Comments on: My dog has hipoglucemia, she has convulsions, but the vet doesn’t know what causes it, what can Ido to stop?

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:37:31 +0000

Sounds like you have a tough case on your hands. Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can cause seizures, but on the other hand if she has a malfunction of releasing too much insulin this can be a problem to. When you introduce sugar into the body, the body releases insulin into the bloodstream to eliminate a portion of it from the bloodstream. When there is a condition that is causing the over production of insulin, it will rid the body of that sugar plus more which will actually cause hypoglycemia, rather than helping it. I would go with the advice of the vet telling you to give sugar only every 6 hours and not flooding the body with sugar. This vet seems to have more knowledge about what may be going on and how insulin comes into play.

It might be that she has a tumor on her pancreas.

By: Nicholas' Mommy

Nicholas' Mommy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:14:55 +0000

How long are her seizures? Phenobarb is a great drug for that. IF they are not happening every day and are not very long, then just hang in there. The vet i worked for always told the owners not to worry to much if they are not happening very often. The glucose on the other hand, try some honey/ sugar water to raise the insulin. IF she was my dog i would wait for the results, if need to put on insulin then i would do so. As far as the seizures i would keep on phenobarb if they were not related to the low insulin. If it was related a strict diet and insulin injections should do the trick.

By: MamaB

MamaB — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:49:54 +0000

Sorry for your problem, but in the real world, you should go find another vet, or at best take a second opinion. If this is not possible, you have to consider, surely, the quality of life your dog is currently having. If her down days out number her up days, do the only decent thing, and end her suffering.

All I can advise really.

Edot – I agree with the last statement above – ‘inconclusive’ is a word I dread. Been there and done that last year, for 6 months until I finally had to call time for my beloved b itch.

By: solarshiva18

solarshiva18 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:21:11 +0000

First off, with your dogs age you should be thinking about the possibility of euthinizing her. I know it’s not pleasant, but if you’re vet can’t figure this out so you can get the seizures to stop, this would be the kindest thing.

Secondly, I’d find a new vet. Yes, vets study to learn all their animal medical knowledge, but some are just plain stupid and know nothing regardless. I had a vet like this and because of their inability to see my dog actually had a problem and not imply that I was just too stupid to know how to housebreak him(when I had a fully housebroken dog already), I said ***** them and found a new vet.

Good luck either way. Medical problems that aren’t easily solved are the worst.