Oh Guts!

Herbal treatments for your dog’s Crohn’s Disease
Jackie Rive

The great shift to herbal treatments for medical conditions has naturally flowed into the treatment for our best friends—our dogs. Crohn’s disease is just as debilitating in dogs as it is in humans. It’s incurable in both humans and dogs, but isn’t fatal in humans. Crohn’s disease in dogs can be fatal without proper care.
 
What is Canine Crohn’s Disease?
 
Crohn’s disease is inflammation of the intestinal lining and stomach. Causes include autoimmune issues, infectious agents, issues with nutrition and heredity. It is one of several inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) that affects dogs. The intensity of the disease can be controlled, but there’s no cure.
 
Symptoms and Signs
 
Symptoms can be as minor as occasional diarrhoea, listlessness and weight loss to obvious acute pain and bleeding from both ends. Chronic vomiting indicates inflammation of the upper digestive tract while diarrhoea is a sign of lower intestinal inflammation. When either of these symptoms occurs and can’t be explained, your pet is more than likely suffering from Crohn’s.