Canine leishmaniasis is an endemic zoonosis expanded
worldwide, that has also spread throughout the Mediterranean basin.
Although in Spain the prevalence of infected animals
is increasing, it is less common to diagnose the disease in humans.
Despite this fact, it is the third human disease after
malaria and filariasis, transmitted by vectors, hence the relevance, in
relation to public health, of controlling and treating dogs with leishmaniasis
so that they do not become a source of infection for people or other animals.
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease mostly
caused by Leishmania infantum. This parasite is transmitted by heamatophagous
mosquitoes of the phlebotomus genus.
When the female mosquito bites an animal infected with
leishmaniasis, it absorbs the parasite along with the blood. That same mosquito
may bite another dog or a person, inoculating them with the parasite and
working this way as a vector of the disease.
Once the leishmaniasis has infected the animal, it is
multiplied in its blood cells, and the first symptoms of the disease begin to
appear.
Leishmania can show up in the skin: with
alopecia, dermatitis and seborrhea, which can be localized or generalized and
also can appear in the guts, when we see that animals lose weight, vomit, do not
eat, have spleen disorders, ganglial swelling, and a wide series of unusual
analytical parameters.
Once leishmaniasis has been diagnosed, the treatment prescribed
by the veterinarian will be able to reduce the clinical signs of the disease
and also the rate of antibodies and the parasitic load, but rarely do
veterinarians completely remove parasites from animals.
Leishmania is deployed in different parts of the body
and when the defenses of the animal are weakened, it is able to multiply and
spread again. For this reason, we can consider it a chronic disease, where
treatments will be maintained over time, alternating with rest periods.
For this type of treatment, it is quite interesting to
have natural alternatives that are less aggressive than conventional
medicine but with the same efficiency for our pets, and, in this case, Artemisa
annua is the best option for the treatment of animals with leishmaniasis.
The power of Artemisa annua is well-known for
the treatment of other parasitic diseases, such as malaria, but it was not
until the early 1990s that animals infected with leishmaniasis started to be
treated with this plant.
The leishmanicidal capacity of Artemisa is mostly due
to its active ingredient, artemisinin. However, the only thing that matters is
not just having a plant drug with a huge amount of artemisinin. In order to
make it efficient, we need complete extracts that, together with artemisinin,
contain other active ingredients and substances, which are the real curative
power of the plant.
This has been the great achievement of Soria Natural:
obtaining an extract able to reduce or even eliminate the parasite in infected
animals.
The effectiveness of Leishwow is noticeable from
the first month of treatment. The animals recover their body conditions and the
clinical and analytical signs related to the disease improve significantly.
Along with this remarkable efficacy of the product,
its safety must be emphasized. Leishwow does not have side effects or
negative interactions with other medicines, always according to the safety
and efficacy criteria followed by all the products of Soria Natural.
