Melissa Thom Webboard User Reg: 12-04-2007
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I'm looking for some suggestions for my eldest dog. She's got IMO a pretty poorly placed lipoma right where her neck meets her shoulder. So far, no trouble with movement and it seems to cause her no pain. My concern is that this thing is definitely increasing in size (baseball on a 25lb dog) and I worry about it's proximity to the lungs. She's in pretty fantastic health (other than being deaf) and is a very active happy 13ish year old dog.
The usual treatment for these things is to leave them alone unless they are a problem and honestly due to placement I don't think I would want this thing operated on. Does anyone know if there is anything that slows down the growth of these things I can do dietary wise or otherwise?
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I'm looking for some suggestions for my eldest dog. She's got IMO a pretty poorly placed lipoma right where her neck meets her shoulder. So far, no trouble with movement and it seems to cause her no pain. My concern is that this thing is definitely increasing in size (baseball on a 25lb dog) and I worry about it's proximity to the lungs. She's in pretty fantastic health (other than being deaf) and is a very active happy 13ish year old dog.
The usual treatment for these things is to leave them alone unless they are a problem and honestly due to placement I don't think I would want this thing operated on. Does anyone know if there is anything that slows down the growth of these things I can do dietary wise or otherwise?
He also wrote a book called Eight Weeks to a Healthy Dog, which I have not read but would like to. I very much liked the allergy book, and think that his suggestions are well researched, well reasoned, and well explained.
Anyway, in the Eight Weeks book, he has a segment on fatty tumors with supplement suggestions.
I'll go through my saved "favorites" links tomorrow and see what I have there on fatty tumors. (There are several holistic vets who recommend digestive enzymes to help with fat-digestion problems that they strongly believe are a major trigger of fatty tumors.)
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Lew Olson is sure to be a source for this kind of info.
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Yes.
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There are a few things there that might be slightly outdated, but Messonnier was where I learned, for example, about the importance of rinsing off the pollen, grasses, etc., in the worst seasons for a dog with airborne allergies, and the fallacies about avoiding baths for a dog with atopy because of "dry skin" fears. IME, he is absolutely correct, and I was kind of stunned that I had accepted the prevalent (and poor) advice not to "overdo" baths with an atopic dog. He has provided me with several lightbulb moments in his articles and books.
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I found this:
QUOTE: Nutritional Supplements
Dr. Goldstein advises using the mineral chromium picolinate and the amino acid L-carnitine. A 30-pound dog with fatty tumors gets 100 mcg of chromium and 250 mg of l-carnitine daily to improve fat metabolism. If the dog doesn't respond to those, add B6 at a daily dose of 50 mg for a 30 to 50 pound dog.
Dr. Shawn Messonier, DVM, suggests several nutritional supplements for treating fatty tumors in his book "Eight Weeks to a Healthy Dog." They include DMG, or dimethylglycine; CoEnzymeQ10; glycoproteins to help cells flush out toxins; proanthocyanidins (grape seed extract is an example) and bioflavonoids (plant pigments).
There are a few things there that might be slightly outdated, but Messonnier was where I learned, for example, about the importance of rinsing off the pollen, grasses, etc., in the worst seasons for a dog with airborne allergies, and the fallacies about avoiding baths for a dog with atopy because of "dry skin" fears. IME, he is absolutely correct, and I was kind of stunned that I had accepted the prevalent (and poor) advice not to "overdo" baths with an atopic dog. He has provided me with several lightbulb moments in his articles and books.
I've been told by several people that the spice turmeric can be used to shrink fatty tumors and cysts. I have been considering using it for the cyst on my dog's head.
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