Seizure disorders dogs
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What is happeneing to your dog is called a post-dictal seizure reaction, which means that the brain will not function quite right for an unknown amount of time. I have seen dogs come out of a seizure and act like nothing happened, I have seen dogs like yours who have some trouble after, and I have seen dogs die from a seizure. I am sure that your vet has given your dog diazepam and/or valium (anti-seizure medication). He may do so again tomorrow.
It does still fit the description of a seizure. Not all seizures involve paddling, slobbering and loss of bladder control. Those are basically what are considered to be grand mal seizures. Petite mal seizures can be anything from a twitching of the head to a state of catatonia for a brief time, which sounds more or less like what your girl had.
Please let us know what the vet says when you do get to take her in.
Good luck to you!
After those seizures, which lasted all of five minutes, he would snap right back to normal. But after his last seizure, which occurred on Saturday.....different story. That morning, he woke up very lethargic acting, and slept all throughout the day, not eating anything or wanting to drink anything. Then in the early evening, he had a major seizure. This time, he had three of them in a row, and afterward, was back to lethargic.
The vet said she had an epileptic seizure and gave her some Valium for me to give her if she has another seizure. All has been well until tonight(10-13-08). I was reading on the net that dogs do not have epilepsy, it is strictly a human condition. I want to believe my vet but.... Will you please explain to me what causes seizures in dogs and what I can di to prevent it?
Not all Ticks carry them, but if they do, there is a real battle on. Not all dogs are strong enough to come through either the disease, or the long treatment.
The vet tried. You tried. Some people wouldn't have given that much, but you did.
It is so sad, and I'm so sorry for what you are going through right now. Prayers and hugs from me.
I did not read all the post on here, but I will say that the dogs kind of go blind after they have a seizure, so when you come close all they see are shaddows...so they are scared of you. I did the same as you I got my other dogs out of the room and I too was scared to be around my sweet loving dog.
I wish I could afford some of the foods you suggested, but I have three large dogs and with two ill dogs and tons of vet bills, it's just hard to do everything for them. I did locate how many calories were in the food I was giving my dog, it had 489 per cup, that was up from the last food I gave him that was 295 per cup. I am now combining these tow foods so he can adjust slowly to losing weight.
Thank you, we stopped taking it. I lowered dose of anti seizure med and she had another seizure. So at this time I'm not sure what to do.
I have seen seizure dogs have their first seizure, pop out of it before the vet could run down the hall, and appear to be fine. I have also, very sadly, seen seizure dogs whose owners waited days, and brought their dog in after seizing non-stop for that whole time. These dogs rarely survive, and if they do, there is very severe drain damage.
) He is a practicing veterinarian who uses diet to reduce seizure frequency in dogs. He advises a diet that eliminates gluten, corn, soy, and dairy products. He talks about specific brands of dog food that he recommends. If I remember correctly, he recommends **** Van Patten's Natural Balance, but don't rely on what I remember. Find his website, and I think you will find some interesting reading.
Hypothryoid dogs will often put on weight, be sluggish, have an oily coat and have a tragic facial expression. When a pet is experiencing other organ dysfunctions such as liver, immune or even seizure disorders, if the thyroid is not functioning properly, it is often much more difficult to get these conditions under control.
The development of the heart condition is more likely associated with age rather than the thyroid supplementation.
The past 2 nights around the same time, like 1 am or so he has had what I believe is a seizure... He gets stiff and shakes furiously and has a look of Panic in his eyes. He also looses control of all boul movements and slobes profusily. Like I said this has only happened the past 2 nights and Ive had him over a couple years now and never seen him do anything like this.
Yesterday we (me and my girlfriend) went out for a few hours, and we found one of my four dogs(He is a collie and sheltie mix), locked in our bedroom. We are not sure how he got in their, but he was crying. He went through all the garbage, and later that night he had a seizure. It's like his legs gave out, and after literally one second, I picked him up, put him on the couch and he seemed ok.
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my parents had been to the vet and when I got home I sat with him while he suffered 4 more seizures I decided that I could not see him suffer and we went to vet and tio got the jag to sleep as u can imagine has been upsetting. my question is I found out when he took the first seizure When I was home with himhe struggled to do a poo outside and it looked strange.
30 pm, he began having seizure after seizure after seizure. Being that I live alone and am not incredibly strong, I didn't attempt to load Merle in my car to rush him to an emergency vet. He was flailing around so violently I didn't want to take the chance of accidentally dropping him and hurting him more.
There is no simple, definitive test for a seizure disorder. Often, seizure disorders are diagnosed based on patient history and observation of a seizure. If your daughter had a seizure lasting 30 min., that would qualify for a diagnosis in the minds of many clinicians. I'm sure you'll follow up with the diagnosing doctors and others as necessary. I hope the seizure turns out to be a one-time event.
I have read several posts about phenobarbital in relation to seizures in dogs. My old fella, Oliver is a mixed breed collie who is 16 1/2 years old who to this date has been healthy. On Sunday night he had a full blown seizure (which I have never seen before) that lasted at least 2 minutes. We took him into the emergency vets and they confirmed he was still seizing when we got there. He stayed overnight, did not have another seizure and is now on pheno (60mg) and prednisone (short term).
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