It is important to know, as a first step, that the immune system in the organism of animals as in human beings, it must fulfill a protective function to prevent foreign substances from invading and making our body sick.
Autoimmune diseases occur the moment the immune system stops creating antibodies to fight those invasive substances or bacteria and begins to create auto antibodies that begin to fight against the body's own cells.
Butwhy autoimmune diseases occur? There are 4 types of actions that occur within the animal's body that favor the appearance of these autoantibodies.
- When an autoantibody targets a specific organ or system.
- When antibodies target various proteins found in the body. When circulating through the body, they can produce different autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erimatous.
- When antibodies act to block or restrict the normal activity of an organ.
- When an autoimmune disease has occurred and there are deficiencies in the system in general. For example, in liver disease that some dogs suffer from, the production of serum enzymes is blocked.
It is also important that we know some of the most common symptoms that our animals may present before being diagnosed:
- Diarrhea that may have traces of blood or be simply runny.
- Weakness, lethargy, and lack of energy
- Loss of muscle mass, weight and a lot of weakness in the legs and when walking
- Ulcerations in the ears, legs, mouth and nose.
- Loss of appetite and weight gain (when the thyroid gland is compromised)
- Bad smell in your body
It is very important, and vital, that in the event of any of these symptoms we go as soon as possible to a specialist to thoroughly and carefully examine our dog and determine whether or not it has this autoimmune disease.
I need help. I live in Oaxaca and I adopted a dog because her owners no longer wanted her because she was sick. But I am confident that he will be able to recover. The brave name, she is about five months old, she is weak, she has an infection, her eyes, you cannot walk, she is very weak. It hardly moves. It is my second day with her and I took her to the vet but I would like another opinion. Eat well and drink lots of water.
It has a cure for these autoimmune diseases, what does it depend on?
I lost my dog to this disease, which, according to what they told me, was already with her and woke up from a tick bite, because the blood test gave a positive erlyca and I struggled to get out but I couldn't, it was very complicated, it had rebounded and raised the blood cells. red and decayed again. I am devastated, if it detects in time they can be saved or this is something that has no return, it can wake up of course, tell me please.