Hello Friend,

Welcome to Thursday.

Allergies, and chronic itching.

Super frustrating for both you and your pet.

Typically your veterinary options are limited (such as give steroids and all their side effects)

I always encourage you to seek out natural options- such as Essential Fatty Acids, Antioxidants, Probiotics

These are in my supplements

And you can get a 50% OFF trial bottle here:

http://www.thedogsupplement.com

http://www.thecatsupplement.com


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Brown Seaweed BETTER than a steroid
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Atopic dermatitis is a multifactorial, chronic relapsing, inflammatory disease, characterized by inflamed skin, chronic itching, secondary skin changes and skin infections.

This usually leads to an “itch-scratch” cycle ....chronic scratching, secondary skin changes, MORE scratching.

Currently there are an impressive proliferation of more than 80 clinical studies focusing on topical treatments in atopic dermatitis led to growing expectations for better therapies.

This is one study particularly applicable to our pets- a topical remedy isolated from Brown Seaweed.


Topical Application of Fucoidan Improves Atopic Dermatitis Symptoms in NC/Nga Mice.
Yang JH.

Source
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea. yangjh@cu.ac.kr.


Abstract

Fucoidan is a sulphated polysaccharide extracted from brown seaweed and possesses a wide range of pharmacological properties including antiallergic and immunologic activities. The present study attempted to examine the effectiveness of fucoidan from Undaria pinnatifida in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD) in the NC/Nga mice model.

Three per cent fucoidan or 0.1% dexamethasone was topically applied to the dorsal skin of AD-induced mice for 4 weeks. The dermatitis severity scores and scratch counts of fucoidan or dexamethasone-treated animals were significantly lower than the control group. Histological analysis showed that the number of mast cells infiltrating into skin lesions and the epidermis thickness were significantly decreased after the treatments. Levels of serum histamine and IgE were also decreased.

There was no significant difference on improvement of AD-like symptoms between fucoidan and dexamethasone. To elucidate possible mechanism of action, effects of fucoidan on regulation of AD-associated chemokines, such as thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC), macrophage-derived chemokine (MDC) and regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) chemokine, were investigated in human epidermal keratinocytes.

Fucoidan significantly inhibited mRNA expression of these chemokines in a dose-dependent manner.


This is the first animal study to demonstrate that fucoidan has significant effects on improving AD-like conditions as effective as dexamethasone, a well-recognized corticosteroid remedy for the disease.




Heal Your Pets At Home!

Best Wishes,

Dr Andrew Jones


P.S. This is very promising, and I intend on keeping you posted. The fact that a natural topical product from seaweed works better than an potent steroid is HUGE.

You do though NEED to have your bases covered, and be nutrionally priming your pet`s skin to be LESS reactive.

Supplement with ingredients that can LESSEN the itch.


Essential Fatty Acids, Antioxidants, Probiotics

These are in my supplements

And you can get a 50% OFF trial bottle here:

http://www.thedogsupplement.com

http://www.thecatsupplement.com

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