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Neuro answers for the IVDD community
Answers for the IVDD community
The Neuro Corner was created to get answers pet owners ask about. Drs. Isaacs and Galle, DVM, ACVIM (Neurology) give the answers to those IVDD related questions for the Dodgerslist Community.
Answers by category:
- Fat graft during surgery
- Humped or arched back
- Large Breeds
- Questions to ask a neurologist
- MRI and conservative treatment
- MRI: possible to miss a disc problem?
- Multiple disc episodes surgeries?
- Cart dogs: Multiple episodes rare?
- Popping sound in the back
- Root signature pain
- Seizures linked to IVDD?
- Sleep position?
- Sling use with wobbly legs
- Stomach protection with anti-inflammatory
- Surgery Indicators
- Thundershirts and Cool shirts
- X-ray does not prove a disc episode
- Diagnosing FCE vs IVDD
Browse all Neuro Corner Answers:
Librela (bendinvetmab) with an IVDD dog?
Do supplements prevent disc episodes?
hemilaminectomy bone removal
Diagnosing FCE vs. IVDD
Thundershirts and Cool shirts
Large breeds and IVDD
Neck surgery consideration in certain circumstances
head lifting during sleep
Fat graft during surgery
When to re-image post op?
Vaccination cautions with recent disc episode, steroids
Timing pain medications
Tense during expressing
Rear sway and discomfort
Surgery indicators
Anti-inflammatories warrant stomach protection
Expectation for spinal cord healing
Sling for a wobbly dog
Seizures and IVDD linked?
Do anti-inflammatory drugs prevent disc episodes?
Pulling on leash-collar disc stress
Formation of spinal cord scar tissue
Nerve Root Signature Pain
How disc material is surgically removed
Random episodes of pain
Seroma a swelling around the incision
Popping sound in the back
Penis comes out of sheath treatments
Myelomalacia not anyones fault
Myelogram vs. MRI vs. Xrays
Multiple surgeries
Fenestration, why only adjacent discs?
Conservative treatment first?
MRI: potential surgery vs conservative
Possible for an MRI to miss a disc problem
Expected time for nerve healing
Leg spasms-kicking
Laser Disc Ablation (LDA)
Laser Light Therapy Contraindication
Does IVDD affect other diseases?
IVDD friendly activities
Why doxies are not little people with back problems
Head Tilt after a myelogram
Gait after surgery
Grunting a sign of pain
Dentals with an IVDD dog
Non-steroidals (NSAIDS) vs. Steroids
STRICT Rest length of time
Coonhound Paralysis
Fears with IVDD
Conservative treatment (medications, rest and time)
Chiropractic therapy (aka VOM)
Back braces – IVDD dog?
What to ask the surgeon
Prognosis- walking or spinal walking?
After crate rest activity
X-rays
Arched or humped back
Panting cause
Cart dogs- Multiple disc issues possible?
Sleeping position
Disclaimer:
This information is presented for educational purposes and as a resource for the dog IVDD community. The coordinators are not veterinarians or health care professionals. Nothing herein should be interpreted as medical advice.
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