How long after vaccinations can epilepsy be triggered? I must admit I don't know anything about the correlation between the 2 of these, but I know there could be a link between the 2. I have just heard that my Uncle's dog has been PTS from having an epileptic fit, when he previously has had no symptoms or fits before. I don't know when he was last vaccinated, but I could find out if anyone thought that the 2 were related. I know there are other causes of epilepsy, but I am just trying to find some answers for him and I couldn't think of any better place than here.

Sam was a lurcher, about 5 years old.

Thanks in advance for your help

I can't answer the question regarding vaccinations and epilepsy.

But why was such a young dog PTS?  Epilepsy can be controlled by drugs.

The seizures made him blind and the vet couldnt say how much other damage had been done during the 2 seizures. He fitted for 30 minutes, came out of it then fitted again, don't know how long the second one was  but vet advised that he should be PTS

I don't know the answer either, sorry.

My dog developed epilespy aged 4 - was vaccinated as a pup and boostered at one year. I think it's a genetic link in my particular situation.

I would imagine it would be close to impossible to ever say that one dogs epilepsy was triggered by vaccs.

Sorry to hear about your uncle's dog. 30 minutes is a huge length of time to be seizing :(

xx

My first Leo had epileptic fits that were tied to hormonal changes.
Started out of a blue when she was about 4 years old and never had one after being spayed.
Somebody had a look at her lines(who had an epileptic Leo too) and in our case it seems it was genetic...
The lady had collected pedigrees of quite a few epilectic Leos and all had common names in the pedigree but then most Leos do so not sure how genetic it really was!
With a Lurcher maybe one parent was BC, don't they have some epileptic lines?

30 minutes is very long time to fit :( I can see why the vet thought PTS is the kindest option even tho epilepsy can often be controlled by drugs.