Cancer Can Strike Pets as Well as Humans

My aunt and uncle have a cat named Merlin. Merlin is 13-years-old and has a number of health problems including arthritis and diabetes. He was just diagnosed with the arthritis when they noticed that he was having trouble getting around.

He has had the diabetes for some time now. They have to feed him a special diet and give him insulin shots a couple of times a day. But Merlin seems to be happy and my aunt and uncle have had him since he was a kitten. I guess they are lucky because it could have been worse.

When I was a child, my little chihuahua, Bambi, was diagnosed with heart worms. We didn't have enough money to treat him and he had to be put to sleep. I was heartbroken. There's nothing worse than to have to make the decision as to whether you can afford to treat them when a pet becomes seriously ill.

And of all of the illnesses that can befall a pet (or a human) the worst one is cancer. A lot of the time in both cases, the diagnosis is that they don't have very long to live. And a lot of the cost to treat human cancer can be dealt with by having insurance, but not all pet owners have health insurance for their pets or can afford the medical bills associated with keeping them alive.

According to The Healthy Planet Magazine:

"What happens when an animal (or person) has a terminal disease, such as cancer, is that the body is very acidic and anaerobic internally, and loaded with parasites. These are not the typical worms that you are familiar with from running feces and doing worming programs."

But the question is why are these parasites there in the first place? The reason they are there is that they thrive in the acidic atmosphere of a diseased body. They eat the various acid waste products; mucus, dead bacteria or fungus, mildew residue, and dead skin cells.

When a person or animal becomes chronically ill, the body suffers an imbalance of minerals and the immune system becomes weak. We all have cancer every day, but the immune system usually takes care of it by consuming the errant cancer cells. When the minerals become out of balance, the absorption of vitamins also is off.

For humans with cancer sometimes the only option is chemotherapy and radiation or surgery. We know the benefits and risks and are able to shore ourselves up to face it. But with animals they don't know that we are trying to help and not hurt them. All they know is that some of the treatments cause them more pain than they are already going through.

But there are other, more natural treatments that may help. These remedies include proper nutrition, herbal and homeopathic remedies, and stress reduction such as massage.

And proper diet can certainly go a long way to prevent cancer in the first place in animals as well as humans.

Source: http://www.thehealthyplanet.com/jan2011_cancer.htm