Demodex Success Story

by Laurie Morin, May 2004

Cady - Golden RetrieverI wanted to share my great news and pass on some information that may help others. Our Golden puppy Cady (6 months at the time) was stricken with severe generalized demodex. After months of weekly treatments with mitaban, there was little improvement. We finally turned to our practice's herbal specialist. Our 61 lb, now 1 year old pup is on a combination of the following herbs and vitamins (I am including the name brands in case you want more info):

- Vitamin E 400 IU's - 1 per day

- Skin Formula 3V Caps - 1 per day

- Wei Qi Booster - 4 teapills per day (Dr. Xie's Jing-Tang Herbal, Reddick Florida)

- Xiao Yao Wan - 6 teapills per day (Plum Flower Brand "Free & Easy Wanderer")

- Si Wu Tang (D'Arcy Naturals, Natick MA) -
2 - 500 mg capsules per day

I must admit I was a bit skeptical, but I am happy to report that Cady, our golden is rid of all her sores and bald patches and her fur has mostly grown back. She was on dips along with the herbs for a while, but after several weeks of that, has stopped the dips, and has not had a mitaban dip in 2 months.

Just wanted to pass this info on to help others who may be experiencing the same problem treating Demodex.

Our golden girl Cady, pictured above, is looking and feeling a whole lot better!

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Laurie Morin, May 2004

What is Demodex?
"Canine demodicosis, commonly called "red mange", is a skin disease which affects dogs. It occurs in all breeds, ages and both sexes. The disease can be mild with spontaneous recovery to severe, even resulting in death in rare cases.
Demodicosis is caused by the hair follicle mite, Demodex canis. The mite is transmitted to puppies from the mother during the first few days of life. All dogs, even normal healthy ones have small numbers of these mites in their skin. In some animals the mites begin to reproduce rapidly and this extreme increase in the number of mites results in canine demodicosis. One or multiple dogs in a litter may be affected when they are young or when they are older. Affected animals should not be bred (The Animal Health CareCenter, accessed May30, 2004).

"Mites are not transmitted to people or other dogs except from mother dog to pup as described. Demodectic mange (unlike Sarcoptic mange) is not contagious.

Mites live inside hair follicles -- a difficult place for miticides (chemicals that kill mites) to reach.

Mites are a normal residents of dog skin; it is only in some individual dogs that mites cause problems."

(Mar Vista Animal Medical Center, accessed May30, 2004)





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