Making sense of circling (Why is this pet spinning)

0:00 Introduction
0:40 Causes of circling
2:45 Localising the lesion
4:15 Circling in vestibular disease
6:34 Circling in forebrain disease - the four brain signs
10:00 Test your skills - forebrain or vestibular?
12:52 Behavioural (stereotypical) circling / spinning
Circling is a distinctive and often worrying neurological sign which can occur due to forebrain or vestibular disease. In this video I help develop your neuro-localisation skills so that you can distinguish between the two and make better recommendations for prognosis and management. Learn the four brain signs that distinguish forebrain disease and how the circling here is very different from lack of balance in vestibular disease. I also discuss stereotypical spinning or circling and how this differs in circling behaviour, cause, management and prognosis.
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[@nenadmladenovic2094]

Wow, this is more than just veterinary medicine! It's like magic, truly helpful for all vets and students. Thank you so much!

[@clare-neurovet]

thank you so much for your positive comments

[@cassiasantos2809]

Very good. Thanks. 🎉

[@clare-neurovet]

glad that you found it useful

[@matiassm459]

Great video!!

[@clare-neurovet]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Volklet]

This was a fascinating and helpful video, thank you! I have videos of two of my dogs who (probably) had forebrain lesions, one very severe. Would you find those helpful for teaching or research? They both have a series of films I took showing the progression of the illness, so not just an isolated video with no context.

[@clare-neurovet]

Yes these would be very useful for teaching - thank you so much for offering. I can be contacted though university of surrey

[@zm6186]

Great video! Thank you Prof!... Sorry, but I thought the whippet/Italian grey hound has a hypermetric left fore?

[@clare-neurovet]

Yes you are right - I apologise - I got the sides mixed up (DUH!) - well spotted. the correct text is hypermetric gait on the left side (especially left fore and localised as paradoxical (right) vestibular syndrome involving left cerebellum

[@zm6186]

@@clare-neurovet Got it! Thank you. Thank you for this channel. A real gift!

[@clare-neurovet]

@@zm6186 so glad you like it

[@emailyarabrandao]

Please help me? Hi there professor. My dog has back pain and my vet prescribed this drug, she took it for 14 days and had all sorts of bad effects. She is 12 years old. The only prior health problem she had was her appendix that was removed. On the third day she started taking the meds, she started twitching eyes and head, walking like a drunk and even falling by herself, she stopped eating for 3 days, i had to inject food into her mouth so she would eat again but that didn't help much as she only ate a little bit. She did drink lots of water during the day and peed a lot. She would not respond fast, she became disoriented and slow. He lowered the dosage and still all the above happened. Now her kidney is screwed and she is having seizures. Her urine has blood today for the first time. The vet swears it is not this drug but i belive every animal/person is different and will react a different way to any medication. I believe the drug has intoxicated her and causes all this kidney and brain damage.

[@clare-neurovet]

The twitching eyes and wobbliness sounds like she has vestibular disease (a balance problem) but this wouldn't explain the blood in the urine or the seizures. Having pregabalin / gabapentin wouldn't cause those very specific problems. It is more likely that you poor pet had/has some other neurological problem that is causing balance problems, pain and seizures and the gabapentin / pregabalin was coincidence/ red herring however I can understand why you would feel otherwise because she went downhill at the same time as (coincidentally) having that drug. Dogs don't have an appendix? I cannot offer further advice than that I am afraid especially for a dog I haven't examined or seen the medical record for. Your vet can contact me for advice (through the usual channels not social media) if desired. Hope that helps and she improves