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Oral papillomas (warts) in a dog

CASE REPORTS

• Allergies in a dog

• Allergies in a cat

• Arthritis

• Colitis. otitis

• Cushings disease

• Ear infections

• Feline chronic renal failure

• Heartworm

• Inflammatory bowel disease

• Kennel cough

• Kidney failure, disc disease

• Lymphangitis

• Lymphoma

• Oral papillomas

• Vestibular disease

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Papillomas are benign tumors of skin origin commonly found in or around the mouth, and eyelids. These warty growths may cause discomfort when eating, bleeding in the mouth, or halitosis. The conventional treatment is to ignore them since they usually resolve spontaneously. If the oral tumors interfere with eating, they can be removed surgically. Our approach is to deal with the cause, a papillomavirus.

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Stella (pictured left) is a 2-year-old female Leonberger who had a history of waning appetite after being on the same food for 5 months. She was diagnosed with panosteitis at 9 months of age, and treated for diarrhea on three occasions with metronidazole, an antibiotic for colitis. When she started to lose weight and refuse food, the owner brought Stella to CRVC for nutritional advice.

Oral papillomas 

On physical exam we found several verrucous (wart-like) growths near the mucocutaneous junctions of the right lips (shown at right). These nodules are characteristic of papillomas. 

Stella may have resolved the nodules on her own, but we wanted a more active approach to help her immune response. A natural anti-viral nutritional supplement was prescribed.

Anti-viral therapies may contain lysine, an amino acid; copper, zinc, calcium citrate, vitamins A, C, B1, B2, niacin, and periwinkle, mustard, and broccoli. The latter 3 ingredients contain natural anti-neoplastic (tumor inhibiting) compounds.

Anti-viral nutrition

Three weeks later, Stella's papillomas had disappeared. Three months later, she was still smiling! Anti-viral nutritional therapy is indicated for cases of parainfluenza or "kennel cough", herpes ulcer, and other viral infections of the dog.

 William Konrad Kruesi, D.V.M.  /2001, 2007