Dog scratched eye. How a veterinarian will diagnose and treat a scratch cornea. скачать в хорошем качестве

Dog scratched eye. How a veterinarian will diagnose and treat a scratch cornea.

Hi everyone! My name is Dan, and I am a veterinarian. I am a veterinarian in Nebraska. I see a lot of dogs with eye issues. The most common eye problem I see is a scratched eye. Your vet will call a scratched eye a corneal ulcer. The cornea is the clear part of the eye that a dog looks through to see the world around them. The cornea is very sensitive, so if it get scratched this can be painful for a dog. A scratched eye causing a corneal ulcer will cause a few different symptoms. The dog may have some eye or ocular discharge. The eye discharge may be so excessive that the dog has a hard time keep their eye open. The dog may paw at the eye, because it hurts. The sclera or the whites of the eye may become red and inflamed. The cornea may become cloudy around the ulcer too as inflammatory cells move into the cornea to help with healing. You should take your dog to the veterinarian ASAP to get examined for a corneal ulcer or scratched eye. Eyes will get better quick and worse quickly. The vet will do a complete exam and they will stain your dog's eye will a stain call fluorescein. If this stain is taken up by the eye, this means your dog has a corneal ulcer. Depending on how bad the corneal ulcer is, your veterinarian will recommended a couple different options. For the superficial corneal ulcers your veterinarian may just recommended some eye drops. If the ulcer is really bad, the veterinarian may send you to see a veterinary eye doctor to treat with a contact lens or conjunctival graft. Disclaimer: As always this content is only for education and entreatment. This video does NOT replace veterinary care. Always go see your veterinarian if your dog is sick.