Anal Furunculosis

perianal fistulas

Holistic Veterinarian who specializes in Homeopathy

Atopica

Desitin when necessary

Colloidal Silver or Aloe Gel.

for topical cyclosporine, tacrolimus, rather than the oral version because cyclosporine is a very
potent immunosuppressive. I would hate to have to use it long term in an otherwise healthy dog. As
noted in the first response, feeding a novel protein also helps. Mars condition cleared up in several
weeks and has not recurred in about a year.

Three things right off the bat.

Remove grains from his diet. A novel protein food - RAW if you can is the best.

Bravo: Discover Balance Raw Diet | Beef Frozen Raw Dog Food Diet - Bravo Pet Food Find a store:
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Northwest Naturals: Beef Find a store: Store Locator

Primal: Complete Raw Diets for Pets: Canine Beef Formula Find a store: Primal Pet Foods: Store
Locator

Feeding calculator: Feeding Calculator

Or The Honest Kitchen Dehydrated Food. www.thehonestkitchen.com

Make sure you also check the ingredients on treats!

Bravo Bonus Bites: are 100% all meat, and made from all natural, antibiotic-free, grain free meats
and organ meat protein sources.

Example: "Dry Roasted" Buffalo Liver: Ingredients Grass-fed buffalo liver.

"Freeze Dried Treats" - Venison Liver: Ingredients Grass-fed venison liver.

Add a digestive enzyme (assimilates food) and probiotic (puts the good bacteria in the gut) to the
diet. 75% of the immune system is in the gut and you MUST keep it healthy.
Sunday Sundae (Digestive Enzyme & Pro-Biotic Combo): Sunday-Sundae-12oz

Digest All Plus: (Digestive Enzyme/ProBiotic combo) Wholistic Digest All Plus? - Digestive Support -
Canine

Gut Sense: (Pro-Biotic & Pre Biotic): GutSense - certified organic probiotic for dogs

Purchase Glandex: "Glandex"can help solve this issue with natural ingredients and it promotes a
healthy digestive tract which is very important for your puppy. Glandex FAQs

"Natural blend of fiber including Pumpkin Seed, Natural Anti-Inflammatories, and a Probiotic Source.

Ingredients: 100% Pure Beef Liver, Pumpkin Seed, Quercetin Dihyrdate, Apple Pectin Cellulose,
Bromelain 600 GDU/gram, Lactobacillus acidophilus How does Glandex® work?

Glandex works in multiple ways from the inside out to help keep your pet's anal glands healthy.
Glandex's unique fiber blend improves the consistency and regularity of your pet's stools by creating
firm and bulky stools which helps your pet to naturally empty their anal glands every time they
defecate. Glandex also contains natural anti-inflammatories (the Quercetin & Bromelain helps with
itching) to reduce the underlying inflammation and allergies that contribute to anal gland problems
and reduces anal gland irritation. Maintaining overall digestive health is a vital part of healthy anal
glands and that's why Glandex is formulated with a probiotic to maintain your pet's gastrointestinal
health and to boost your pet's immunity."

Usually around $21 at Amazon: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Glandex-Anal-Gland-Fiber-

Supplement/dp/B00885HX40/"]http://www.amazon.com/Glandex-Anal-Gland-Fiber-Supplement/
dp/B00885HX40/[/ame]

If you do choose to purchase this, begin with a small amount and work up to the recommended
dosage.

"I also recommend a protocol of Chinese herbs, curcumin, nirgundi oil (applied topically to the anus),
the herb triphala guggul (given orally), and laser therapy, along with an immune-balancing protocol.
Dogs with perianal fistulas should not receive vaccinations." see article here: How Perianal Fistulas
Occur

http://www.sniksnak.com/doghealth/analfuru.html

http://members.tripod.com/~perianal-fistulas/MainIndex.html
and join their email group,, I can't begin to tell you how much information is available
from the members of this group. Support for you as well..
allopathically with your vet with the Cyclosporin

Chinese Medicine Vet The herb that worked for my dog's PFs was either Long Dan Xi
Gan Tan or Xiao Gai Hu Tan. He never got another PF.

Cyclosporine for three months $350 / month

Perianal Fitula Autoimmune Disease..Beside taking Cyclosporine...vet gave him

Ketoconazol

We used tacrolimus, which is a topical form of cyclosporine (from compound chemist

$60)

desitin. As in the baby diaper rash creme. It won't heal infection, but it has been known
to heal up the tracks. Put it on a qtip and apply in and around the fistula twice daily.
Don't use in conjunction with other topicals.

One I did cryo surgery, the other I did cyclo. Both worked, tho when I had a minor
flareup the desitin did the trick. Its tough treating. What works for one may not work for
anoth

http://www.germanshepherds.com/foru...ts-perianal-fistulas-anal-furunculosis-4.html

Nirgundi
Oil https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01MZCY6QH/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?
ie=UTF8&condition=new
(you may be able to get this in the UK)

It is made from the plant Vitex nigundo, which is bitter, pungent and astringent in taste.
Nirgundi is one of the best natural anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-biotic and an
excellent muscle relaxant. Its oil reduces congestion, inflammation and pain. There are
very few multifaceted herbs like Nirgundi. The oil heals the fistula and tones the area by
maintaining proper blood circulation.
Dose: Local application over the wounds with a cotton ball soaked in the oil twice daily.

If you know someone trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, I heard of this helping a
GSD with this condition:
Long Dan Xi Gan Tan 1,000 mg. 2 x daily with food

Fistula

Tacrolimus

sugardine twice a day. It something that we have used for years with livestock and it's
really amazing how well it works. It's easy to make since it's just sugar (we used
powdered sugar to get a smoother consistency) and Betadyne (provodone iodine) mixed
together. It worked great! The vet was really impressed with the results and our dog
completely healed.

Fb Perianal Fistula Awareness/Support by Sauver Des Chiens

I saw your post regarding the sugardine and wanted to reply. I do not have a german
shepherd, I have a black lab mixed dog who has 4 perianal fistulas and a swollen
abscessed area right below his tail. He was on prednisone and ciprofloxacin for four
weeks but it didn't help much. I have been using sugardine for about the last week and
the fistulas appear to be drying up, he no longer has any oozing puss or bloody fluid. I
started by using a syringe (without needle) filling the fistulas with the sugardine, now the
holes have decreased to where I can no longer inject the solution (so happy). I am now
packing about a spoonful of warmed sugardine onto he perianal region twice a day and
compressing it with a paper towel for about 10 minutes each time. This seems to be
working. I will update any changes and hopefully resolution. Thank you for the
information regarding sugardine as I had never heard about it. Hopefully this can help
others.

My GSD was diagnosed with perianal fistulas a month and a half ago. He's responded to
the medication quite well so far, he was on antibiotics for 2 weeks, 75mg of
novoprednisone and tacrolimus ointment 2x a day, he's now down to 50mg of
novoprednisone and tacrolimus once a day, tomorrow he starts 25mg for 4 weeks with
tacrolimus as needed.
My concern is that although all of the bleeding has stopped and he's eating like a horse,
the "holes" seem to be getting larger. I'm keeping the area clean so it looks really good
(I'm sure the steroids are helping with that also) but is that common for them to keep
getting larger? Will they ever stop?

http://www.germanshepherds.com/foru...-fistula-enzymes-probiotics-how-keep-dry.html
perianal-fistulas yahoo group

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/PF-L/info