RE: [RC] cornea ulcer..do you have any suggestions - Libby & Quentin Llop DVM
Coleen:
Have your vet consult w/ the opthalmologist at the area
Veterinary school. Sometimes there is devitalised corneal surface cells
that need to be gently scraped away with a sterile q-tip. It makes the
ulcer initially bigger, but promotes healing. This situation IMHO is more
likely to occur if cortisone (or derivatives) was used prematurely: a big
No-No, which is why you hire a vet for every red eye to test for internal eye
inflamation or an ulcer.
(My
first employer came from the pre-antibiotic area. He kept cod liver
oil to put drops into the non healing ulcers.)
Quentin
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suggestions
I am into 3 - 4 weeks trying to
heal up a cornea ulcer.
Thought it was healed last
week..but 3 days ago it showed up again.
Yesterday I began administering 3
drops of Ciprofloxacin antibiotics every hour, and Terramycin 4 times a
day.
The eye looks better today and my
mare is opening her eye and it?s not swollen.
The blue fogged area in the eye is
the size of a large pea. I can?t really see a hole.
Does anyone have any suggestions
to help heal this up faster.
