A short YouTube video (uploaded Jan 22, 2020) by Dr. Lera Clone at Heron Lakes Animal Hospital showing a clinical case: Frankie, a French bulldog, presents squinting from a very deep corneal ulcer. The vet demonstrates the lesion (with assistance to hold the dog), uses topical anesthetic and fluorescein stain to visualize the ulcer, and emphasizes this is an emergency likely requiring prompt surgical treatment by a veterinary ophthalmologist. The video is owner-focused education: advising immediate vet attention when a dog squints, holds an eye closed, or paws at the eye.
Questions this video answers
French bulldog
Very deep corneal ulcer, blatantly obvious on examination
Emergency referral to a veterinary ophthalmologist; likely immediate surgical treatment
Topical local anesthetic followed by a fluorescein stain
Chapters
Hey, guys, My name is Dr. Larratt here at Heron Lakes Animal Hospital. Today I'm here with Frankie. Frankie is a French bulldog, and she's here today because Frankie was squinting. And so we did a video on Stormy before, who had a corneal ulcer, and that was a more superficial corneal ulcer. The corneal ulcer that Frankie has today is a very deep ulcer. And so Val's gonna come in, she's gonna help me hold Frankie so that way you guys can get a better look at it. All right? So, Abraham, if you come close, right around between 11 o', clock, you'll see a pretty deep corneal ulcer. This is something that is very concerning to me, so much so that I do think she needs emergency to be seen by a veterinary ophthalmologist to go ahead and take care of this particular condition. This is something that most likely is going to require surgical treatment pretty immediately, and it's something that I wanted you guys to go ahead and be able to see. So if you see something like this on your dog, you know, you need to get rid of the diary. Mom was not able to see this because Frankie was holding the eye closed. And so what most likely was happening was that when Frankie was holding the eye closed, she was kind of covering that part of the ulcer. Right now Frankie is feeling much better because we put some local anesthetic in the eye so that we could go ahead and put some stain in. And typically, the stain that we put in there, like you saw on Stormy, is to go ahead and show us ulcers that are not obvious. This is blatantly obvious to us and probably would have been blatantly obvious to mom as well if Frankie wasn't holding the eye closed. But since Frankie was holding the eye closed, it probably was very difficult for mom to see. So I want you guys to be aware. This is something that does need immediate attention. If you ever see any of your dogs holding their eye closed, pawing out the eye, it is something that you do want to go see. The veterinarian quickly is not something that I would sit on for too long. Okay, if you guys have any questions about this particular video, leave it in the comment box. If you found this video helpful, give us a thumbs up. Subscribe and share with somebody who you think might need to see this. Thanks for watching, and if you can, we'll keep you guys updated on how Frankie's doing. All right, talk to you later. Bye.
