advice on ear infections please :-(
I am so worried are these the symptoms of inner ear infections in puppies?? violent vomiting, eyes darting back and forth, dizziness, falling? I made sure to tell the vet everything possible, things the puppy gets into, the groomer visit when he was bathed and ears were clean? Could it be possible water got in his ear during the groomer visit and became infected? Please help what should I do I am so sad I feel so bad for my puppy. He's usually so active and bouncing off the walls and now he just lays there. Cheyenne is upset and concerned also. She keeps throwing his favorite ball at him to get him to play and he just lays there. She sniffs at him and whines. I am really concerned after hearing all the things it could be what if it isnt an ear infection???  |
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| Yes, there is someting older dogs get, it has to do with the inner ear......I can't remember the name. I'll try to find it. If it's this, there is no cure, you just have a slightly dizzy dog....I think there are some meds with it. HOWEVER, not letting people examine is ear doesn't sound good. Massive inner ear infection...............?? |
| I'm so sorry about your baby.
SheepieBoss... might you be thinking of vestibular disease? cheyennebuford, please read the full article but below is an excerpt... Source: http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Conten ... 0&EVetID=0 IDIOPATHIC VESTIBULAR DISEASE IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF VESTIBULAR DISEASE IN DOGS AND CATS. The following are signs of vestibular disease: * ataxia (lack of coordination without weakness or involuntary spasms - in other words, stumbling and staggering around) * motion sickness * nystagmus (back and forth or rotational eye movements. The movements will be slower in one direction. This is the side where the neurologic lesion is likely to be; however, nystagmus is named according to the direction of the fast component i.e. there may be left nystagmus but the lesion is probably on the right side of the vestibular apparatus.) * Circling * Head tilt (usually toward the side of the lesion) * Falling to one side (usually toward the side of the lesion) * Trouble with other nerves controlling the head and face Middle ear infection is a likely possibility for vestibular disease especially if the patient has a history of ear infections. When an otoscope is used to visualize the external ear of an animal with vestibular disease and debris is seen, this would be a good hint that there is infection in the middle ear as well. Please let us know what they find. |
| OK, I found it. The condition I was trying to remember is Geriatric Vestibular Disease. Looks like a stroke: Dog may tilt its head, will roll or fall to the side in direction of head tilt. Dog may be dioriented, eyes may roll or wobble. Dog may vomit during first few day of the disease. There is no specific treatment, however with nursing the dog usually recovers normal function in about 3 weeks but may have some lingering effects.
A friend's dog had this and after the acute stage, she lived another year, but her head tilted slightly and the eyes wobbled a bit. It can reoccur. I hope your guy recovers quickly.......if from infection or some other condition like GVD. |
| thanks Jaci, I'm going to put that in my files. Easier to find than going through MERCK. |
| I've got my fingers crossed for you and for Beauford. |
| Thank you so much for all the information and well wishes.
The vet said that only old dogs get vestibular disease and he even made certain that puppies dont get it. He then realized that Beauies eyes jerk in different directions depending on the position he is. When standing they go side to side, when laying up and down. Not a symptom of vestibular disease but can be either nervous system or brain or just an ear infection. They are treating him for an ear infection. Do any of you have experience with this and do the symptoms fit? |
| I'm so sorry to hear of your little guys problems, hope all goes well |
| I will keep your pooch in my thoughts and prayers. Poor baby. |
| I don't know about the other symptoms, but loss of balance is associated with an ear infection in humans and I don't see why it would differ for dogs.
I hope Beauford gets well soon! |
cheyennebuford wrote: They are treating him for an ear infection. Do any of you have experience with this and do the symptoms fit?
I'm not saying this to be funny, but I have very similar symptoms when I get an ear infections, which is actually somewhat often. My equilibrium gets so screwed up, I can barely sit up without tons of dizziness and nausea. I find I keep my head tilted to favor the hurting ear, too. I know I'm not the same as a dog, but the symptoms are similar. I hope it's nothing serious and that he's feeling better soon. |
| I just went through a similiar experience with my six month old puppy after a visit to the groomers. She pulled the hair out of the ears and they began to ooze and the puppy was cring and walking around and not steady on his feet. We went to Vet and just like you, no way was anyone getting near his ears to look in. It took three of us and a muzzle to get some drops in...and this is not an aggressive, non-people dog...
They sent us home with some meds and he, like your pup, was so quiet all night, just laying on us and not playing, etc. We went back to the Vet the next day and they were able to look inside and he had a severe ear infection in both ears. Gunk was all down the sides of his ears from the oozing...it was terrible. He was on some antibiotics and ear drops about ten days and it did get better and he started acting normal again. I called the groomer and she said he had alot of wax built up in the ears. The vet said the infection was probably festering a while and by the groomer plucking out the hair in there it brought it out...He's better now. I hope this is all that is wrong with your puppy. The ear infection is quite painful and does set them off balance a bit but medications should help. You will be in our thoughts and prayers... Diane & Bowie |
| Yes, it most certainly does.
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/31000.htm&word=vestibular Vestibular by the way refers to a portion of the ear. Ear plucking allowed the infection subcutaneous access and thus grew quickly. Ear infections are the pits. I had an OES with a chronic ear infection we never could completely control. |
| Thank you. I am sure this is what happened to Beauie. Especially with having his ears cleaned. It sounds like our dogs have had the same experience.
Thanks for posting Mercks It fits Beauie to a T and now i'm not so worried. I just called home to check on the little stinker and my daughter said he's doing much better. He's been herding the cats.   |
Beauie has take 3 days worth of anti-biotics and is doing so much better. The nystagmus has stopped and he isnt falling down anymore. He also ate a little today and was pouncing on the sofa. YAY it looks like he is on the mend.    |
Good news!  |
Yay!  Glad to hear he's feeling better |
| Yeah!!!! It's hard to have sick babies - I woud rather be the sick one. |
| I'm glad to hear Beuaford is feeling better. Poor baby, and poor you! How scary. |
| Sorry to hear that he was so sick, but great news that he's doing better! |
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