Tammy Earley

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Can your dog make you critically ill?

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Diseases which can be transmitted to humans from animals are frequently missed diagnoses.

Turns out, you can catch life-threatening infection from your dog.

An elderly woman was admitted to intensive care due to organ failure following a rare, yet potentially life-threatening infection believed to be transmitted by her household pet, an Italian greyhound.

Doctors who treated the 70-year-old patient explained that she developed acute kidney failure after a few days of being admitted to hospital.

Paramedics discovered her slumped in a chair, with decreased consciousness, after she had slurred speech and became unresponsive while on the telephone to a relative.

Upon admission to hospital, her symptoms temporarily improved, but on the fourth day, she developed confusion, headache, diarrhoea, and rigors, along with high fever. She was transferred to intensive care for kidney failure.

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Blood cultures revealed Capnocytophaga canimorsus, a rare yet significant cause of sepsis. It is a bacterium frequently isolated in the oral cavities of cats and dogs.

After two weeks of intensive care and antibiotic treatment, the patient made a full recovery.

Only 13 cases of sepsis related to C. canimorsus have been reported in the UK since 1990. Mortality rates of 26 percent, with 60 percent of cases reporting a dog bite and 24 percent reporting other dog contact, have been documented.

“This is an interesting case”, the doctors explain, “because neither scratch nor bite was established, although close petting including licks was reported.”

Diseases which can be transmitted to humans from animals are frequently missed diagnoses, explain the doctors, and they summarise important infections transmitted by cats and dogs.

The study appears in the online journal BMJ Case Reports.

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Heat Waves Are Health Threats

Drink plenty of water and use air conditioners or fans, doctor advises

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Friday, July 1, 2016

Family Key to Helping Teens Avoid Obesity

Good relationship with parents, especially between fathers and sons, fosters healthy habits, study finds

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Inflammation can be red herring for several chronic conditions

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It has been suggested that the largest cause of internal inflammation is the food we eat.

These days several chronic diseases and conditions such as arthritis, metabolic syndrome (a cluster of risk factors leading to diabetes and heart disease), multiple sclerosis and cancer have been linked to inflammation. Other inflammatory conditions include gastritis (inflammation of lining of the stomach), diverticulitis (inflammation of diverticula in small intestines), Crohn’s disease (inflammatory digestive disorder), asthma, celiac disease (gluten intolerance), rheumatoid arthritis etc.

Chronic inflammation may also lead to hormonal imbalance thus causing PCOS (poly-cystic ovarian syndrome) or insulin resistance; neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s, dementia or Parkinson’s and poor bone health or muscular dystrophy.

Inflammation is one of the body’s natural ways of protecting itself and characterised by heat, redness, swelling and pain at the injury site. Although a healing response, chronic inflammation may proceed to a lingering state, where it can predispose to disease conditions.

There are several causes for an inflammatory response in the body, upnhealthy diet, increased caloric intake, consumption of trans fats, obesity, sedentary lifestyles, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking, sleep deprivation, leaky gut, disease conditions, and injury, have been strongly associated with inflammation.

Inflammation generates free radicals, which are highly damaging chemical fragments, which can cause cellular damage and oxidative stress, leading to an imbalanced immune response. It has been suggested that the largest cause of internal inflammation is the food we eat.

Diets with high glycemic index carbohydrates (refined starches and sugars), fats (hydrogenated saturated fats and trans-fatty acids), red and processed meats, french fries and fast foods have been positively associated with inflammation.

Clear evidence establishes that diet seems particularly promising to reduce inflammation. Along with good diet and exercise, other components of food which have been found to lower inflammation are essential nutrients such as vitamin C, D, E, prebiotics and probiotics. Cold pressed oils including extra-virgin Coconut oil, extra-virgin Olive oil, sesame and organic mustard oil; soy and soy products (isoflavone); turmeric and ginger have also been found to have anti-inflammatory properties.

It is fairly well established that inadequate intake of anti-inflammatory foods including omega-3 fats and phyto-chemicals perhaps contributes to disease initiation as well as progression. Several studies have found that fish oils contain compounds that help reduce reliance on anti-inflammatory drugs and now are an integral component of therapy for arthritis, especially rheumatoid arthritis.

The Mediterranean-style diet — high in oleic acid (MUFA- mono-unsaturated fatty acid) from olive oil, fibre and antioxidants from fruits, vegetables, nuts and red wine — represents a good diet. This may help to explain lower inflammation, and corresponding coronary artery disease in the general population there.

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