1. Acupuncture treatment for a dog with allergy - a case report
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Alena Micháľová, Mária Fialkovičová, Zoran Vrbanac, Alena Micháľová, Mária Fialkovičová, and Zoran Vrbanac
- Abstract
Allergies are a malfunction of the immune system that causes a reaction to normally harmless substances known as allergens, such as food components, pollen, insects, or medication. Due to the extensive incidence of clinical signs, it is very important to make a correct diagnosis to eliminate the offending allergen from the body, to provide control and long term management to achieve a comfortable life for the animal. In the case of highly intensive pruritus, drugs such as glucocorticoids, antihistamines and inhibitors of Janus kinase are generally administered. Unfortunately common drugs are not always able to resolve the problem. This case report describes the use of alternative treatments, including veterinary acupuncture, diet and phytotherapy that showed a beneficial and curative effect in a case of allergies., Alergije su poremećaji imunosnog sustava koji uzrokuju reakcije na inače bezopasne tvari poznate kao alergeni, primjerice sastojci hrane, pelud, ubod insekata ili lijekovi. Zbog raznolikosti kliničkih znakova, za alergijska stanja iznimno je važno postaviti ispravnu dijagnozu kako bi se iz tijela uklonio alergen, te osigurala kontrola i ugodno životno okruženje životinje. U slučaju jakog svrbeža općenito se primjenjuju lijekovi poput glukokortikoida, antihistaminika i inhibitora Janus-kinaze. Nažalost uobičajeni lijekovi ne mogu uvijek riješiti svrbež uzrokovan alergijom. Ovaj prikaz slučaja opisuje alternativno liječenje, uključujući veterinarsku akupunkturu, dijetnu prehranu i fitoterapiju, koji su pokazali blagotvoran i ljekovit učinak u slučaju alergija.
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- 2021