Eye diseases are most widespread among dogs. These diseases of eyes are connected with many factors, such as genetic predisposition and also infectious infections. Carry to the most frequent conjunctivitis, inflammations of a cornea, a disease of a cataract and glaucoma. The last two quite difficult respond to treatment.
Instruction
1. It is necessary to make the exact diagnosis for the correct treatment. The experienced veterinarian is capable to make it. Inflammation of an eye can be as result of parasites, so a consequence of conjunctivitis or scratch on a cornea. The majority of inflammations of eyes (conjunctivitis) are treated by the drops suitable for this purpose or eye ointment within one-two weeks.
2. The swelled plaintive channels cause strong reddening of eyes in dogs. This disease is also known as ""the third eyelid"". The dog has continuous allocations from eyes that finally results in dryness of eyes. Here only the surgeon who will fix plaintive gland in the correct situation is capable to help.
3. Elderly dogs are inclined to a cataract. The dog cataract arises when the crystalline lens of an eye becomes muddy white color. This slowly progressing disorder of eyes which finally leads to a blindness at dogs. Most often the cataract at a dog begins at advanced age, especially if the animal has diabetes or has an injury of eyes. At some dogs the cataract is present since the birth, it can be also the genetic phenomenon. Treatment is also surgical: removal of a crystalline lens of an eye. Old dogs are not subject to treatment.
4. Glaucoma is a widespread disease of eyes at dogs. Glaucoma arises when liquid pressure in an eye of a dog increases and leads to serious damages in an eyeball, the optic nerve and a retina is especially injured. Glaucoma has to be treated by the veterinarian immediately, otherwise the dog is threatened by a blindness. Glaucoma symptoms at a dog - pain, expansion of a pupil, increase in blood vessels on a white of the eye and even camber of an eye. Treatment is done by pressure decrease in an eye, register a course, it is necessary to accept drugs three times a day. Too it is possible to eliminate with a surgical way pressure symptoms.