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My 11 year old Vizsla is having seizures since last february. The first 9 months she only had 3 attack, but since the begginig of December she atarted seizuring a lot. We are giving her Phenobarbital, but it doesn’t work, because we’ve found out my dog has Hypoglycemia. The insulin test came back normal, so we rule out a tumor. Now the vet thinks it can be Addison, he says he’s never treat some case like this so he doesn’t know exactly what’s wrong. I have to say that he is the best vet we have in my province, San Juan, Argentina. I’m giving her sugar every two hours to control the seizures, so at least we don’t have to worry about that so much.
The problem is that learning about Addison online I see that the signs are different from my dog’s. Could some vet tell me if there is some other disease that might be harming my dog. I mean, she eats a lot, she drinks a lot, she doesn’t seem angry or weird, except for some moments when I felt she was kind of out of control. Everything looks good, but for the low sugar. We’ve tested 4 times and every time the glucose is lower. My vet comes from holidays last week, so I have to wait to see what he says, but the things I’m reading about Addison doesn’t seem to be what’s wrong with my dog.
Could be something else??? The vet says there are only few reasons the dog has low glucose.
Thanks for your help!
So it’s definetely not Addison, besides from the seizures she doesn’t seem to have any other problem. She does drink a lot of water and she’s more hungry than always. She doesn’t have kidney problems, at least the tests were ok, so we can rule that out.
Is there any other disease you can think of that can cause my dog to seizure, to have hypoglucimia and normal amounts of insuline???
Thanks a lot Chetco…! I really appreciate your help. I’m desparate trygin to find a solution to her problem.
I don’t think she’s epileptic, at least my vet doesn’t think so, because she started at the age of 10. And low glucose is the most common reason for seizures in dogs.
My 11 year old Vizsla is having seizures since last february. The first 9 months she only had 3 attack, but since the begginig of December she atarted seizuring a lot. We are giving her Phenobarbital, but it doesn’t work, because we’ve found out my dog has Hypoglycemia. The insulin test came back normal, so we rule out a tumor. Now the vet thinks it can be Addison, he says he’s never treat some case like this so he doesn’t know exactly what’s wrong. I have to say that he is the best vet we have in my province, San Juan, Argentina. I’m giving her sugar every two hours to control the seizures, so at least we don’t have to worry about that so much.
The problem is that learning about Addison online I see that the signs are different from my dog’s. Could some vet tell me if there is some other disease that might be harming my dog. I mean, she eats a lot, she drinks a lot, she doesn’t seem angry or weird, except for some moments when I felt she was kind of out of control. Everything looks good, but for the low sugar. We’ve tested 4 times and every time the glucose is lower. My vet comes from holidays last week, so I have to wait to see what he says, but the things I’m reading about Addison doesn’t seem to be what’s wrong with my dog.
Could be something else??? The vet says there are only few reasons the dog has low glucose.
Thanks for your help!
So it’s definetely not Addison, besides from the seizures she doesn’t seem to have any other problem. She does drink a lot of water and she’s more hungry than always. She doesn’t have kidney problems, at least the tests were ok, so we can rule that out.
Is there any other disease you can think of that can cause my dog to seizure, to have hypoglucimia and normal amounts of insuline???
Thanks a lot Chetco…! I really appreciate your help. I’m desparate trygin to find a solution to her problem.
I don’t think she’s epileptic, at least my vet doesn’t think so, because she started at the age of 10. And low glucose is the most common reason for seizures in dogs.
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I’m no vet but I own an addison’s dog. This is decidedly NOT typical for addisons Assisonian dogs CAN have hypoglycemia but to be that affected and still EAT would not be common. There is a form of addison’s (usually called atypical addisons that only has a failure to make cortisol but still making the other adrenal hormone aldostrone, that would eliminate some of the comon symptoms but this still seems strange. is a website with the most info that I know of.
Edit: whoa doggies! she’s eating drinking MORE! it could be cushings! the opposite of addisons an OVER active adrenal. Many of the symptoms are often similar and one can be mistaken for the other. Fortunatally the ACTH test would test for both diseases. a cushings website:
Firstly, your pet still has appetite to eat that is not the symptom of Addison Disease, but you said she drinks a lot that’s the one worries me for a moment, there are reasons why a dog drinks a lot such as kidney problem but I rule this out cause you didn’t describe much….if your dog has Addison disease then she will vomit but she doesn’t. The more serious type of Addison is called Addisonian Crisis due to lack of corticosteroids can be life threatening and dog which suffer from this disease will be shaking, vomiting, shivering, dehydrated, pounding heart and collapse, dog must be fed with glucose and corticosteroids. Anyway Addison disease is caused by underactive adrenal gland.
My advise is, bring your dog to seek for second opinion from another vet. Good Luck and take good care of your dog!
I will say a prayer for your dog.
I have starred this for some of my contacts, who are veterinarians, or more experienced with unusual maladies
Please leave your question open for a couple of days, to give them time to respond, if they can be of help.
In my opinion your dog is an epileptic. I know it is possible for a dog to have epilepsy as we had an Irish Setter in the family who suffered from epileptic seizures. Research symptoms ask your vet. I’d bet my life that this is what is wrong with your dog. Good luck!