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Date Posted: 10:53:51 10/04/03 Sat
Author: kbharbert
Subject: Re: preventative treatments?
In reply to: Angela 's message, "preventative treatments?" on 06:37:30 10/04/03 Sat

it IS an interesting subject, isn't it?
i'd think it would depend on what caused the problem and whether or not it is/can be passed in utero but that, as yet, is an unanswered question.
look at HIV.
it kills by compromising the immune system.
one of the first things a patient is told regarding self-treatment is about the boosting of their immune system.
eat only healthy foods; take vitamins; reduce stress; avoid those with run of the mill things like colds and flu which sap the strength of the immune system and make you more vulnerable to other infections.
we all know that babies born to mothers who are HIV+ stand a risk of developing the infection. C-section has lowered the numbers but there are still many babies born who are HIV+.
it stands to reason (and research confirms) that the mother boosting her own immune system has the resulting effect of healthier infants and lower mortality rates. research in the last 10 years or so, show that the fathers roll is more than sperm donor as well.
when both parents have a healthy lifestyle and strong immune system, their children usually do as well.
pregnancy itself is a great stress on the womans body.
we may be designed to reproduce but it is not without a cost to all major organs.
the same, it seems to me, would hold true in the animal world as well.
many woman (or men) who are HIV+ do not chose to have children.
while C-section lowers the risk of transmission to the infant, it is not assured.
it is the question itself that predeposes the answer.
that there IS a question (in both human and animal worlds) makes reproduction unwise if one wishes to be cautious.
in the case of demodex, the immune system may indeed be boosted and subsequently the female free of symptoms.
the same has been done in HIV+ patients using healthy, immune boosting lifestyles and/or medications.
both human and animal APPEAR healthy.
still....the question remains...what if?
pregnancy DOES affect the immune system.
until it can be assured that EVERY female does not have a reoccurrence during (or following) a pregnancy, thus allowing contamination to the litter or to others OR that EVERY female testing postitive does NOT pass the disease on to ANY of her litter, the wisest choice would be to simply not breed ANY dog (female OR male) that has it in the line.

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  • I will Pursue an answer -- Ed Davis, 11:04:21 10/04/03 Sat
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