I hope 99% of our readers have never heard of
Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA) or
Auto-Immune
Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA). I hope 99% of our readers never have a pet
that gets IMHA or AIHA. My research on the Internet shows this disease
to have a 50-70% fatality rate at best. One of
 our clients took
her dog to Colorado State University, which is leading the research into
this awful disease. She was told by C.S.U. that IMHA is a 100% fatal
disease. 80% of the patients die within the first two weeks. At the end
of 90 days, all dogs were dead. So, why am I writing about a terrible
disease that I hope 99% of our customers never have to experience?
Because the heart-rending experiences that I hear from our customers
can be prevented, and because the holistic lessons are not just for IMHA or AIHA but
are universal for every disease or symptom in the body.
Here is what one holistic vet says about a
possible cause of these diseases:
 "The vaccine manufacturing process contains some quirks that cause
the body to make antibodies to a wide variety of components in the
vaccine. Most vaccines are produced through a culture medium such as
eggs, blood serum, or certain types of cells. The organisms are grown in
these nutritious cultures, then filtered for manufacture into vaccines.
While the filters are small enough to keep out whole cells, both viruses
and a variety of loose proteins will end up in the final product. When
injected, the dog or cat’s body then makes antibodies to many of the
proteins as well as the virus itself. Studies at Purdue University
showed that canine vaccines grown in calf serum caused antibodies to
be made to many calf proteins including red blood cells, thyroid,
DNA, connective tissue proteins such as collagen, fibronectin, laminin,
albumin, transferrin and others.
Unfortunately, calf proteins are so similar to dog proteins that the
antibodies react to the dog’s own tissue as well—this is an
“auto”-immune reaction (“auto” means “self”). Every vaccinated puppy
developed multiple autoantibodies, and every additional booster produced
even more autoantibodies. Because the puppies in the Purdue study were euthanized at 22 weeks of
 age, it is unknown if these autoantibodies
would lead to disease, but follow-up studies with client-owned dogs are
ongoing.
Diseases associated with the tissues to which autoantibodies are made
include thyroiditis (which can leads to hypothyroidism in dogs), lupus,
cardiomyopathy, and autoimmune hemolytic anemia."
(Source:
www.LittleBigCat.com)
We have had customers whose dog goes into
heat or is pregnant develop Immune Mediated Hemolytic
 Anemia (IMHA). We
suspect any hormonal changes might trigger an auto-immune response
together with the vaccine connection mentioned above. So, what can be
done?
Veterinarians routine prescribe the steroid
Prednisone or Prednisolone. While
this may slow down the body's immune system from attacking itself, it
does nothing to stop the cause of the disease or stimulate the body into
producing new red blood cells. Fortunately, we have had some amazing
success stories from our clients using
BioPreparation.
Normal hematocrit (HCT) blood values for a
healthy canine should be in the range of 37-55%. We have had cases of
dogs with a HCT value as low as 7-8% where the vet literally gave up on
saving the pet. The customer started giving BioPreparation and within
24-48 hours their dog started showing signs of new life. After regaining
its appetite and mixing the BioPreparation into the food, the dogs made
a miraculous recovery. You can read these actual testimonials at
IMHA
and AIHA.
The bone marrow is mainly responsible for
manufacturing red blood cells. What happens in an auto-immune condition
is the body starts attacking itself and consumes these all-important red
blood cells, producing anemia. The steroid,
Prednisone or Prednisolone, is
given to slow down this auto-immune response but it does nothing to
stimulate more red blood cell production. So, instead of spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars on research to determine what drugs
will stimulate red blood cell production, why not nourish the body with
super nutrition, so it can resume manufacturing red blood cells itself
(which it already knows how to do). Feed and energize the master glands
in the brain (i.e., pituitary, pineal and hypothalamus) which, in turn,
will send the proper nerve signals and direct nutrients to the bone
marrow, kidneys and liver to resume normal red blood cell
production. In essence, wake up the body's natural ability to heal,
rather than medicating and suppressing the auto-immune disease or
looking for specific supplements to stimulate red blood cell production.
For those that absolutely have to know
which specific nutrients stimulate red blood cell production, here is
some research. Chinese scientists documented that phycocyanin
stimulates hematopoesis (creation of blood), emulating the hormone
erythropoetin (EPO). EPO is produced by healthy kidneys and
regulates bone marrow stem cell production of red blood cells. They
claim phycocyanin regulated white blood cell production, even when
bone marrow stem cells are damaged by toxic chemicals or radiation.1
(Source:
http://www.themagicisbac.com/page10-01-05.html)
 Chlorophyll
is sometimes called "green blood" because of its similarity to the
hemoglobin molecule found in human blood cells. In fact, both are
constructed of almost identical molecular structure called pyrrole
rings, and both substances are chemically known as "porphyrin pigments"
by scientists. The difference is that chlorophyll contains a magnesium
ion at its core, while hemoglobin contains an iron molecule. Magnesium
imparts a green color to the chlorophyll molecule and is involved in
synthesis of other materials, while iron gives hemoglobin a red
coloration and changes the function of the porphyrin molecule to
respiration and breakdown of materials. There are many reasons why
cereal grass and other dark green plants can be considered
"blood-building" foods. The vitamins and minerals in cereal grass are
essential to the synthesis and function of the components of healthy
blood. It does appear, however, that small amounts of the digestive
products of chlorophyll may stimulate the synthesis of either heme or
globin or both in animals and humans.
(Source: http://www.themagicisbac.com/page10-00.html)
Yes, BioPreparation does contain phycocyanin
and chlorophyll but that is not the point of this article.
BioPreparation contains over
5,000 individual nutrients
in a whole food form
and not as a supplement. These nutrients are in small doses (not
therapeutic) and in the proper ratio that Nature intended to stimulate
the body's own ability to balance and heal itself.
This example of
IMHA
and AIHA
is similar to so many other diseases and health conditions. Why spend
thousands of dollars on lab tests, drugs and
natural (but not
holistic) supplements in an attempt to duplicate or stimulate what
the body already knows how to do? From our holistic perspective, the source of all imbalances can be
traced back to a malfunctioning master gland in the brain and/or a
deficiency of nutrients. Doesn't it make sense then, to feed and nourish
the whole body, including the master glands in the brain, and let the
body's natural ability to heal take over?
Nearly 50% of natural deaths in older
dogs and cats are due to cancer (Morris Animal Foundation, 2005). A
recent study showed over 60% of Golden Retrievers will die of cancer
(Kali's Wish Cancer Foundation). Many pure bred dogs are susceptible
to Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA) or
Auto-Immune
Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA). Why wait for your pet to become a
statistic? Take
preventative steps
now by making sure your pet gets all the whole food nutrition it needs
to stay well and live a healthy 15-20 years like pets used to.
1
Zhang Cheng-Wu, et. al. Effects of polysaccharide and phycocyanin from
spirulina on peripheral blood and hematopoietic system of bone marrow in
mice. Second Asia-Pacific Conf. Ibid, April, 1994.
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