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My Boston Terrier's eye is bleeding from corneal dystrophy. What helps?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Boston Terrier | Female | spayed | 10 years and 11 months old | 14 lbs

My 10 year old boston terrier has fuchs corneal dystrophy for several years. she is going blind and has all along a blood vessel enlarged. Now it has got bigger and she has also ran into something and it bled some. Is there anything that can be done drops that would reduce size of. She is on pressure drops and I have used NPD antibiotic steroid drops too. But I do not want to use something to make it worse. She also has ofloxacin gentamycin etc. Drops that were given to her when she was diagnos

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Answered By Sara Farmer, DVM

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Published on July 22nd, 2018

I would recommend seeing a veterinarian to make sure she hasn't developed a secondary corneal ulcer which is common and may have caused the bleeding. If she does have an ulcer it could get worse quickly and if not treated could lead to permanent damage or even rupture of the eye so I'd recommend seeing your vet as soon as you can. I also wouldn't recommend using any drops other than the pressure drops until you can see the vet - steroids could make a corneal ulcer worse. If you have an e-collar for her you may want to put it on so she doesn't accidentally damage her eye further by rubbing it or bumping into something else. Unfortunately I don't think there is any medication that can help corneal dystrophy itself - some veterinarians will use hypertonic saline drops but they usually don't make much difference. You could consider seeing a veterinary ophthalmologist if you aren't already and they might have some other ideas for Dixie.

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