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Dr. Lera Clone examines Joy, a dog holding her left eye shut since Sunday. Glaucoma happens when fluid can't drain from the eye, raising pressure inside. Without immediate vet care, it causes permanent blindness.
Dr. Lera Clone examines Joy, a dog holding her left eye shut since Sunday. Glaucoma happens when fluid can't drain from the eye, raising pressure inside. Without immediate vet care, it causes permanent blindness.
Hey, guys. Dr. Lara here today. I'm here with Joy. Joy was coming in on emergency because Joy had been holding her eye closed, her left eye closed, since Sunday. And so a lot of times for me, eyes are emergencies because we've only got two of them and it's not something, it's not a sense that I would say is non vital. And so typically when I see something like this eyes, I want to see them immediately. And so whenever I have a dog coming in with squinty eye or red eye, there are a couple of things that I take into consideration that could be the big three causes of red eye. One is dry eye, which is not a medical emergency, but makes them more prone to developing ulcers. And ulcers could be extremely, extremely painful. Two, corneal ulcers is something. Or abrasions or scratches or burns. That's the next thing that's really, really common to caus red eye and dogs. 3, 3 is glaucoma. Glaucoma could potentially cause an ulcer if the patients are really painful and they're rubbing, trying to get, you know, seeing what they can do to get rid of the pain. Now what glaucoma is, is glaucoma is a increase in the pressure of the eye. Normally what happens is there's a little factory in the eye that produces fluid all the time. And then what will end up happening is it drains out through the, through a system. Well, what happens is that that particular place where it drains out will end up getting clogged and then the dog's pressure starts building and building and building and it's something that they could lose vision like this. So when you see something like that where your dog has a red eye, it's very, very important that you go ahead and you get them to the vet immediately to determine this. We're not sure if she's going to have vision, but we want to give her the best chance. So I always send these patients to the ophthalmologist. If you guys have questions or concerns about this particular topic, leave it in the comment box. If you found this video helpful, give us a thumbs up. Subscribe and share. Thanks for watching and have a great day. Be safe.
