Reversal of Renal Insufficiency in an Aging Cat: A 5-year Multi-Crossover Case Study

https://www.josam.org/josam/article/view/30

Renal failure is a leading cause of suffering and death in domestic cats, with approximately 1 in 3 cats affected.

Even with early detection, which is difficult, treatment options are limited and often are not very effective.

The creatinine levels tend to inexorably creep upward toward eventual kidney failure and death.

We report the effectiveness of the use of a low-frequency, low-intensity, non-invasive treatment using Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Fields, specifically tuned to inductively generate micro-electric currents in deep tissues (ICES®-PEMF).

This report chronicles the return to normal and then reversion to renal insufficiency in a single cat, when ICES®-PEMF was applied, then withheld, then applied again, over three cycles of application and non-application, over a 5-year period.

Treatment was applied 2 to 3 times each week for 20 to 60 minutes for each session while the cat was in the lap of the owner. The owner held the coils in place during treatment by hand, placing each coil approximately over the location of the kidneys, just posterior of the mid back, on each side of the spine.