My dog's eye is cloudy. What causes it and how is it treated?

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If the dog's eye looks like in the picture on your page titled "picture dog eye infection-hepatitis", what would be the treatment? Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed Medium (23 - 60lb) | Female | spayed | 50 lbs

Sara Farmer, DVM · Accepted Answer

Canine hepatitis virus is an adenovirus that can cause corneal edema due to an immune system reaction in some dogs. This disease is very rare and most dogs are vaccinated since the vaccine is in combination with the distemper and parvovirus vaccines. Corneal edema can also occur secondary to several other eye diseases: glaucoma, anterior uveitis, corneal ulcers or penetrating trauma, or corneal endothelial dystrophy in certain breeds. The treatment is depending on the cause - the treatment for glaucoma is very different from the treatment for a corneal ulcer. I would recommend seeing a veterinarian so they can determine what might be causing the edema - they may want to check Bella's eye pressure and stain her eye to look for ulcers. They can then prescribe the appropriate treatment.

My dog's eye is cloudy. What causes it and how is it treated?

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