Gonioscopy / Glaucoma advice please…

[vannersrus]

Has anyone had either the older ‘affected’ diagnosis or the more modern ‘stage 3’ diagnosis for their dog result in eventual Glaucoma, and if so was it treatable or did it eventually lead to eye removal?
Would also be interested in hearing peoples experience generally of glaucoma in dogs.
Thank you

 

[Umbongo]

Not sure what you mean by the older" affected" diagnosis or more modern stage 3 diagnosis? Are you referring to the chart on the kennel club website? https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/he...with-health-testing-and-screening/gonioscopy/

Gonioscopy is the visual measurement of the angle between the iris and the cornea. I am afraid I have no experiences of that and have not seen a vet comment on it in 10 years of working in general vet clinics. Must be used routinely with ophthalmology specialists though?

Has your dog had the pressures in the eyes measured and do you know the cause of the glaucoma?

I had a border collie who developed partial luxated lens in both eyes, causing glaucoma. We managed with eye drops and pain relief for a while. But eventually the increased pressures caused the corneas to weaken and he became prone to corneal ulcers. I was at uni and didn't realise that my parents were not treating his eyes properly. Eventually one of his corneas ruptured and we made the decision to euthanise. Unfortunately he really did not cope being blind and found it really stressful, so enucleation was not an option anyway. However some dogs can cope very well with being blind.

I remember looking in to surgery to remove the lenses, but was advised against it due to the low success rate (this was about 10 years ago). I think if I had that time again....I may have tried the surgery if it could have saved his sight. He was a very "young" 13 year old collie. He didn't deserve to go that way and it still haunts me.

My cat also developed glaucoma but only in 1 eye. The vet thought that a previous HUGE abscess on the side of his face may have inadvertently damaged his eye. Again, medicated for a bit but eventually decided to remove the eye. I didn't realise how much it must have been hurting him. He just slowly became a bit less cuddly, again we assumed because he was getting old and grumpy. The day after the surgery he was a new cat, super happy and chatty. He went on to live happily for another 10 years and never developed a problem in the remaining eye.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

My sister's lurcher bitch has glaucoma. Originally she had a cataract then an ulcer on the eye before being diagnosed with glaucoma. My sister didn't want her eye removed so she is on expensive daily drops. She was lucky in that our vet practice had an eye specialist, sadly now moved on.