Many dog parents are quick to visit their veterinarian claiming their dog is autistic or has Down Syndrome. Just as it happens with childbirth, some dogs may have difficulties at birth that provoke lifelong conditions. Lack of oxygen at birth or complications during a c-section are common culprits behind neurological damage in dogs. Dogs can experience anxiety, depression , panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other neurological issues. These conditions can prevent dogs from living a normal life but are sometimes well-managed with medications.
Anxiety and depression are particularly common in dogs, and especially separation anxiety from the owner, which is seen in dogs that spend most of the day alone at home. These disorders can lead your dog to acquire unusual behaviors that could become a source of concern for the owners, but it does not mean that the dog is mentally challenged. When your dog gets into an accident and hits its head, or when they eat something toxic there may be permanent neurological damage. We all know that dogs, particularly young puppies, enjoy chasing after their tails.
But if this continues for long, then you should be concerned. Other signs of this behavioral disorder exist. Your canine friend could be chasing shadows or chewing on something unacceptable. It could be your soaks, shoe, or something else. If it performs this behavior constantly, just know your dog has a mental disorder.
No dog owner wishes their dog to pass through a mental health challenge. But this is life, and things happen. However, once you spot signs that your dog has mental retardation, then your first move should be to visit the vet doctor for further diagnosis. The vet doctor would tell you what to do to help your dog get well.
You need to show more love and affection to help your canine friend get well. And keep in mind that even though you may feel hurt, your dog is going through the worst. But with your help, he might be able to pull through. So, with careful observation and understanding of the various mental retardations humans suffer, you can detect mental health issues in your dog before things get even worse. PTSD is one of the common mental health problems in dogs.
This disorder is also common in humans too. Such dogs can react in diverse ways when put in similar conditions or pass through the same environment where the abuse happened. A dog with PTSD may want to escape if placed in a similar condition. Thinking about the experience in the past would make them want to escape to avert the same torture and agony. PTSD in dogs is caused by trauma.
When dogs experience a traumatic situation, the memory is automatically implanted in their brains. When you take a dog with PSTD to the same environment where he had such a bad experience, he may react aggressively or defensively.
You can treat PTSD in dogs. The process is not that difficult, and there are drugs you can use. But you must allow a veterinarian to do his or her job. Explain the symptoms you observe in your dog to the veterinarian for proper diagnosis. After treatment, you still need to continue helping your dog. Help her to get familiar with the environment and build confidence.
Most dogs will suffer anxiety in their lifetime, particularly separation anxiety, considered popular among the others. The reason is that dogs need attention. They like having their owners around. But when you leave for work, leaving a dog all by itself, separation anxiety may creep in. And because of that, it may start panicking or acting aggressively. No one enjoys losing the company of a friend, not even a dog. There are diverse symptoms of separation anxiety.
To compare mental retarded and control groups in terms of duration of keeping an animal and frequency of daily hand washes two independent samples was used; for other data chi-square was employed. Of the 96 mental retarded cases who participated in the study, 70 Of the 85 subjects in the control group, 61 Toxocara seroprevalence is found high among various patient groups like asthmatic and epileptic patients Glickman et al. Various studies state that Toxocara seroprevalence in institutionalized mental retarded cases is between Huminier et al.
We found no study reporting the frequency of Toxocara infection in mental retarded cases who were not institutionalized or whose mental retardation did not require institutionalization in the literature. In this study, the frequency of Toxocara infection in educatable mental retarded cases who had not required institutionalization and having special education was found to be This rate is statistically higher than the rate identified in the control group.
Toxocara seroprevalence may vary according to geographical region where the study is made and even to different populations inhabiting the same region Buijs et al.
When compared with seroprevalence rates ranging between 2. The observation of a high frequency of Toxocara infection in mental retarded cases compared to the control group suggests that these cases in our region may be considered under risk for Toxocara infection.
It is reported that Toxocara seroprevalence is high in those owning dogs and cats Arpino et al. It is seen that in our mental retarded cases, the rate of owning cats-dogs at home was low and did not influence seroprevalence. However, the contact with the soil contaminated by cats and dogs faeces could be the main cause for observed high seropositivity.
It is reported that the risk factor for toxocariasis is contact with soil contaminated with cat-dog faeces, rather than owning a cat or dog at home Overgaauw , Ajayi et al. Climatic conditions of our region are conducive to keeping T. It can be said that the places where mental retarded and control group subjects lived had similar conditions in terms of contamination with cat-dog faeces. However, the duration of being in these places and the manner of using the places may be factors that increase contamination of mental retarded and that make seroprevalence higher.
Personal hygiene and behavioural factors e. It is seen that these factors did not affect the frequency of Toxocara infection in our mental retarded cases. According to our result, there was no difference between the educatable mental retarded group and the control group in terms of these factors.
Similarly, when the mental retarded group was divided within itself as seropositive and seronegative, there were no significant differences between them with respect to these factors. Therefore, we think that the frequency of Toxocara infection we found for the educatable mental retarded group was not affected by these factors. Toxocariasis is seen more frequently among children than among adults due to such reasons as frequent contact with contaminated soil, poor hygiene, and consuming contaminated food Holland et al.
Socio-economic level is a factor that influences Toxocara seroprevalence Herrmann et al. While some studies report that Toxocara seroprevalence increases with low socio-economic status Magnaval et al.
In the current study, mental retarded and control groups included students from homogenous, low, and middle socio-economic status. On the other hand, it is seen that there was no difference between Toxocara seropositive and seronegative mental retarded cases in terms of socio-economic level. Therefore, we think that the frequency of Toxocara infection difference between mental retarded cases and control group does not stem from socio-economic status.
In conclusion, to date, our study is the first report of the frequency of Toxocara infection in educatable mental retarded cases. Mental retarded subjects not-requiring institutionalization are under risk of infection with Toxocara. The present findings showed that Toxocara seroprevalence was not affected by demographic and epidemiological factors that increase the risk of Toxocara infection.
It is suggested that this risk in mental retarded cases may result from behavioural patterns. Abrir menu Brasil. Abrir menu. Key words: mental retarded children - Toxocara canis - toxocariasis Toxocara canis , caused by zoonotic roundworms of dogs, is the cause of toxocariasis in man.
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