Conjunctivitis of dogs

Conjunctivitis of dogs’ conjunctivitis of dogs can develop as in humans. No one is immune! Red and watery eyes, thick flows, sand feeling in the eyes, pains, the more you rub and the more we irritate. Dogs are unfortunately often at risk of developing conjunctivitis. This benign affection if it is processed as soon as the symptoms appears can unfortunately degenerate if nothing is done. This inflammation of the conjunctiva can have several causes: infectious, viral, bacterial, allergic, traumatic. So if your dog’s eyes have changed his appearance, have different characteristics of the ordinary and seem to have it suffer, special attention must be given to them.

The causes of conjunctivitis
There are several causes of conjunctivitis like car rides face wind and walks in a dusty environment or in the tall grass. As well as the large wind days per cold or hot season can cause the connective irritation and trigger a dog conjunctivitis or chat. This irritation may be due to a dust housed in the lacrymal canal, a pollen allergy, with a twig planted in the eye, a wind inflammation. Red-eyed and the resulting flow immediately after the event are distinctive and generally easy to process, the veterinarian can make a quick diagnosis and you indicate how to clean up and treat your dog’s eyes properly.

If it is the consequences of an allergy, it will be necessary to identify the source and treat it to avoid the painful recurrent conjunctivitis for your dog or cat. This approach is generally long and expensive, allergies from various sources and difficult to identify: environmental (pollen, mites, lice grass, grasses, mold), food, flea bites. Allergies can induce other symptoms and it will not be surprising to see a dog scratching and lick intensely, biting, have skin or digestive problems (diarrhea, flatulence, changed stool) in addition to conjunctivitis.

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Kinds of conjunctivitis in dogs
Conjunctivitis in dogs and cats may be of primary origin (only) or secondary to another disease: viral (square disease, infectious hepatitis of Rugarth), parasitic (leishmaniasis), bacterial (staphylococci – rare streptococci at the dog). They may also result from another disease or eye condition as a corneal ulcer.

The signs associated with the various conjunctivitis are: redness of the conjunctiva, eyelids glued due to the ocular flow (clear with thick purulent purulent color, white, yellow, green, yellow-green), edema of the conjunctiva; Eyes sensitive to daylight, discomfort of the dog that rubs regularly at the level of the face and eyes, etc.

Some breeds are predisposed: globulous eyes (bulldog, Chihuahua, Carlin, Beijing, Bulldog English), with long hairs (Yorkshire, Briard, Bobtail, …). Eyelashing problems, inwards (inner eyelid winding) and Ectrophions (outward eyelid winding) of congenital or acquired origin are often seen for example at the Saint-Bernard, American Cocker, Boxer , Bulldog for ectropion and dwarf poles, Chow-Chow, Saint-Bernard for Entropion. These two diseases of the eyelids causing conjunctivitis require surgery and can also be consequences of chronic, or scar inflammation following trauma or surgery.