Treatment of dog convulsion

Treatment of dog convulsion

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Convulsions are actually a very painful thing. Severe convulsions will bring strong pain, and the picture of dogs convulsing will also make many owners look sad.

1. Causes of dog convulsions

1. Epilepsy: The most basic symptom of epilepsy in dogs is convulsions. You can take a type of anti-epileptic drug phenytoin in small doses, which can have satisfactory results.

2. Canine distemper: It is a very dangerous viral disease.

3. Canine filariasis: cough, fatigue, anemia, ascites, edema, jaundice, dermatitis, dyspnea, systolic murmur, chest tremor.

4. Congenital brain damage: epilepsy, glycogen storage disease, hydrocephalus, etc.

5. Acquired brain damage: encephalitis, hydrocephalus, brain tumor, meningitis, skull injury, cerebrovascular disorder, hypoxemia.

6. Low-calcium convulsions and malnutrition convulsions: The people who raise dogs for the first time are inexperienced, lack understanding of calcium intake and other nutritional problems for dogs, and feed more liver and human diets, resulting in insufficient calcium intake for dogs.

7. Psychological problems: When dogs are beaten, scolded or frightened, individual will appear hysterical convulsions, but generally not accompanied by obvious coma.

Treatment of dog convulsion

dog convulsions

2. What to do when the dog twitches

What to do:

1. When the dog twitches, parents should avoid touching the dog's body and wait for the dog to calm down.

2. Organize the surrounding items to prevent the dog from hitting furniture and sharp objects during spasms and causing injury.

3. When the dog stops convulsing, immediately remove items from the dog, such as unfastening the collar, undressing, etc.

4. After the dog is calm, immediately take the dog to a regular pet hospital for a detailed examination.

For dogs, the convulsions we are most worried about are caused by canine distemper, because generally at this stage, it means that the dog's condition is already very dangerous, and the chance of being cured is very small.