"CAN YOU RECOMMEND ANY SUPPLEMENTS THAT WOULD HELP LIPOMAS FROM RETURNING?
I have a 6 year old neutered Cockapoo who has just had 2 fatty lumps removed from her chest. She seems very young to be getting lipomas already?"
Stacey
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The focus of nutritional support in these circumstances is on:
1. Boosting the immune system.
2. Aiding the elimination of environmental chemicals, toxins, waste products and other substances from the body which can damage healthy cells and cause abnormal growths to appear.
Genetics can also play a part in the development of lipomas, which is why these lumps are more common in certain breeds and bloodlines.
Other risk factors include:
- being overweight
- a high carbohydrate / sugar rich diet
- a weakened immune system
- accumulation of fat soluble chemicals / toxins in adipose tissue (composed of fat cells)
With this in mind the following measures can help delay the appearance of future fatty lumps:
1. Ensuring an ideal body condition is maintained, where the ribs and backbone can be felt with gentle but firm pressure, but aren't visually prominent.
2. Eliminating as many carbohydrate / sugar dense ingredients from the diet as possible.
3. Adding Immunity to the diet to help the body's natural defence mechanisms keep in check any abnormal growths that arise.
4. Implementing a regime of regular, monthly detoxification using the Natural Worm Control and Detoxification Support remedy for the first 7 days in each month.
5. *Topical application of an Ivermectin paste (under a veterinary surgeon's guidance).
*NOTE this is NOT for breeds susceptible to severe and sometimes fatal adverse reactions to Ivermectin (in many case due to carrying a MDR1 gene mutation).
*Including but not limited to:
- Collies - Rough and Smooth Coated
- Australian Shepherds and Miniature Australian Shepherds
- Long-haired Whippets
- Chinooks
- McNab Shepherds
- Silken Windhounds
- English Shepherds
- Shetland Sheepdogs (Shelties)
- German Shepherds
- Old English Sheepdogs
- Border Collies
If your dog is one of these breeds (or a mix), consult your vet and consider MDR1 testing before any antiparasitic treatment involving ivermectin (or related drugs like selamectin, milbemycin, or moxidectin at higher doses) are used.
The approach outlined above can can also help to shrink fatty lumps in some circumstances.