Many dogs develop Glaucoma as they age, and there are many different types of Glaucoma. Glaucoma can be a genetic, varietal, or other cause. So how should a dog with Glaucoma be judged and what are the symptoms?
Glaucoma is a condition that causes elevated intraocular pressure and affects vision. Clinically, animals with Glaucoma often present with congestion of the Conjunctiva and Sclera (redness of the White Globe); blepharospasm (narrowing of the eyes); proptosis (not in all dogs, but in later stages); corneal Edema (Whiteness of the Black Globe); Dilated pupils (Blue Eyes); elevated intraocular pressure (100% canine); depressed (painful).
Pain after Glaucoma is not obvious in dogs, and usually behavior is abnormal when the animal is elevated. For example, many animals with high intraocular pressure may show more sleep and quiet time than in the past, and may sometimes show unusual irritability or aggression. These abnormal behaviors should be noticed. The reason why animals don’t move is that the elevated blood pressure during exercise causes the intraocular pressure to continue to rise, so the animals control their movements and spend most of their time silently crawling on the ground.
A dog with Glaucoma can be cured, but the owner needs to find out in time to the hospital treatment, if the delay may cause irreversible results. Primary Glaucoma is due to the high incidence of certain types of Glaucoma, such as Cocker Spaniel Glaucoma, which is mostly bilateral and can be treated with medication or surgery.
-- Keeshond
How to take care of keeshond? When we take care of keeshond, you can brush your teeth to help reduce shedding and keep keeshond's skin clean.
-- Chinook
How to take care of Chinook? Chinook can get on well with other pets, especially when it grows up with its Chinook pets, but Chinook does like chasing rodents and strange cats that might visit its yard.
-- Schipperke
Schipperke is generally healthy and has no serious health problems, and has a long life span. Of course, like most purebred dogs, some genetic health conditions of Schipperke dogs are known, including eye diseases (especially multifocal retinopathy and progressive retinal atrophy, or PRA) and von Willebrand disease (hemorrhagic disease).