Mission
Animal Clinic and Conjunctivitis
Located in the San Fernando Valley, 16907 San Fernando Mission Blvd. Granada Hills Ca, 818-363-8143
Conjunctivitis is
the medical term for the inflammation of the tissue lining the eyelids.
When inflammation occurs, excessive tear production makes excellent
breeding ground for bacteria worsening the condition.
Causes of conjunctivitis include
injuries, bacterial infections, viral infections, irritations, allergies, or
foreign material (such as dirt, grass seeds, etc.) embedded in the eyelids.
Dogs
and cats have three eyelids. These
include an upper eyelid, lower eyelid, and the “third” eyelid which is
attached to the eye at the side closest to the nose, and then blinks out across
the eye toward the ear. Many times,
a foreign body, such as a grass seed, will get underneath that eyelid and cause
the irritation.
Sedation
is often necessary to allow adequate visual inspection under all three of the
eyelids to help determine the cause of the problem.
We must thoroughly examine the eye to determine the underlying root cause
of the inflammation or the problem will recur.
Eye stains are used on the eye itself to
confirm the presence or absence of any injury to the outer layer of the eye
(cornea) itself.
It
is important to do everything possible to determine the cause of the problem to
prevent recurrence. Many times the
irritation is caused by defects in the anatomy of the eyelids, such as extra
hair growth or inverting lids. These
often require surgical correction of the defect to prevent future damage to the
eye.
16907 San Fernando Mission Blvd. Granada Hills, Ca. 91344 818-363-8143
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