Breed: German Shepherd Mix
Age: 13 years
Problems: Yeast infection, Skin problems, Oozing Sores, Hair loss, Poor Appetite, Fever
Submittal: October 4, 2008
At the beginning of May ‘08 we started noticing that our almost 13-year-old mix breed dog, Ginger, was starting to have some skin problems. She has had some minor problems in the past, mostly in the spring, so we didn't think much of it. She progressively started to get worse but I thought I could manage her “hot spots” with
hydro cortisone sprays etc.
On June 6, 2008 we decided to take her to the vet as she was really getting bad and she was scratching non-stop. He wasn't sure what she had but took a scraping to see if it was mange. The test came out negative so he said she had pyoderma. He gave her a prescription for antibiotics and also gave her a cortisone shot and Benzoyl peroxide shampoo. She was also due for her annual vaccination shots, so they were administered as well.
We did all that the vet told us to do and she still wasn't doing any better. Actually, she was worse! We took her back a week later; he did another skin scraping which was negative again for mange. He didn't have any other suggestions except to take her to a doggy dermatologist and gave her another shot and more antibiotics. I suggested running a thyroid test and he agreed to dog that. Her T4 was low so I went ahead and did the full thyroid work up and that came back fine. By this time I didn't know what to do, as I knew the dermatologist would be quite expensive and I wasn't sure that that was something we really wanted to do.
We did all that the vet told us to do and she still wasn't doing any better. Actually, she was worse! We took her back a week later; he did another skin scraping which was negative again for mange. He didn't have any other suggestions except to take her to a doggy dermatologist and gave her another shot and more antibiotics. I suggested running a thyroid test and he agreed to dog that. Her T4 was low so I went ahead and did the full thyroid work up and that came back fine. By this time I didn't know what to do, as I knew the dermatologist would be quite expensive and I wasn't sure that that was something we really wanted to do.
On the 22nd of June I thought Ginger was going to die.
Her skin was red and inflamed and she was running a fever. I started looking
on the internet for some kind of answers and that is when I came across the
N ZYMES® web site. I figured she must have a yeast condition . I was a bit skeptical at first but thought it would be less expensive than all the vet bills and testing etc. the vet wanted to do. So I ordered the yeast-kit even though I wasn't sure she would survive till the products came. I went right away to the vet and purchase the Malaseb shampoo and also followed instructions to obtain and use a recommended food.
When I spoke to the vet about her having yeast he said he didn't think that
is what it was, but I decided to take a holistic approach, as his methods
hadn't worked and made her worse. The NZYMES® Yeast-Kit products came on the 25th of June and we started her on them right away. We followed the program by the book. I had my doubts along the way as to if I was doing the right thing for her or not or if I should have had her put down. She had good days and bad days with fever, diarrhea and weight loss. She had lost most of her hair and had the ugly black skin. My teenage boys called her “Resident Evil” .
She would get cold and we kept her covered with a blanket so she wouldn't
shiver. We bathed her every day to every other day with the Malaseb shampoo. When that ran out we got her the Universal Medicated Shampoo , which we liked better and rinsed her with baking soda water. We kept her sprayed with the Ox-E-Drop 2% solution too. We also purchased the Comfy Cone, because she wouldn't stop scratching and that help a great deal. I'm glad we did as we didn't have to constantly yell at her and it was much better than the hard cones.
OCTOBER 4, 2008
It is now just past 3 months and Ginger is doing so much better. She has grown most of her hair back, but still has some issues on her head and legs. For the most part she is doing quite well and has gained most of her weight back. She's still a bit itchy but the baths are down to twice a week. I have also added coconut oil and omega 3-6-9 to her diet. She's come a long way in 3 months and I'm sure she has more time before she is completely through the detox as she has had her 13th birthday and it's suppose to take a month for every year.
I am very happy with the results that NZYMES® Yeast-Kit has provided and the new diet have given her. My theory is, we had adopted a Parrot in January of ‘08 and Ginger wasn't happy with not getting all the attention or having a bird in the house, even though she got even more attention now to compensate for her being nervous around the parrot. I think her immune system suffered with her age, the antibiotics that we gave her, cortisone shots, the immunizations and lack of good nutrition even though we fed her a middle of the road dog food. She still doesn't like the bird but seems more tolerable of her. I hope she will have a couple more happy and healthy years with us thanks to N ZYMES® .
UPDATE May 17, 2009
Almost a year has passed now and a lot has happened. Ginger was making
great improvements over her initial skin issues but it seemed that I
just couldn't get her over the "hump" so to speak.
So I decided to try a different vet back in November of 08. I had
heard he took a more holistic approach even though he wasn't considered
to be a Holistic vet. Well he said that she had staph infection and that
I needed to put her on antibiotics. I really didn't want to do it, but
conceded. A week went by and I took her back for a check and she actually
seemed like she was doing better. During the following week we started
to notice that she was scabbing up and was loosing mass quantities of hair
just like she did the initial time. I came to my own conclusion, that she
is allergic to the antibiotic that we had been giving her and that is probably
one of the reasons she got so bad in the first place. I immediately stopped
the antibiotics and contacted the vet. He was surprised to find out what
I had told him but didn't really have any other suggestions except to take
her to a Holistic vet which was about 50 miles away and I just didn't want
to do that.
I went back on the internet to do some research of my own and came up with
giving her colloidal silver in place of the antibiotic. I have been including
the N ZYMES® Yeast-Kit in her daily routine since the beginning and even though she lost hair and got sores all over again, it wasn't near as bad as the first time. I'm sure it was from her taking the N ZYMES® and
also feeding her Eagle Pack dog food as well as bathing her several times
a week with her special shampoos. I also give her Ultra Oil skin supplement
and sometimes include coconut oil too.
She made great improvements over the winter months and we were actually down
to bathing her once every two weeks! In the last month she has become increasingly
itchier and has had a terrible ear infection that I think we have under control
now using Zymox. We are back to bathing her every few days again but this
is the same time of year that it all happened last year. I have no idea what
is causing her to react this way, as the most of our pollen here is gone.
I guess we may never know but the great thing is, she is still with us even
though she shows her age of 13 ½.
L. Wisner - Spring Hill, FL
As you can see, sometimes the cleansing from yeast can become and does appear to be significantly worse during the first 1-3 months of the process (but not necessarily at this severe level). This is because the toxins which have penetrated the body have to come out and they exit through the skin (shown right). Our experience with many thousands of yeast cases indicates to us that when medications like prednisone, Benedryl, Antihistamines or Allergy Shots as part of normal Veterinary treatment are used that they can complicate the cleansing process and produce more severe skin symptoms. Often these medications produce oozing type sores or eczema, often seen in and around the neck of body. They often appear like those shown here in the BEFORE picture of Ginger.
Also remember, these toxins are generated each day as the pet eats and the effects of the Leaky-Gut penetrate into the body cavity. As the process continues this process becomes less and less until the GI tract seals itself with reestablished flora.
| Symptoms/Problems: Yeast infection, Skin problems, Oozing Sores, Hair loss, Poor Appetite, Fever |
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GINGER'S PROGRESS |
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In the Beginning
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After 1 Month of Cleansing
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After 2 Months of Cleansing
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After 3 Months of Cleansing
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After 12 Months of Cleansing
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After 13 Months of Cleansing
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