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in the blood. This protective barrier limits the effectiveness of chemotherapeutic agents. As a result, chemotherapy has not been advocated for the treatment of the brain in dogs and cats tumours and very little is known about the efficacy of such drugs in these patients.
• Palliative treatment: if any of the treatments mentioned above is a viable option, it is possible to treat only secondary symptoms caused by a brain tumour, for example seizures, oedema, etc. As many clinical signs are due to the presence of oedema, some animals show a dramatic improvement within 24 hours of starting treatment with corticosteroids. This response is often of short duration, since this drug is not removing the tumour, but you can certainly give patients a variable time of good quality of life.
• Prognosis: It is important to understand that the majority of brain tumours can be treated, but not cured. Therefore the main goal of treatment is to achieve a good quality of life, the longest time possible. Another critical point is to understand exactly what is meant, when we present data on the efficacy of the treatment. Progression-free survival is the time that the animal survived without worsening of clinical signs. This gives a better idea of the meaning of quality of life.
1 When symptoms are more intense and severe the worse is the prognosis and outcome (“Micky” case).
2 The bigger the tumour, the result is expected to be worse (“Micky” case).
3 Supratentorial tumours (tumours of the anterior brain) have a better prognosis than infratentorial tumours (tumours in the brainstem and cerebellum).
4 With Meningiomas the therapeutic results obtained are better than with tumours that are within the brain tissue (e.g. gliomas) current research.
Actual Researchers:
Dr. Natasha Olby and Dr. Matthew Breen of the Group of genomics Neurology of canines at State University College of Veterinary Medicine in North Carolina, are conducting research on different types and degrees of brain tumours in dogs and recognise that very little is known about how long is the survival rate in dogs without treatment, compared to those treated with surgery, radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy.
Key words
Brain tumour, chronic disease, suppression, Homeopathy vs. allopathy.
Objective
A successful clinical case will be discussed to demonstrate the virtues and scope of homeopathy.
Method
Detailed description of the clinical case
Clinical Case
Patient: “Micky”. 12 year-old neutered male, Poodle dog.
• Reason for inquiry: 13/04/13 - brain
tumour (Adenocarcinoma?, Meningioma?), in the left frontal region, measuring 2 cm long by 0.8 cm wide. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance was requested by M. V. F. Pellegrino, specialist in Veterinary Neurology and performed on 17/01/13. See annex 1
• Biopatography History: “Micky”, can be considered the “symbolic son” of a childless couple. They have had Micky since he was 45 days old. As a puppy he was very restless.
• Previous illness:
1 Recurrent itchy Dermatitis.
2 Recurrent, chronic otitis, every 3 months!
Owners have always a gel with dexamethasone, norfloxacin, ketoconazole. 2 months ago he was medicated with dexamethasone, norfloxacin, ketoconazole.
3 Prolapse and anal redness.
4 On March 30, 2013 “Micky” presented a
strong convulsion, which ended up “spinning in a circle”. He later suffered a severe epileptic status, forced to admit him in an emergency clinic. Once he recovered from the status epilepticus, he remained lying down, still with opisthotonos for 4 days. During two intermittent opportunities he had to be induced into a coma with barbiturates due to the intensity of the seizures. When he regained consciousness, “Micky” did not recognize anyone, he raved and turned in a circle. Given the severity of the clinical picture and with evidence of a brain tumour, the prognosis was reserved to severe.
M. V. specialist, F. Pellegrino, after a week of hospitalisation without clear clinical improvement, recommended euthanasia. You have to understand that in terms conventional medicine “Micky” had reached a very advanced, near- terminal state of the disease. With this said it seemed like it would not predict any other possibility from the medical paradigm...
up with difficulty and only turned in a circle to the left.
Behavioral symptoms (historical)
• “Anxious” – when visitors arrived he would
not stop barking
• Disobedient – shattered things in the house • Often masturbated and had ejaculation with
copious amounts of semen
• Seizures: predominantly appeared when
they had him in the car or with a full moon.
General symptoms (historical)
• Loved to sunbathe and to be covered up
(obviously a predominantly chilly patient).
Repertorization
1 CONVULSIONS, EXCITEMENT FROM + AILMENTS FROM, EXCITEMENT EMOTIONAL
2 DESTRUCTIVENESS + TEARING + BREAK 3 MASTURBATION, DISPOSITION TO
4 FULL MOON agg
5 GENERAL, CANCEROUS affections
6 RIDING CAR agg
Prescription:
Belladonna 1 LM, daily. Clonazepam x 0.25 mg, Tablet, every 24 hours, phenobarbital x 15 mg, 1 tablet in the morning and 13⁄4 to night and dexamethasone.
Note: The patient continued with the medication that had been prescribed to him by the specialist.
Evolution:
29/04/13: the patient gradually returned to being the 'Micky' he used to be, walking normally, owners noticed he seemed less lost, saw more, the expression of the face was vivacious, drank plenty of water, increased appetite, and barked!
Physical examination: an abscess appeared on the right side of the foreskin, 2 cm wide. The abscess opened, drained during 2 weeks. The pus was orange and at the same time, it was clearly observed that the patient had marked improvement in his general condition. The patient presented yellow scabs on the skin of the whole body.
Prescription: Belladonna 2 LM, daily, to reduce the Clonazepam and suspend the dexamethasone.
06/05/13: Anal redness! The patient presented this symptom 7 years ago!
Prescription: Belladonna 3 LM.
20/05/13: the patient did not sleep as much, barked all the time, he was not as restless as before and walked faster. Two days after suspending dexamethasone several pustules appeared on the abdomen. The patient presented with very good appetite and he was vital with full energy.
Physical examination: postural reactions are better than in the previous controls.
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The keepers of “Micky”, as it was mentioned above, are a childless couple. Being a puppy' Micky' occupied the place of the son that they could not have. Therefore, they hoped, someone could find a solution to the problem. In addition, to the treatment that the specialist had stated: dexamethasone, clonazepam and phenobarbital.
On 13/04/13 they got in touch with me by telephone, asking me for a home consultation. I remember entering the department and seeing the patient lying down. ‘Micky’ had very bad overall state, dull, poorly connected with the environment. I had to pick him up and hold him; he stood
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