Hi, I'm just wondering what is recommended for annual blood work? I have 2 dogs, one is a senior (14.5 years old) and the other is 10. If holistic care is based mainly on symptoms is annual blood work needed? We're going to the vet for annual check-ups soon and blood work will be recommended.
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Senior blood panel needed?
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Thank you so much for posting a question right away. Sounds like you have two healthy pups.
As you will learn as you watch the webinars and read the forum and search the library, many of our answers begin with "it depends".
Annual blood work is not harmful and may be useful. When to start with them could include carefully evaluating general health, the BEAM, are there any early warning signs, do you have a holistic health care team so the annual exam includes a through review of the above with maybe pulse and tongue diagnosis, and more. Has blood shown any slight indications in prior years, do you have insurance to cover the labs, etc.
Holistic care is based on the whole family and environment, any symptoms (even the quality of life ones), so lab results (especially the trend more than any one measure) are simply one more group of symptoms to include in your on-going goal to balance health.
Dr. Christina
You may want to download the Healthy Dog Journal and assemble one for each dog, filling it with the fun wonderful times as well as creating a master symptom list and tracking treatments and responses.
As you will learn as you watch the webinars and read the forum and search the library, many of our answers begin with "it depends".
Annual blood work is not harmful and may be useful. When to start with them could include carefully evaluating general health, the BEAM, are there any early warning signs, do you have a holistic health care team so the annual exam includes a through review of the above with maybe pulse and tongue diagnosis, and more. Has blood shown any slight indications in prior years, do you have insurance to cover the labs, etc.
Holistic care is based on the whole family and environment, any symptoms (even the quality of life ones), so lab results (especially the trend more than any one measure) are simply one more group of symptoms to include in your on-going goal to balance health.
Dr. Christina
You may want to download the Healthy Dog Journal and assemble one for each dog, filling it with the fun wonderful times as well as creating a master symptom list and tracking treatments and responses.
Thank you Dr. Christina. All good things to think about. I appreciate the guidance and as you said, it would be good to watch trends over the years so I will opt to get it done when we have our appnts and yes, I have 2 pretty healthy pups for which I am very grateful
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Wow!! I love, love, love this great question.
It points to just one of the significant differences between holistic and whole-istic care (per the forthcoming Path to Pet Wellness).
As you'll read in the book, symptoms are of two types.
1. Internal
2. External
The symptoms you see, like BEAM, are the external ones.
Blood tests, X-rays, and other diagnostics reveal internal symptoms.
The underlying energetic imbalance can manifest anywhere in the body. From a bit of eye or ear discharge, to elevated liver enzymes, to tumors on the spleen and other internal organs.
Annually, your dogs need at least a CBC/chemistry, urinalysis. Along with any tests that your vet may think are indicated based on the exam.
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