My dog had a seizure. When to go to the vet to prevent brain damage?

Hi there and thank you for using pet coach to address your concern. For any seizure lasting longer than 5 minutes, I get very concerned about irreversible neurologic damage. During a seizure, the brain tends to overheat due to misfiring of neurons. This can lead to neurological abnormalities related to brain damage from the excessive heat produced by the seizure. If a seizure lasts for an hour I would most certainly expect irreversible neurologic damage to ensue. I would seek immediate veterinary care if this were the case so that the most appropriate Diagnostic and treatment recommendations can be made. I hope this helps guide you in the right direction. Please feel free to contact me if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.

If Lady has been having a continual seizure for four hours, this is a medical emergency and she has to see a vet now. This is extremely serious, and she could suffer permanent brain damage from seizing for so long. She has to see a vet right away, please take her into one now. I cannot stress enough how much of an emergency her situation is right now.

Hello, Seizures can cause brain damage, particularly if they last for more than a couple of minutes. Your vet can perform a thorough neurological examination if you are concerned about permanent brain damage from Bell's seizures. I hope this helps.

Young dogs sometimes suffer from what we call idiopathic seizures (cause unknown) and older dogs that have never had a seizure before, can suffer from a brain tumor causing seizures. You should keep a diary of the seizures: situation that triggers it, time start, time ends, what the seizure looks like. If the seizure lasts more than 4-5 minutes your dog needs to see a vet right away, as this can cause hyperthermia and damage the brain. If you can you should take a little video of one such seizure to take with you to the vet and show him. Please make an appointment with your vet for an exam. He may want to put her on anti-seizure medication such as phenobarbital.

There is no need to take her to emergency care unless she has a seizure that lasts 5 minutes or longer. Then she needs to be taken in right away. Keep a diary of when she has a seizure, note the time it starts and ends and the time of day. Give this to the owner to be taken to the vet when they return. Should the dog have many (more than 5) seizures in a day, take her to her vet for adjustment of medication.

Hurley needs to be on Anti seizure medications URGENTLY, seizures that last more than 2 minutes are very dangerous and can cause irreversible damage to the brain. you need to take her to your vet ASAP.

First of all the first seizure was very very long, 8 minutes is a long time for a seizure and that could have caused some longer lasting damage (although not permanent) to the brain, and maybe that is why Mango has several more small seizures. it is worrying that the seizures are happening so frequently, ideally he should see a vet ASAP as it could be life threatening if another long seizure occurs.