Guest FireHorse Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 original thread So Hubby and Jet just got back from the veterinary ophthalmologist. Turns out that the dark spot that we thought was the hair we couldn't get to is just a pigmented spot. But. It *also* turns out that he still has an infection going on-bilateral uveitis, with the right eye being the worst; probably a result of irritation from the hair that was stuck in there. The vet was *very* interested to hear that we'd treated Jet a year ago (when we got him, for 45 very long days) for erlichia, and that the titer done a couple weeks ago showed a borderline-high number; apparently uveitis is a common side effect of some TBDs. Our vet was cautious but not concerned-her opinion was that it was likely elevated from having had it, but that we'd recheck in 90 days or so, and if was still elevated we'd treat it. The eye vet will request those results for herself and recommend that our vet send blood out to an outside lab for a second look. I suspect this is all leading up to a future round of doxy, or whatever it is that they treat erlichia with (my group gave me oral ivermectin). The concern is that if he does still have active erlichia, he can't have pred, which is a standard course of treatment for uveitis. The good news is that since we caught this early on, it's unlikely to cause any permanent damage. In the meantime he's got eye drops an an appointment for late next week for a recheck. Hubby said Jet was very well-behaved; he just laid on the table and let the vet do whatever, even when she was prying his eye open and looking at him through bug-eyed goggles. Mostly he just sighed at it all, which made everyone chuckle. So I guess my question is, what's your experience with uveitis? Was it a result of a TDB (and which one?), how long did you treat it, and how well did it resolve? At least it's not pinkeye. The last time we had pinkeye here, *I* ended up with it, and with contacts it's no fun at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby172 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 My 5 year old grey/whippet mix currently is currently diagnosed with bilateral uveitis. She is being treated with prednisolone eye drops, prescribed by the vet opthamologist. Keeva has been tested for lyme and erhlichiosis both were negative. Additional blood work was sent out and we are waiting for results. Opthamologist thinks Keeva's uveitis is systemic and we are looking for the cause. The eye drops have really helped her feel more comfortable, she had been on a course of prednisone with the eye drops but this did not clear it up. If you have any other questions please let me know, we have been battling this since January. Please let us know how things work out, I'd be very interested in your experience. Thanks Linda, Valor, Keeva and Bella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KennelMom Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I've not heard of using ivermectin to treat Ehrlichia. Doxy is usually the treatment of choice. If he was never treated with doxy and has a positive titer with symptoms, I'd definitely push to treat with doxy. I didn't know uveitis was a symptom of Ehrlichia, but that's good to know.... Keep us posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FireHorse Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I've not heard of using ivermectin to treat Ehrlichia. Doxy is usually the treatment of choice. If he was never treated with doxy and has a positive titer with symptoms, I'd definitely push to treat with doxy. I didn't know uveitis was a symptom of Ehrlichia, but that's good to know.... Keep us posted! I didn't know anything about uveitis before Jet came home with it, but someone posted a link to this article about it awhile ago, and it's pretty informative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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