Vestibular disease and high blood pressure

RE: Vestibular disease and high blood pressure

Sarah Keir — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 10:12:24 GMT

Not often in the ones that I do get to check BP on - present location is a bit of a battle to get owners to agree to do any investigations or even treatment. eg a 10yo springer with stiffness due to arthritis - 'too old please euthanase'

RE: Vestibular disease and high blood pressure

janine redman — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 23:07:06 GMT

SARAH , how often do you diagnose high blood pressure ?

RE: Vestibular disease and high blood pressure

Sarah Keir — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:14:06 GMT

Part of my work up for cognitive dysfunction in older dogs is to check BP.

RE: Vestibular disease and high blood pressure

KathW — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:10:58 GMT

I was watching a recorded lecture this weekend which said that now more dogs are having brain MRIs veterinary surgeons are realising that dogs probably do have more brain bleeds than we previously thought and we should be checking blood pressure more frequently. No breed predilections were mentioned.

RE: Vestibular disease and high blood pressure

janine redman — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:01:09 GMT

Thanks , and it does seem to occur quite frequently in border collies. I wonder if they are prone to hypertension?

RE: Vestibular disease and high blood pressure

Joyce Whitehead — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 21:35:40 GMT

We had a middle aged dog a few years ago who had a few episodes of what looked like vestibular disease. Due to his age and the recurrence, he was referred (insured) to Liverpool, who did an mri and various other investigations. Their conclusion was idiopathic hypertension and they sent him home on fortekor, which significantly seemed to reduce the incidents of the episodes. N=1 but it sticks in my mind!