Ending your pet's allergies and suffering once in for all!

Why is your pet constantly itching and chewing?

An allergy is the body’s intense reaction to a substance called an allergen that can be inhaled through the lungs, ingested through the mouth, or absorbed by the skin. Often, when these substances are eliminated, symptoms do seem to decrease. Pets exhibit their distress by scratching and biting their bodies, by digestive upsets, bad body odor, and by their difficulty in breathing.

Many pet owners feel frustrated because they treat allergies year after year, yet there is little long-term relief. As time passes, the symptoms get worse. Owners will try almost anything. They will eliminate the supposed substance that is causing the trouble. They will search for the next medication or dietary change that might work. Usually, with each passing season, the animal becomes weaker, the medication becomes less effective and the diets prove to be a waste of money. It’s an endless and desperate battle.

Dr. Lisa S. Newman, Owner of Azmira Holistic Animal Care states, allergies are common when the body is not cared for as nature intended. As time passes, the pet’s immune system gets weaker, placing additional stress on the body’s other systems, until the whole body breaks down. It is common to see the more serious diseases, such as cancer, in older animals with a history of allergies.

Dr. Newman’s findings are that many allergies are simply an indication of an imbalance in the immune system, not a true sensitivity to one substance. She found that fewer than 20% of animals with suspected allergies have been diagnosed correctly, and that the remaining 80% are fighting a depressed immune system and an unbalanced diet. Allopathic veterinary medicine, our country’s standard medical care, does not yet fully understand how the immune system works. It lumps symptoms under a general diagnosis and tries to suppress them, rather than treating the whole body. Even holistic care can temporarily suppress symptoms. The trick to reversing allergies is to first build up the body’s ability to do so.

Here’s a short scenario on how the body works: A pet’s body is constantly being confronted with dangerous substances (pesticides in the house, for instance), by the commercial pet food they eat containing animal by-products, rancid animal fat and grain by-products (all common pet food ingredients). Waste products build up in the body, and the whole digestive system suffers. The skin, the largest eliminatory organ, then takes the challenge of releasing these wastes. This results in pimples, rashes, hot spots and a lower resistance. Scratching is common! Urea, a waste product of protein digestion, promotes a gout-like condition, resulting in foot chewing and licking.

Steroids, commonly used to reduce inflammation, will temporarily reduce the symptoms. The explanation is simple: the steroid will reduce the symptoms by reducing the reaction to a toxin yet not tackle the underlying problem, a depressed immune system. It is understandable that the pet will not get better in the long run, and will probably get worse.

To strengthen the immune system, it’s necessary to cleanse the body of toxins. In Dr. Newman’s experience, supplements and homeopathic or herbal remedies will help to assure that the fundamental imbalance is corrected. It will also help to maintain the balance of your pet’s blood sugar and hormones to feed your pet at least twice a day and sometimes more if needed. Do provide proper grooming and an emotionally stable environment. You will find that this regime will foster a strong immune system and the allergies will disappear.

Dr. Newman's Holistic Animal Care Lifestyle approach to allergy elimination systematically reduces acute symptoms with(Allerg'free, Yucca Intensive, D'Toxifier) while foundation supplements (Mega Pet Daily, Super C 2000, Garlic Daily Aid) can build up the immune system over the long term and has supported and reversed even the most serious cases.