If you need help, advice and encouragement about a dog with distemper, you can write to me @ ed.bond.new.york@gmail.com. Let us know:
- Where you are
- Whether you have a diagnosis
- What symptoms you are seeing and for how long
- Whether the dog has shown neurologic problems, such as involuntary muscle tics, twitches, spasms, seizures, paralysis, blindness.
- How old the dog is and what breed
We offer hope, not a guarantee. Not every dog can be saved, but more dogs are saved when their owners are willing to try and when vets are willing to listen. I believe that if a dog can be treated with NDV before the onset of the neurologic stage of the disease, the chances of survival and recovery are very good. When a dog reaches the neurologic stage, you do not need to give up on them. In some cases, the neurologic problems are overwhelming and euthanasia is a humane option. But in others, dogs can slowly recover if given enough nursing care and support until the virus goes silent. Long-term neurologic problems may continue, but can be managed with drug therapy, physical therapy and and other methods. If a dog can keep eating, there is still hope.
I may be able to refer you to a vet if they have asked me to do so. So make sure to let me know where you are. But it is primarily up to the vets to let the public know whether they are using the NDV treatments for distemper.
Links you can share with you vet:
FAQ: https://www.kindheartsinaction.com/archives/41
Effectiveness of NDV: https://www.kindheartsinaction.com/archives/1353
NDV induced serum: https://www.kindheartsinaction.com/archives/82
Neurologic distemper: https://www.kindheartsinaction.com/archives/88