I don't mess around ~ I go to the doctor for antibiotics immediately! With diabetes it could turn bad very quickly. I had to have my right kidney removed 3 years ago. When I was 66 I started getting many UTIs, bladder,kidney infections. Twice I passed out and fell and broke my left wrist and them 6 months later passed out and broke my right wrist! The last time I had fever, dizziness, confusion and diarrhea. I awoke about4 am and knew I was going to have diarrhea but I couldn't even stand up straight. I passed out and fell breaking my wrist. I woke up wondering why my my face was on the carpet and knew my wrist was broken when I couldn't push myself up. My left wrist was still too weak and painful to push myself up either. And the diarrhea was starting. I'm praying, help me Lord, to get up! After a long time I struggled to my knees and got to the bedroom door. Hallelujah! Here comes my DH to go to the bathroom. (he has his own room because he goes to work at 2 am) and I ask him to help me up, my wrist is broken and I have diarrhea. He pulls me up and puts me in the bathroom and shuts the door! He goes downstairs to the bathroom and back to bed. He hadn't even realized what I was saying. I'm a mess, I can't clean up, I'm exhausted so I finally get the door open and just go back to my bed and laid my arm gently down and fall asleep. A couple of hours later my DD comes in after seeing the mess on the rug and toilet and says, "What happened?!' Why didn't you wake me? Why didn't Dad wake me?" All I could say was I broke my wrist and I was too tired go do anything but lie down. She had to get me in the shower and clean me and the bathroom up and take me to the ER. She asked my DH why he hadn't woken her. He was just What? What happened? Another surgery with another plate and screws. Then they started sending me to specialists and doing tests and scans and find out that my ureter (between the kidney and bladder) is UNDER my aorta instead of on top. It is being crushed and calcified and my right kidney is enlarged and has ruffles all around the edges. I have had diabetes since I was 12 so It's not like I didn't go to the doctor ALL the time and have all kinds of tests. But who knew I had a birth defect like that?! And no one found it until I was 66 years old. So I say don't mess around with any kind of infection. Get on antibiotics right away. Infections can spread to other parts of you body, you can get sepsis, loose body parts and who know what all can happen. The worse the infection is the longer you'll have to be on antibiotics which is not good because then you develop and immunity o the antibiotics. Sorry this is long. LOL It wasn't fun when it happened.

Oh gosh, I'm always up for a good debate so I'm honestly not riled. However you do have a very passive aggressive way of expressing yourself and even though you don't point anyone out by name it's often clear where the comment is directed to. Don't assume my suggestions are offered without personal experience and/or an ample amount of research because it couldn't be farther from the truth. Maybe I don't always articulate myself in a way that makes easy for some to understand, but I guarantee you, I've done my homework and can provide documentation to support it. I may not always agree with you but I would never post some of the commentary you do. I also like to link to articles that educate about the subject matter so how my thoughts could be on the "fringe" and "unsubstantiated material" is beyond me. In regards to the food issue though, the bottom line is that maybe you are voicing a different side and the opinion of a majority of Vets, but If Vets don't want to understand what their patients are being fed, how can they (or you for that matter) offer an educated opinion? How do you know food allergies barely exist so the idea is not right Especially when so many people complain that they are spending a fortune in vet bills yet no matter what the vet does it isn't helping their pet. BTW, allergy testing for food is not a conclusive test, but yeast allergies are actually found during testing for environmental allergens and according to my Vet, who I guess is outside of the majority, they are becoming more and more common.

My opinion is that the cheaper ones with fewer strains are hardly helpful. The best ones have millions per dose and are sold and kept refrigerated. If you want a strong immune system, you need to have more good guys than bad guys living in your gut. Anti biotics kill off the good guys and let the bad guys reproduce. Antibiotics are in cattle feed, chicken feed, farm raised fish feed, etc. You especially need them if you have a Candida overgrowth. This is a sneaky condition that makes you feel rundown, crave carbohydrates, gives you sinus issues, makes your sweat smell bad, and get headaches. Candida overgrowth is common and once you correct it, you have energy and feel healthier in general. The reason that people get carb and sugar cravings is that the Candida wants to eat these and uses your urges to feed itself. It sounds like sci fi but it's not. Lots of people lost weight after giving Candida the boot.

I had never heard of ivermectin. FASCINATING research review. Took me back to my college days in entomology class and remembering the truly gross and shocking review lecture given by our African teaching assistant about insect transmitted diseases in tropical regions. I vividly remember him saying, "People stereotype black people as not liking nature and nature recreation. You have to realize that in Africa, there is so much more stuff out in nature that can kill you in so many horrible ways . . . . " Also interesting that ivermectin is a derivative of a compound found in soil. There is a universe in a teaspoon of soil! If I could get my PhD, it would be something regarding soil health and its relationship to plant health. Of course we are seeing now that the same holds true for animal health and human health. Lots of "big picture" thinkers in biology say it all boils down to soil . . . "dust thou art" and all . . . . Also fascinating that so much of what works for AIDS shows promise of being therapeutic for Sars-covid-19. We are so blessed to have the same folks who fought AIDS working to combat sars-covid-19. Seems like ivermectin is one of those things that stimulates the immune system, but just enough to help and not hurt . . . As a side note, supposedly olive leaf is also one of those compounds that modulates the immune response. I have a an odd relationship to it. Sometimes it seems to make me sick, and other times no effect, and sometimes a positive one . . . I am weird, I know . . . . Fascinating how these doctors are trying to modulate the immune system. Really amazing people fighting this thing . . . .