Treatment of corneal ulcers in dogs

1. If the wound is large, it is recommended to use gauze bandage or stitches. In combination with wound healing and repair drugs, if the wound is relatively small, In this case, you can choose to treat it at home with drugs that have wound healing and antibacterial effects.

2. Improve the dog’s diet and enhance nutrition. Be sure to wear an Elizabethan collar on your dog to prevent the licking wound from worsening.

3. Pay attention to the dryness of the wound: It is most important to ensure that the dog's wound does not come into contact with water. If the wound comes into contact with water, it may cause reinfection and suppuration. Therefore, dog wounds should be treated as soon as possible when they are discovered.

4. Take the dog to the hospital for examination and then determine the treatment plan.

5. Serum therapy. It is used for keratitis secondary to viral infections in dogs, such as canine distemper and other acute infectious diseases. The primary disease is treated by injection or intravenous infusion of canine distemper monoclonal antibody or hyperimmune serum. As well as supplementing vitamin C to enhance immunity, as well as antiviral drugs such as interferon.

6. Triazole powder treatment. If the corneal ulcer is caused by fungal infection, the wound needs to be cleaned and cauterized with iodine tincture. Then cover the wound with triazole powder. At the same time, use eye drops such as ketoconazole and oral itraconazole.

7. Surgical therapy. Clinically, if conservative drug treatment cannot control the condition, surgery can be used. Such as third eyelid coverage surgery, corneal transplant surgery, etc.