Neurological signs

RE: Neurological signs

Vet2Vet — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:17:30 GMT

No apparent dental damage . She has lots of compulsive walking , restlessness , altered mentation, crab walking , vocalisation , lip smacking intermittently ,tail biting .

RE: Neurological signs

Stephen Courtney — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:24:07 GMT

Agree with alex. If it is appropriate you should see swift improvement - if not then take the phenobarb away slowly as per formulary.

I'd rather do that than give preds empirically.

RE: Neurological signs

Robert Whiteford — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 14:23:48 GMT

Did she crack a tooth when she hit her head. Teeth chattering (as opposed to jaw smacking) - they'll do this with a cracked tooth and could also have some behavioural change due to the continuing discomfort.

RE: Neurological signs

Alex Gough — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:25:01 GMT

Jaw smacking could he partial seizure activity, especially if episodic. I don't think a phenobarbitone trial is unreasonable if you think this could be partial seizure activity, or consider levetiracetam.

RE: Neurological signs

Vet2Vet — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:20:34 GMT

The proprioceptive deficits originally noted have all but cleared however she still crab walks sometimes . Behavioural changes are the major thing . What specifically are centrally acting anti-inflammatories ? She did have prednisolone initially to good effect but was not convinced of ongoing benefits beyond 6-8 week stage .

RE: Neurological signs

grumpyoldman — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:22:49 GMT

Not sure anticonvulsants will help ? mentation changes with proprioceptive deficits and movement disorders suggest damage done if things are not progressing. may be better with anti-inflammatories and centrally acting analgesics. If they have no money may be better to try it on pred gabapentin and possibly paracetamol ?.