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- Your dog may seek you out or may hide, but either way will look frightened
- Your dog may whine or shake as the seizure begins
- Dogs in an episode of convulsions will typically fall on their side, and their legs will jerk slightly or with a fair amount of force
- Salivation or excessive drooling will take place
- Your pet may urinate or defecate
- Your dog’s eyes may stare straight ahead
- A severe episode may see a dog lose consciousness
- As the seizure is ending your dog may appear dazed and disoriented
- Your pet may be uncoordinated
- Temporary blindness may be experienced
- Some dogs are restless, while others are fatigued
- There may be increased thirst
- Idiopathic epilepsy - This epilepsy has no visible cause. Lesions of the brain, or other nervous system causes are not present.
- Symptomatic epilepsy - Brain lesions can be identified as the cause.
- Status epilepticus - Seizures that occur with no break, or a very brief break in between. This can indicate a life-threatening medical emergency.
- Structural epilepsy - This occurs when a tumor, infection or stroke affect the brain.
- Reactive seizures - Liver or kidney disease, low blood sugar, environmental toxins, or direct trauma are instances of reactive seizures.
- Cluster seizures - More than one seizure occurs in 24 hours.
- Inflammatory infectious disease (such as distemper)
- Trauma
- Blood clot
- Degeneration of the brain
- Congenital malformation
- Metabolic disease
- Cancer
- Diseases characterized by inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
- Inflammatory infectious disease (such as distemper)
- Trauma
- Blood clot
- Degeneration of the brain
- Congenital malformation
- Metabolic disease
- Cancer
- Diseases characterized by inflammation of the brain and spinal cord
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