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Medial Canthal Redness In A Dog

by CorinneC - January 17, 2023 View Case Report

Ace is a 10yo intact male Standard poodle that I've been seeing for 3 years. He has always been very well cared for and fit until this year, fed a raw diet. In the Spring of 2022 he came in with red ulcerated medial canthi. His eyes were otherwise WNL. His blood work was pristine. His tongue was a normal pink, moist, good size, and pulses well toned. I treated him with Maxidex topically. It helped a bit but the ulcerative-looking lesions have never gone away. Late summer he became acutely lethargic and went off food but a few days later he rallied so O did not bring in for another month. In October I palpated a huge caudal abdominal mass and by November I did a splenectomy on a splenic HSA. During this time I also put him on XCHT but the eyes never improved. Last week he was back in, doing great in every other way BUT THESE EYES!!! I put him on CHLJGMLT for Yang rising??? Any other thoughts?

Thanks in advance,
Corinne

by naturevet

January 18, 2023

Hi Corinne! One other idea to try is homeopathic Arsenicum album 30C. Try a few times a day for a few days. It's the first thing I think of for ulcerations along the path of tear flow.

Also, consider adding Si Wu Tang to the CHJLGMLT to help actively heal the ulcers. Or Yi Guan Jian. If you're really feeling ambitious, you could try adding 15g Ju Hua to 100g YGJ to give it more 'eye action'

Hope that helps!

by CorinneC

January 18, 2023

Hi Steve,

I wish I had the Ju Hua handy! I will ask Marci :) Thank you for this, I will definitely get both on board. Apparently my laser eye treatment helped as well so we're seeing some improvement with the AQ and CHJLGMLT!
Thank you as always,
Corinne

by CorinneC

March 10, 2023

After 3 acupuncture treatments around eyes + XCHT and YGJ the medial canthal redness is gone, the sores apparent for SO long have shrunk down to 1/4 of what they were! Owner is VERY happy! as am I !!

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