Corneal ulcers/indolent ulcer and pictures!

[LBF]

Any experience anyone? My boy has conjunctivitus quite regularly which ties in with his allergies for the most part.
However, the current prob is conjunctivitus (in both eyes) and a ulcer in one.
So far the ulcer is indolent and hasn't responded to treatment over the course of the 10 days he has had it. He isnt squinting so badly anymore.
The vet made him a serum from his blood today to put in as eye drops so here's hoping that might fix the prob!
If not it looks like surgery To scrape the tissue away so it can grow again

So pictures-day one!

A few days after

And a vid of some tricks from earlier in the year


Thanks in advance

 

[bluehorse]

Yes, my girl got an indolent ulcer on her cornea after a minor op to remove a wart on her eyelid. It didn't heal and she got really depressed, vet recommended scraping the cornea followed by stitching her eylid together. Poor girl, she was so down:



I can't remember how long she had her eyelid stitched for, I think maybe a week, but because she was so depressed he opened it a bit sooner than planned. Initially he wasn't that pleased with the progress, but as soon it was opened it healed amazingly quickly and she perked right up almost straight away.

He said the procedure was very successful but that even he was worried about her, if it hadn't started to heal when it did he would have had to refer us to specialist, thankfully it didn't go that far.

Good luck with your boy, have to say it was amazing watching it heal. My vet explained that as the cornea has no blood supply, the body sends blood capillaries onto the cornea to heal it, and once healed they retract. Remarkable to see the body in action like that, you would never know there had been a problem now, 100% healed

 

[LBF]

Wow, that's great info thank you!
It's funny that you mention about her being so down, we took P back to the vets as he seemed to be really depressed/lethargic! They gave us some anti-inflams which helped and he is certainly a lot sparkier now!

A friend of ours has a beagle that got hit in the eye with a football and they did the same, suturing the eyelids together until it healed.

I'm hoping that the serum will work as he has already spent a lot of time in doggy hospital with other ailments

After doing some reading online I was surprised at how fast they said the eye can heal, a couple of days or so is normal! It is so interesting and amazing as you say-I had no idea that the eye has no blood supply, Isn't the body so remarkable!

I will keep you updated with progress. And thanks again for your wonderful post.

 

[MurphysMinder]

No advice but I hope the serum works, poor lad looks very sorry for himself.

 

[Alec Swan]

LBF,

a couple of years ago, now, we had a lurcher bitch with Pannus. She too developed eye ulcers, but they wouldn't repair themselves. She was initially treated for conjunctivitis, which clearly it wasn't. We took her to the Opthalmic department of the AHT at Newmarket, where the final diagnosis was made. Our own vet made up a serum from her blood, which whilst initially there seemed to be an improvement, the success was short lived.

The surface of the eye, is a remarkable material, and scratches and damage, generally start to heal within hours. Disease isn't so simple to deal with.

Unqualified diagnosis is pointless, but it might be an idea for you to ask your vet. It is a very rare disease, and few have even heard of it!

Will you let us know how you progress?

Alec.

 

[bluehorse]

Well I really hope your boy does okay, it's never nice seeing them down.

Keep us posted!

 

[LBF]

No advice but I hope the serum works, poor lad looks very sorry for himself.

Well I really hope your boy does okay, it's never nice seeing them down.

Keep us posted!

Thank you for your lovely kind words, he seems so much better in himself so fingers x'd!

LBF,

a couple of years ago, now, we had a lurcher bitch with Pannus. She too developed eye ulcers, but they wouldn't repair themselves. She was initially treated for conjunctivitis, which clearly it wasn't. We took her to the Opthalmic department of the AHT at Newmarket, where the final diagnosis was made. Our own vet made up a serum from her blood, which whilst initially there seemed to be an improvement, the success was short lived.

The surface of the eye, is a remarkable material, and scratches and damage, generally start to heal within hours. Disease isn't so simple to deal with.

Unqualified diagnosis is pointless, but it might be an idea for you to ask your vet. It is a very rare disease, and few have even heard of it!

Will you let us know how you progress?

Alec.

Thanks Alex, this makes interesting reading! It does seem strange the he so often gets what the vets call 'conjunctivitus' and I had thought about challenging the vet about the recurrence of this.
I am now of to do some reading on Pannus before D-Day at the vets tomorrow!
I shall let you know how it goes, and thanks once again!