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Lymphoma in dogs is the most common form of cancer found in dogs and just the mere mention of the name can stop the hearts of most dog owners. There is no known cause of this very deadly form of cancer and there is no cure for it.

Or is there?

Currently most all experts would agree that that although there are methods to extend the life of a dog that has been diagnosed with Lymphoma, it may be only for a few weeks, a few months, and if very lucky, perhaps a year. But the outcome is most always the death of your dog.

But what is extremely mystifying about the medical community and Lymphoma in dogs is that they will marvel at extending life with treatments but will always state that there is no conclusive evidence that those same treatments, when use in prevention, produce any desired results.

Stop for a minute and scratch your head and think; if there are medications or supplements that can prolong the life of your dog, even for short periods of time, would it not make just plain common sense that these same medications if used in preventive measures against the top cancer in dogs may actually help to prevent Lymphoma in dogs.

But remember, this is the same medical community that took over 200 hundred years to admit that Thiamine cured Beriberi and until only recently have even begin to study vitamins, minerals, and herbs as actual treatments.

Lymphoma is dogs is the most common form of cancer in dogs and it generally attacks the lymph nodes in your pet, although it also attacks the spleen, the liver, and other organs.

It primarily affects middle aged or older dogs, and there are certain breeds more at risk than others, but it can affect any breed, any sex, and dogs at any age.

The breeds that are most subject to acquiring this very deadly form of cancer are: Labrador and Golden retrievers, Rottweiler’s, St. Bernard’s, Boxers, Bulldogs, Bassett Hounds, and Scottish and Airedale terriers. Why these breeds are more at risk no one knows.

Causes of Lymphoma;

With cats, there is a very strong correlation between lymphoma in dogs and the feline leukemia virus, but with dogs, there is not the same connection. There is no known cause.

There is a lot of speculation that it could be caused by exposure to pesticides or perhaps an exposure to strong magnetic forces, much like high power voltage wires may cause cancer in humans, but quite simply no one knows.

Symptoms, Diagnosing and Testing:

Diagnosing Lymphoma in dogs will depend on the locations of the tumors in your pet’s body. It can be done by blood tests, biopsies, x-rays or ultrasound. The symptoms will also depend on the location.

The most common form of this cancer is referred to as the multicentric and accounts for about 80 percent of all cases. This form is found in your pets lymph nodes that have become swollen. But other than the swelling, there may be no symptoms at all.

When examined, these nodes will be enlarged and very hard. There are also three other forms that you will need to watch for as owners.

The gastrointestinal form will cause vomiting, diarrhea, and a rapid weight loss in your pet, the mediastinal form is found in the chest and causes shortness of breath, and the skin form usually causes either single or multiple lymph nodes on your pet’s skin or mouth.

Lymphoma in dogs symptoms will be classified by the stage that it is in. Stage one is where just one node is present; two is several nodes in the same area; three is where all lymph nodes are involved; four is all nodes plus the liver, spleen and chest; and five is where the bone marrow has been attacked.

In stage five the other areas may or may not be affected, but it will not matter at this point.

This form of cancer is a very rapid in its growth and can literally spread to every organ in your pet’s body. It will attack and penetrate with such force that the organs will begin to fail.

Your pet will start to completely loss their appetite, vomit and have diarrhea to the point that they will become so weak that they will lose the battle.

If not treated after it is diagnosed, you pet will most likely die with two to three weeks.

Treatment:

Like most all forms of cancer, Lymphoma in dogs is considered a systemic disease where surgery or radiation just does not work and is very ineffective.

At these point chemotherapy treatments, drugs, and nutrients are your only hope. These will consist of a combination of both oral as well as inject able drugs or nutrients.

The drugs that are used will vary, but what is very interesting are the nutrients that are used to treat the symptoms that can prolong the life of your dog. The most common used nutrients are Arginine, Vitamin A, Vitamin D and D3, and Vitamin B12.

Prevention:

Again, ask yourself a basic question. If these nutrients are used for treatment, could they not also be very useful in the preventing of this deadly disease.

Arginine is an amino acid that is also very well known as a growth hormone releaser. A deficiency of this amino acid results in weakness of the muscles and an increase in body fats. Why does it help with prolonging the life of your dog with this cancer?

Again, no one seems to know. Your dog’s body does produce it, but perhaps, just perhaps, they are not producing enough of it. It not only promotes growth but it also helps your pet’s immune system and there is a lot of growing optimism that it can also help to reduce cancer. It is available in supplements in the form of arginine or L-arginine.

Vitamin A has also recently been speculated to induce differentiation in leukemic and lymphomic cells in that they cause them to restore back to normal. Vitamin D3 when combined with Vitamin D has also recently produced the same affects in several tests.

Vitamin B12 has a substance called nitric oxide which is attached to Vitamin B12. It appears that receptors on a cells surface actually attract this vitamin, and as such, allows it to enter.

The reason it attracts is that it actually helps the cells to grow, but there is where it backfires on cancer and could be especially helpful with Lymphoma in dogs.

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Once inside the cell, it releases this nitric acid which attacks and kills the cancer cells from within the cells; rather than any other form of treatment that attempts to attack and destroy the cancer cells from the outside.

But there is one glaring fact in all of this. All of these nutrients are used to prolong the life of your dog and they in some cases are very effective. But would it not make a lot more sense to attack and kill the cancer before it attacks and kills your dog.

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