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A dog keratitis causes

Dogs keratitis generally occurs in the cornea trauma, trauma-induced infections and allergies, foreign body irritation caused by metamorphosis. It is also rarely caused by corneal nutritional disorders. In addition, conjunctivitis or other eye diseases, distemper virus, canine infectious hepatitis, eye nematodes and other parasitic infections may also be complicated by keratitis.

Two, the symptoms of dog keratitis

1, traumatic keratitis: the dog's cornea can be observed on the surface of the obvious traumatic injuries, usually cause the dog conjunctiva redness, fear of light, increased tears and other symptoms.

2, surface type keratitis: the dog's corneal epithelium is swollen, oblique sunlight can be seen on the surface of the cornea is rough and uneven, the cornea is a little cloudy, eyes like a film covered, showing light blue or gray-white layer.

3, deep-type keratitis: when the inflammation of the cornea to the deep layer of infection, the dog's eye will begin to pain, the cornea looks more cloudy, the overall appearance of gray-white opaque, the periphery of the brush-like blood vessels band.

4, purulent keratitis: the dog's eyeball pain is severe, there is a pus-like discharge. Severe infection in dogs may cause corneal perforation and purulent total ophthalmoplegia.

Three, dog keratitis treatment

1, if the dog corneal inflammation infection is not very serious, then you can be 2 times a day for the dog neomycin sulfate ophthalmic drops, deep cleaning of bacteria in the eye, remove inflammatory secretions, reduce infection.

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2, the more serious case is recommended to switch to hydrocortisone acetate eye drops, relative to the second neomycin sulfate potency is stronger, and better able to eliminate eye infection, inflammation, pain and other symptoms.

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3, if necessary, it is recommended to take anti-inflammatory drugs for the whole body anti-inflammatory, feeding 1 times a day Vipro Amoxicillin Powder, to accelerate the elimination of inflammation in the dog's body, to avoid the dog's corneal inflammation to continue to infect the deep tissue structure.

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4, if you find that the dog's situation is more serious or slower to recover from the medication, it may be that the inflammation has been difficult to control, it is recommended to immediately send to the veterinary hospital for treatment of the dog's corneal inflammation early treatment early easy, if you wait until the inflammation If you wait until the inflammation can not be controlled, you can only perform eye removal surgery to control the infection.

Four, the recovery period maintenance

Dogs keratitis recovery period is recommended to help the dog wear an Elizabethan ring, because the eye discomfort when the dog will not control their own, easy to scratch the eyes, bring bacteria to the eyes will again cause infection, resulting in aggravation of the condition. Therefore, it is recommended to wear headgear until the dog's keratitis is fully recovered, and adhere to the daily medication.

The above is all about the causes and symptoms of dog keratitis, as well as the solution to the treatment and related medication, if you find that the dog has photophobia, tearing, cloudy conjunctiva, redness and swelling and other related symptoms, it is recommended to timely examination and treatment, if it is due to viruses or other diseases caused by the treatment of the original disease at the same time.