equine recurrent uveitis

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Hi does anyone have any experience on dealing with this horrible condition? My mare has just had an act of it in one eye, it's not nice but hey it's not a death sentence either, so I must carry on as normal
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Mine has it and has had it for years. In bright weather and in snow he always wears a mask with UV protection (the pics in the sig he's not as he had lost it so gave bute instead) even when I ride. I take a few extra precautions but nothing major. I always record the dates and details when he has a bout of it which has helped uncover some of the triggers.
feel free to PM me, i'm always happy to help
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Had an ex-polo pony with this but fortunately it did no seem to bother her.

I think we put Pred Forte gel in her eye daily which she did not object to.
 
As applecart14 says, it can be a highly debilitating disease. There is a mask, made in USA I think, that has helped many horses to live almost normal lives. Think it's called the Guardian mask - google it and you should get the info. I think that a horse with uveitis in 1 eye is more prone to getting it in the other eye at some stage too. Take great care putting meds into the horse's eye as devastating damage can be caused by the horse jerking at the wrong moment and getting stabbed in the eye by the pointy end of a meds tube. Good luck x
 
As BOF said there is a mask available. My friend had a normal fly mask on her horse which helped block the light to some degree when it was taken from its stable to the horsewaker for exercise as it was unable to be turned out.
 
My old lad had it, but he only had four attacks, each one worse than the previous, at least one seem to stem from a knock close to the eye. Luckily it never really seemed to do any permanent damage, I did get him a Guardian mask, but even a good fly mask helped him. The vet left me a tube of ointment, forgotten the name, it opens the pupil, to put in as soon as an attack started, the sooner it gets treated the less damage done.
 
The meds will have been atropine which keeps the pupil open during an attack. Without this, adhesions can form within the eye that can permanently stop the mechanism of the eye from working properly. Again, take great care if the vets give you any meds to go in the eye. They always come in tiny tubes with sharp, pointy plastic ends. Thick creams are much better applied to the clean end of your finger, then squish the end of your finger in the eye. Drops are harder - ask the vet to show you how to do it. Single handed with a jittery horse can be a recipe for disaster.
 
a friends horse had it in both eyes

she got special lens' made for her horse and put them on 'blinker's that are for racehorses

horse could go out during the day and have no problems at all
 
I knew a horse that had it, he had a mask, the guardian sounds familliar, he had it bad though, so lived in it during all daylight hrs, inc riding. He used to jump courses of 3ft + and was a really happy horse with his mask
As Box_of_Frogs said, get a demo from a vet for any eye drops. Once youve got the knack its easy, but it does take patience and practice
 
My first mare had this in the 80s but not much known then

i too bought a guardian mask also i am keeping a record of the day time weather, etc in a diary to try pin point the trigger, my current mare also only just been diagnosed with it waiting for vet again now
 
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