In daily life, pet owners need to observe their dog's eyes more. Canine red eyelids are called canine red eye disease when the eyelids are red, the surface of the eyeballs are covered with blood or bleeding. Red bloodshots often appear on the whites of dogs' eyes, and most dog owners don't care too much. However, if the red eye phenomenon lasts for several days, the animal doctor should use instruments to conduct examinations to avoid eye lesions.
Causes of dogs' red eyes?
1. Eyes are irritated or allergic.
The dog's eyes are red, which may be caused by irritation of the eyes. If the dog is not careful when playing, his eyes will become red when he is irritated.
For example: a dog is playing on the grass and his eyes are stuck by the grass, causing his eyes to be irritated and congested; while taking a bath, the bath water accidentally flows into the dog's eyes, causing his eyes to be irritated. The above situations are all the causes of the dog's red eyes. If these reasons are caused, the pet owner should not be nervous. Just let the dog rest well. It will be fine in a few days and there will be no treatment.
In addition, when dogs are exercising, training, or even excited, they have slight congestion in their eyelids, which is also a normal situation.
2. The eye hygiene is not done well, causing inflammation.
When the eyelids of dogs are red and swollen, the surface of the eyeballs and are covered with blood or bleeding, they are called canine red eye. The red eyes of dogs are easily observed in appearance. There are many reasons for red eye, including blepharitis, combinatorial mesitis, keratitis, scleraitis, anterior atrial inflammation, glaucoma and anterior atrial bleeding.
Treatment of common canine conjunctivitis The most common causes of conjunctivitis in dogs are eye abnormalities such as inverted eyelids, eyelid enlargement, dry eye disorders, dust and chemical irritation. There are also contagious causes, and staphylococci and mite bacterial infections are also common. In the clinical diagnosis of
, the general principle is to carefully examine the eyes after magnification to rule out local causes.
If both eyes are affected and there are abnormalities in other organs, potential diseases throughout the body should be considered. If only one eye is affected, foreign bodies and dacrycystitis should be eliminated. At the same time, you should know which deep eye diseases can cause inflammation of the conjunctiva.
Symptom-Self-Practical Methods
a. Clean the eyes and gently wipe the secretions from the eyes and eyelids, and then use eye wash to rinse the residual eye secretions.
b. Avoid sunlight: UV rays will be irritating and will also stimulate the conjunctiva.
Artificial tears and eye lubricants: Use it when there is suspected that there is insufficient tears.
Every case suspected of dry eyes should be used, or when conjunctival abnormalities are present (conjunctival congestion, eyelid abnormalities, etc.). Antibiotics and anti-inflammatory eye drops can be used together with lubricating eye drops.
Antibiotic eye ointment
a. Topical antibiotics may be beneficial for recovery.
b. Antibiotic eye ointment: Use 3-4 times a day for 5-7 days.