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Originally Posted by gidget529 
I have read what links you have provided. The method of NRT he is using has no scientific basis and is a scientific impossibility. You cannot measure electrical currents in ANYTHING by touching them with your hand, let alone through another person. To concur with such an idea leads others to believe you have not studied medicine or electricity. I am not sure how well this vet did in college, because these theories fly in the face of anatomy, physiology and physics. It's kind of like saying the law of gravity isn't true.
The heart's electrical current cannot be measured this way (as I am sure Wylie's Mom will corroborate). The electrical current eminates from the sinoatrial node ending in the Purjinke fibers. It is measured through electrocardiogram, which involves placing electrodes on the chest. I have also studied electrical current applied to the body during life-saving cardiac measures (defibrillation).
Was your mind made up when you posted on this site about your chosen course of treatment and you were really not looking for advice? |
I agree.
An ECG is so easy to get, and it can't be obtained via the method this holistic vet is using.
Munchie, you were asking for our experiences with this issue - so please don't get upset/defensive at us for answering your thread. Everyone here is trying to help your dog, and nothing else.
Also, bc you see/think there is improvement in your kiddo, it doesn't mean there is improvement
in the actual condition. An analogy to this is like being diagnosed w/ cancer, not treating the cancer, but then thinking it's better bc there is an improvement in one of the clinical symptoms. Clinical symptoms change/adjust *all* the time. That's one of the major reasons for doing objective, scientific tests to properly diagnose and then track the condition.
Your kiddo may indeed just have an enlarged heart w/out pathology. If so, wonderful. But you can't gleen this info from what your vet is doing at this point.
Here is a link on cardiomyopathy:
Canine Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis - VetInfo
Attached is what would be evaluated on an ECG (this is what the conduction of a heartbeat looks like, electrically, as it moves thru your heart from 'top' to 'bottom')....