A homeopatia como terapia integrativa na Oncologia em cães e gatos

Abstract

The advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses have allowed an increase in the longevity of domestic animals. Thus, diseases related to senility began to stand out, so that cancer became a major cause of death in dogs and cats, especially in geriatric patients. However, conventional therapy, although effective in combating some tumors, promotes side effects that further compromise the quality of life of these animals. Knowing this, this study aimed to gather and identify the benefits of homeopathy as an integrative therapy during cancer treatment. For this, a vast bibliographic analysis on the topic was carried out in the Portal de Periódicos Capes and PubMed. The retrieved articles were categorized and analyzed. It has been observed, according to reports and in vivo and in vitro experimental trials, that homeopathy inserted into conventional treatment contributes to remission of side effects arising from conventional treatment, clinical signs of the disease, as well as promoting quality of life, well-being physical and emotional. It was also observed, the immunomodulatory action of ultra-diluted drugs, Thuja occidentalis, Viscum album and Carcinosinum, conferring their antitumor, antiproliferative and antimetastatic potentials. It was concluded that the use of adjunctive homeopathy to conventional therapy, can be efficient for reducing side effects and the time of conventional therapy, for increasing the survival of animals, helping to combat tumor proliferation and for reducing the clinical signs of disease, providing comfort and quality of life to dogs and cats in the area of oncology.