Sorry Steve, I know this is a little all over the place, Kathy
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Seizures In A Cat
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drakedoc
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April 24, 2016 View Case Report
Sorry Steve, I know this is a little all over the place, Kathy
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by
naturevet
April 25, 2016
Hi Kathy,
The seizures, deep sleep and cough can all indicate Phlegm accumulation as the cause if the seizures. It is a common cause of pathilogy in middle-aged cats if eating standard dry or canned diets. So that's the first thing I'd change, assuming that's the case. Definitely at least the early am seizures are consistent with Damp as the cause, as is a weak pulse.
Given all of the above. I would try. Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang first. I see your points about SRT and XFZYT, although its anti-seizure effects aren't as reliable. BXBZTMT is the first thing I'd try and has a minimal downside if we're wrong here
Hope that's not the case!
Steve
The seizures, deep sleep and cough can all indicate Phlegm accumulation as the cause if the seizures. It is a common cause of pathilogy in middle-aged cats if eating standard dry or canned diets. So that's the first thing I'd change, assuming that's the case. Definitely at least the early am seizures are consistent with Damp as the cause, as is a weak pulse.
Given all of the above. I would try. Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang first. I see your points about SRT and XFZYT, although its anti-seizure effects aren't as reliable. BXBZTMT is the first thing I'd try and has a minimal downside if we're wrong here
Hope that's not the case!
Steve
by
drakedoc
April 25, 2016
I will order it today, thank you so much, Kathy
by
drakedoc
July 3, 2016
Good Morning, I rechecked Nutmeg yesterday. She went 6 weeks with no seizures then 2 weeks ago and yesterday had one. She has been on Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang 550mg BID for 2 months. Her owners think she is doing well but none of her parameters have changed. She still sleeps deeply, still coughs daily, no change in irregular seizure frequency, still has the same tongue and pulse. She is a sweet, happy little thing but won't eat anything besides kibble (the owners tried). I will give them more pointers though. I'm consideringadding XCHT because of the cough and seizures and tongue. The pulses don't really fit though. Any ideas (I know you have some!) Thank you
by
naturevet
July 4, 2016
Hi Kathy,
The diet may prevent resolution of this problem, or even meaningful improvement. How about freeze-dried diets? Anything other than canned or kibble...even sardines would be fine!
The fact that the seizure pattern is the same month to month, and year to year, strongly suggests a food sensitivity
What time is the coughing occurring?
S
The diet may prevent resolution of this problem, or even meaningful improvement. How about freeze-dried diets? Anything other than canned or kibble...even sardines would be fine!
The fact that the seizure pattern is the same month to month, and year to year, strongly suggests a food sensitivity
What time is the coughing occurring?
S
by
drakedoc
July 6, 2016
Hi Steve, Sorry the owners were out of town for the holiday. The coughing primarily occurs between 2 and 4 AM. She occassional coughs at 7am as well. This girl does have an increased bronchial pattern on xrays. I wound up starting XCHT tabs (500mg) from Kan SID and I decreased her Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang to SID so that they are still just giving 1 tab AM and 1 tab PM. I was going to increase the XCHT to BID if we had no problems with it at SID. I'd love to hear your thoughts, Thank you
by
naturevet
July 6, 2016
Sure, let's go with your protocol for now
The timing of the cough suggests Phlegm, which implicates diet as the ultimate cause
Steve
The timing of the cough suggests Phlegm, which implicates diet as the ultimate cause
Steve
by
drakedoc
July 6, 2016
Ok, I will work hard on getting her diet changed and let you know how it goes. Thank you so much for getting back so quickly, Kathy
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