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Chihuahua illness
My 4 year old Chihuahua started having attacks in February. Very
randomly, when he loses power in his front legs and back hunches up and his rear legs kind of twist round. I took him to 2 vets who weren't able to diagnose anything and mentioned possibilities of epilepsy, heart problems. Then the 3rd vet realised that Chihui has a very bad urine infection, that he's probably had for months and months. So we've started treatment and now he's been for 1 month on antibiotics, as the infection has reduced, but not gone away. The vet says that as the attacks continue (although much less), Chihui could have developed epilepsy as a secondary effect of being ill for months with the urine infection. I didn't realise he was so ill as he was full of life, the only symptoms being the attacks, and now I realise retrospectively that he wasn't jumping around as much. Does anyone have a similar experience, or know anything about secondary epilepsy? Thanks X |
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Chihuahua illness
"beti" said in rec.pets.dogs.health:
Does anyone have a similar experience, or know anything about secondary epilepsy? My dog has primary epilepsy, so all I know of secondary epilepsy is second hand. That said, this is the first I've heard of a UTI initiating seizures, though anything is possible when it comes to epilepsy - it's a hard disease to get a handle on. Certainly, other infections like encephalitis or distemper can be involved in secondary epilepsy. Ask your vet whether a cerebrospinal fluid analysis (to test for such infections) is appropriate in your situation. -- --Matt. Rocky's a Dog. |
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