Our question this week was:Dr. Jon - Our 13-year-old male Chihuahua had an episode today. This has never taken place before to our knowledge. He just fell down and was nonresponsive, drooling and his breathing was very shallow. It took a good 10 minutes before he was alert and by 20 minutes he could move his limbs again. It took a good 30 minutes before he would walk again. After a good hour he was back to normal, running and barking. What happened?Paul and Lisa MaxsonAnswerHi – thanks for your email. Sorry to hear about your dog's "episode". It is hard to know 100% what happened but it sounds like he either collapsed or had a seizure. Some dogs can collapse, have syncope or have a seizure. The way that he was slow to come out of it and how he is normal now – makes me lean more toward the episode being due to a seizure.
A seizure (convulsion) is a series of involuntary contractions of the voluntary muscles, abnormal sensations, abnormal behaviors or some combination of these events. Seizures are symptoms – they are not...
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Syncope is the term used to describe fainting, which is a brief period of unconsciousness due to cerebral anemia and may last from seconds to minutes. Most fainting “spells” are due to low blood pressure...
If your dog suffers an acute collapse, he will sit down suddenly or lie down and won’t be able to get back up. He may even lose consciousness. Call or take your pet to your veterinarian immediately.
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