Eosinophilia Enteris

[freundhund]

Hi

Has anybody had experience with the condition Eosinophilia Enteris, cause by antibiotic use not by parasites. What was the long term prognosis.

Secondly, since the animal has had this problem it has induced a food allergy component. Any suggestions as how to deal with this the bitch is not allowed beef or wheat and is now extremely thin.

Regards
Freundhund

[Currmudgeon]

freundhund said:

Secondly, since the animal has had this problem it has induced a food allergy component. Any suggestions as how to deal with this the bitch is not allowed beef or wheat and is now extremely thin.

Have you considered a raw chicken based BARF diet? We've had good luck WRT allergies, feeding chickem.

[Anna]

Don't do the raw diet. Use homemade diet.
Mash potatoes with cooked eggs .
Here is a link: www.michvet.com/articles/internal_medicine/LOW%20PROTEIN-canine.asp

[JanisN]

Hi, Anna! I'm interested in why you would recommend mashed potatoes over raw foods. Usually potatos have NO nutritional value at all, and are used as "filler" in dog foods.

JanisN

[geronimo]

With any sort of enteritis, it is important to have a SINGLE carbohydrate source and a SINGLE protein source. A well knowned veterinary gastroenterologist, Dr. Donald Strombeck, at the VMTH at UC-Davis feels that food allergies may be avoided when enteritis results in the sloughing of the intestinal mucosa. With no mucosal membrane to protect the gut, foods are absorbed directly across the intestinal villi into the system. Multiple sources of feed tends to exacerbate this tendency and to create MULTIPLE food allergies. At UC-Davis, patients (including parvo puppies) recovering from enteritis are generally fed a bland, low bulk diet of 50:50 cottage cheese and white rice.

[TheDahliMamma]

Well, for the record (and being from Idaho!), I have to defend the mighty potato! ;D

It does have plenty of nutritional value. It is VERY high in natural vitamin C. As a single source, it supplies comparatively high amounts of Vit B, niacin and iodine, and is a good source for folic acid and potassium. (ref: www.ida.net/users/potatoexpo/pages/nutrition.html)

It is a HUGE source of fiber. While carbohydrates are not usually recommended for healthy dogs and a higher protein diet works better for most dogs, there are certain health cases where the potato makes the ideal food.

While I am not familiar with this particular disease being discussed, I am familiar with IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) and have lived with it with one of my dogs for 10 years. The gentle fiber of the potato is excellent for this condition, and my IBD dog does very well with them included in her diet.

There are cases where the caloric density of the potato is excellent for dogs who are wasting for whatever reason. Many times with intact males who drop weight from stress, the potato, especially sweet potatoes can help keep weight on them.

When you think about the raw diet, it is very similar to the Atkins diet so popular with people. Its very high protein and fat. And, IMHO, works very similarly in dogs as it does for people. In my particular case, keeping weight on my male when I fed raw was very difficult. The addition of potatoes worked very well for him.

Dr. Martin Goldstein, Holistic veterinarian and author of The Nature of Animal Healing recommends potatoes and sweet potatoes for several different reasons. Not necessarily as an every day staple in the healthy dog, but for certain conditions. One of which is diarrhea. (pg. 198)

If this condition, Eosinophilia Enteris, has associated diarrhea, the potatoes may be very beneficial in this case. Goldstein indicated that long term diarrhea can be very difficult to resolve and that he has had good success by adding potatoes in the diet of a dog with diarrhea. He also makes recommendations about using enzymes, lactobacillus, and glucosamine sulfates which enhance intestinal function. He does NOT make any comment about this as treatment and the use of potatoes for the Eosinophilia Enteris from what I could find.

Good luck. And BTW, I would highly recommend Goldstein's book. I use it frequently as a reference for many conditions I have encountered.

Fran

[Anna]

I was very skeptical about potatoes but I have a dog who had similar problem. So, I did some recearch on the Internet and I find this : www.michvet.com/articles/default.asp#diets
I tried and it work..