Why are my senior Golden's red, oozing eyes not responding to meds?

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Hi Doctors, My 11yr old golden retriever has had eye issues for over a year now.She is now on 4 Benadryl 2x’s per day and nothing is working.Eyes are red and oozing constantly.oh,was on prednisone and another drug I can’t recall.Any ideas? Pet's info: Dog | Golden Retriever | Female | spayed | 10 years and 7 months old | 83 lbs

Jenny, DVM · Accepted Answer

What type of testing has been done? My concerns at am that age for red eyes with a discharge would be glaucoma and KCS with a secondary infection. Your vet can check the pressures for glaucoma. There is a test that can tell how many tears she produces in a minute and if it is too low then she has chronic dry eye or KCS. Often times there is a secodnary infection due to the chronic dry eye. Both glaucoma and KCS require life long management with eye drops to control symptoms and there is more than one medication to try as everyone responds differently. oral steriods or antibiotics may be needed initial to get it under control the fastest but generally are not needed long term

Why are my senior Golden's red, oozing eyes not responding to meds?

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