(permission to cross post or forward) Some years ago one of my Cavaliers developed this problem. My regular vet was out of town and the vet I went to referred me to the vet school after Phinny failed the blink response test.
There they diagnosed the facial nerve paralysis and wanted me to bring him back for a scan. When I talked to my regular vet he told me that about 60 percent of all cases were idiopathic, and that in Phinny's case the facial nerve paralysis might well have been caused by a throat infection he had had very recently (splinter in the throat). He also told me that many cases resolve on their own. I had already seen a slight improvement in Phin so we decided to hold off on the $800 scan. It took about 2 months, but he did recover 100%. We did put liquid tears in eyes several times a day to prevent drying and irritation of the cornea. Hilarie At 08:58 PM 02/23/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Has anyone ever had or heard of a cavalier with facial paralysis? >A friend of mine called today and told me her cavalier has facial paralysis, he can't close one eye, he can swallow but can't get the food to the back of his throat so she has to feed him. The vet put him on thyroid medication and a low dosage of prednisone. >She has asked me to post this question....if anyone had that problem with a dog, what was the treatment and did the dog recover? >Please email me privately so that I can pass the information on to her. > >Truus Bennett Hilarie Gibbs-Sykes Mel Sykes Hob Nob Cavaliers Sarasota, FL http://www.geocities.com/locustlee ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
