Focal Seizure
 

Has anyone ever heard of focal Seizures. MY poor little guy Charlie is under the weather today:confused: For many years he had what I thought was a panic disorder..
The Vet just diagnosed it as Focal seizures.
Has anyone know of some good web sites I could check out?

Here's some information about what focal seizures are. Most likely, your vet will just take a wait and see attitude (since the meds are not without side effects) while you collect information on frequency. You might want to look into epilepsy as a cause.

Partial seizures: Partial seizures are also called focal seizures and as the name indicates, the electrical storm is affecting only a part of the brain. A partial seizure may stay localized or it may expand to the whole brain and cause a tonic-clonic seizure. Because the seizure starts in only a part of the brain, an underlying disease or injury is highly suspected. A partial seizure may remain localized or spread to other parts of the cerebral cortex producing a sequential involvement of other body parts.

Partial seizures are classified as simple focal seizures when consciousness is preserved and as complex focal seizures when consciousness is altered. Any portion of the body may be involved during a focal seizure depending on the region of the brain affected.

In a simple partial seizure, the area of the brain that is affected is the area that controls movement. Usually the face is affected, resulting in twitching or blinking. This is usually limited to one side of the face. If the seizure spreads, other parts of the body on that same side will be affected. The dog is usually alert and aware of his surroundings.

A complex partial seizure will originate in the area of the brain that controls behavior and is sometimes called a psychomotor seizure. During this type of seizure, a dog’s consciousness is altered and he may exhibit bizarre behavior such as unprovoked aggression or extreme irrational fear. He may run uncontrollably, engage in senseless, repetitive behavior or have fly-snapping episodes where he appears to be biting at imaginary flies around his head.

sounds more like iit.
 

Thanks for the reply, It makes more sence to me. Especially when you mention head injury.. Charlie had a Corning dish lid fall out of a cupboard and hit him on the head when he was 7 months old. Poor guy, yelped so loud. I felt heart sick.
You made more sence to me than the Doctor did.
Thanks very much for your information. :animal36 :aimeeyork :aimeeyork :aimeeyork
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