Is it normal for dog Horner's Syndrome symptoms to persist for weeks?

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My black lab has been diagnosed with Horner’s Syndrome with symptoms first appearing almost 10 weeks ago. First the vet thought it was a bug but bc his inner eyelid seemed to be more pronounced but it didn’t go away after a couple of days. On reexamination, unequal pupil size was noted and delay with nerves to eye lid. I’m wondering how normal it is for him to still have symptoms. Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Male | neutered | 3 years and 3 months old | 61 lbs

Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS · Accepted Answer

Poor Ramsay, he is gorgeous though! I'm assuming from your post that his Horner's disease has been diagnosed as idiopathic, is it is for no known cause. In the case if idiopathic Horner's it can be a slow recovery, I would expect it to take weeks. If there is no improvement I would make sure that there couldn't be an underlying pathologival reason such as ear disease etc.

Is it normal for dog Horner's Syndrome symptoms to persist for weeks?

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