Expert: Marie Peppers Date: 5/17/2008 Subject: Pannus, natural therapies
Question My 6 year old German Shepherd, Phoenix, recently diagnosed with Pannus in
both eyes. A topical antibiotic has helped the symptoms tone down in 2 weeks.
Vet says he needs to be on a topical steroid for life. The ones he came up with
all have antibiotics in them too. Are there any natural therapies I can do for
Phoenix? Hid diet has consisted of "Cannidae" dry food with Natural Balance dog
sausage 2x/day, and some scraps from our table. He also loves Sun Chlorella (a
blue/green algae) - (5, 2x/day). He gets a fair amount of exercise, tho this
winter was long, he's back to running around again. We are willing to work with
diet, etc. Thank you already for considering this! StarLight
Answer Hello Starlight: this is a very serious situation for your Phoenix... Follow your vet's steroid treatments.... it is just about your only safe options for Phoenix... Sorry, there are very few proven holistic / natural options for something like this.
The diet you have him on is excellent.
I would add NuVET vitamins/supplement - it is an Immune System booster...
Here is the link for NuVET http://www.apluspetcare.com/untitled4.html
Next, here is a link on this disorder called Pannus.... it explains your medical options.
You don't want Phoenix to go blind.... so be careful about any " all natural" treatments.. Vit E 200 IU s each day would be fine and helpful... But, follow your vet's medical advice.
