man that pain, discomfort, or swelling was his body sending him a signal? He ignored that little SOS telling him there was a problem to resolve. After all, he was busy. The best course of action was making his body shut up and leave him alone.
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The body, whether dog or man is a marvelous creation that self heals whenever possible. It has many ways of healing sick dogs. Here are some examples of canine health problems that we see as signs of dog illness when they are are signs of attempted self healing:- Fever......What is this dog illness symptom caused by? How can we safely go about treating a fever in dogs?
- Fasting......Are you worried because your dog won't eat?
- Dog Vomiting......Need to know how to stop vomiting?
- Dog Dehydration......Find out how to test for canine dehydration and learn at the home the treatment that might save your dog's life.
- Mucus.......My dog is really sick if he has mucus, right?
- Cause of Inflammation and swelling.....What Causes Swelling?
- Dog Eye Discharge..... Is it an attempt at elimination or one of many dog allergy symptoms?
- Bloody Diarrhea in Dogs..... Can be really scary. Even though this canine symptom is an attempt at self healing, unless a mild case, veterinary help will be a must. Here's what you can do.
- My Dog has Allergies..... Should you have your dog tested for allergies? Can dogs really be allergic to meat?
Here are some canine symptoms and medicine side effects which might be mistaken for symptoms of a different condition or illness.
- Canine Antibiotics - When do we need dog antibiotics and when should we avoid them?
- Dog Antibiotic Side Effects - What else do antibiotics kill besides some nasty bacteria?
- Dog Yeast Ear Infections can be a side effect of antibiotics. Here is a remedy.
- Curing Allergies.......For a basic understanding of food allergies in dogs, here's a great human example.
- Parvo Symptoms Not the epidemic it once was, parvo symptoms are flu like. Here is the list of symptoms for parvo in dogs.
And here is an example of bad food for dogs which can either create canine symptoms or increase canine health problems:
- White Flour - If this wheat is getting into your dog, results could be: digestive distress, diabetes in dogs, dog colitis...
And other pages of interest are:
)-: Dog Farting :-(
Are there days you carry around a fan or make your dog spend extra time outdoors?
Dog Digestive Tract
And why your dog is throwing up whole food
Dog Heat Cycle
Signs and symptoms of a dog in heat
Symptoms of Canine Diabetes
What are they and what could be some possible triggers to this disease?
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