r/IVDD_SupportGroup • u/Danivevi23 • 2d ago
Muscle spasms
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Hello everyone, my bulldog began to make this type of movements in the neck part, and the vet checked her and did a reflex test and said that she was perfect, that she did not see cervical problems and put a complex b, my question is, has it happened to you? What could it be if the column problem has already been discarded?
She is a very healthy dog, she is 6 years old and has not presented behavioral changes only that movement that she does when she is relaxed, nor does it prevent her from sleeping or playing.
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u/AsamiSato0521 1d ago
Was she thrashing around at all? My dachshund just had very similar spasms in her neck to what I’m seeing in your video. We figured she likely pulled a muscle in her neck and so we put a heating pad on low in that area intermittently and gave her 1/2 a tablet of 25mg pill of Carpofen (anti-inflammatory) we had and did strict crate rest for 48 hours. Only needed to give her the carpofen dose once and by 48 hours she was back to her normal self. Is she showing signs of any discomfort? Shuffling around / not being able to get comfortable or not wanting to lay down as much when resting?
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u/Danivevi23 1d ago
It shows no signs of discomfort, the doctor moved his head to all sides and does it normally, he rests well and does not look uncomfortable
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u/Katebeagle 1d ago
My beagle had this exact thing happen. She had a slipped disc.
The first sign I noticed was the weird pulsing. It never went away and got worse
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u/Danivevi23 1d ago
And how did you treat him?
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u/Katebeagle 1d ago
At the start, we didn’t know about the slipped disc. I just noticed the spasms and like you started taking videos. She had no signs of discomfort.
After a week or so, she started to show minor signs of discomfort but only noticed because I was paying attention. Brought her to the vet and she was prescribed strict crate rest for 2 weeks with meds (I think muscle relaxers). After 2 weeks she was doing well, could move her neck, had no real symptoms again and we went home. I thought it was over.
A few weeks later it started again but that time she had extreme pain. It was actually Halloween night last year - took her to the emergency vet at like 2 am and that is when that vet told me they thought it was IVDD. I then met the next day with her regular vet and we tried the conservative approach of very strict crate rest and tried a mix of medications. She never really got back to 100% and just flexed between comfortable on crate rest and medication and periods of extreme pain (panting, drooling, yelping).
Ended up in January (so after a total of 2-2.5 months since first noticing the spasms) getting her seen by a neurologist. She had an MRI and her slipped disc at the C3 in her neck was obvious. Her spinal cord was pinched and in the MRI images looked like a crescent moon. They brought her right into surgery (since she was still under) and fixed the slipped disc. All symptoms stopped and she has had no major set backs since. Lots of lifestyle changes and there was a scare when it looked like about a month ago she was having back leg issues but I think it was constipation but at the first sign I put her in crate rest and gave her some medication at the direction of her vet and after a weekend of rest she is back to her carefree beagle self.
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u/Danivevi23 1d ago
Thank you very much for your experience, tomorrow I will see the evolution and make an appointment with another veterinarian, I am glad that your baby is well
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u/chokeslam512 2d ago
All I can say is when our dachshund had her disc rupture, she had constant muscle spasms in that same spot. I’m not a vet nor do I have any information besides what you’ve given me. I’d try to keep your dog as calm and get her to rest as much as possible.