Seizures in dogs are actually a symptom rather than a condition. Many things can cause them, ranging from low blood sugar to a head injury. But the most common cause is what's called idiopathic epilepsy, which means your dog has seizures for no known reason. It's not clear why some dog...
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Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is particularly prevalent in toddlers; they're more likely to be injured because they have a lower sense of danger and are still developing physically. But parents and clinicians have trouble detecting symptoms of trauma, given the toddler's limited verbal sk...
When an injury occurs, loss of brain function can occur even without visible damage to the head. Force applied to the head may cause the brain to be directly injured or shaken, bouncing against the inner wall of the skull. The traumacan potentially causebleedingin the spaces surrounding the ...
Injury. Injuries such ashead traumaor damage to the inner ear can cause dogs to lose their balance. Your dog can't tell you when it's in pain, and dogs sometimes mask hurt with behaviors such as wagging their tail. So it's important to be aware of caninesigns of pain. They include...
Concussions can have serious consequences for toddlers. An UdeM research team has developed a tool to detect them in children who do not yet speak or have a limited vocabulary.Head injury and co…
We conducted a survey on the relationship between mild head injury incidence and a variety of psychological and educational symptoms in a sample of 1,345 high school and 2,321 university students. Once figures were adjusted to represent a 50:50 gender ratio, 30% to 37% of subjects reported ...
Causes of Hip Luxation in Dogs This may vary from dog to dog, but one is mutual when it comes to causes of hip luxation – this condition comes from trauma.It comes from some kind of trauma, and trauma comes in different forms. Here are the most common causes of hip luxation in dogs...
Yes - dogs suffer from headaches too! They may develop nervous migrane or the headache may be as a result of a tumor. Usually a dog suffering from headache has a fixed stare, or he may have his eyes closed. He will shake his head lightly and repeatedly from side to side, he may ...
Pennies—Pennies often cause intestinal obstruction in dogs. What's more, they also may causezinc toxicityif they were minted after 1982. Strings—A string may appear to be an innocent object. But once in the intestinal tract, its waves of movement may cause the intestine to bunch up like ...