Fitting CKCS

Re: Fitting CKCS

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:56:18 GMT

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[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]Obviously the phenobarbitone needs more time[/quote]

Did you start with an IV load?

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No. I've never done that as far as I can remember..

I'm pleased to say the dog is now pretty well normal and we will try again sending him home.

Re: Fitting CKCS

Rob Loxley — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:11:54 GMT

[quote user="Evelyn Barbour-Hill"]Obviously the phenobarbitone needs more time[/quote]

Did you start with an IV load?

Re: Fitting CKCS

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 00:43:33 GMT

Thanks Mark, that's quite comforting. Yes, there's salivation and urination and the individual fits are quite short - the one's I've observed about a minute - but such severity right from the start had me doubting the diagnosis.

The owners are in classic distressed confused state. Trawling the internet and Mr. is asking when we can get a CT scan while Mrs. is talking of euthanasia. Bless 'em they mean well. We compromised on my plan of keeping the dog in hospital until 100% recovered.

Re: Fitting CKCS

Mark Lowrie — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:37:13 GMT

Given the age of onset it would seem most likely to be idiopathic epilepsy. Are the seizures short in duration? Are autonomic signs e.g. salivation, urination etc involved? The loss of memory sounds post ictal and is likely to get better within 24-48 hours of the last seizure. Syringomyelia wouldn't cause seizures. It literally means 'fluid on the spinal cord' so signs usually relate to cervical spinal cord disease as opposed to brain disease.