- Joined
- Sep 5, 2014
- Messages
- 137
- Purraise
- 62
I've been having problems with my cat on and off, mostly itching around the eyes combines with scratching which often wounded her eyes and I had to treat with antibiotics. My regular vet said probably allergies so we treated accordingly but it always came back up.
The latest attack was New Year and I gave antibiotic eyedrops again but she had an adverse reaction so I stopped after half a week, but the eyes looked clear, still she kept rubbing the eye. I went back to the vet, he gave her a cortisone injection, but this time it did not show any reaction, the rubbing continues. He says he is out of options.
So that sucks. I then had the spontaneous idea to look for an ophthalmologist. Luckily here in LA there's a big clinic with specialists of all sorts, so today I went and the doc said after examining her eyes very thoroughly that it is probably a Feline Herpes infection, it would fit the description of flareup every few months. Plus steroids are bad in that case since they weaken the immune system.
So he prescribed antiviral eyedrops and a lubricant because he said the virus can cause damage to the tear production leaving the tears less capable of lubricating the eye which would cause irritation. He also told me to add lysine to the food 500mg twice daily to suppress the virus long term. It may take 2-4 weeks to get better though according to him.
I want to ask what is other people's experience with Feline Herpes? The doc said it is very common in cats but even if they have the virus it doesn't show in all cats. some have it real bad, some have milder symptoms.
Does anybody have experience with this sort of problem?
The latest attack was New Year and I gave antibiotic eyedrops again but she had an adverse reaction so I stopped after half a week, but the eyes looked clear, still she kept rubbing the eye. I went back to the vet, he gave her a cortisone injection, but this time it did not show any reaction, the rubbing continues. He says he is out of options.
So that sucks. I then had the spontaneous idea to look for an ophthalmologist. Luckily here in LA there's a big clinic with specialists of all sorts, so today I went and the doc said after examining her eyes very thoroughly that it is probably a Feline Herpes infection, it would fit the description of flareup every few months. Plus steroids are bad in that case since they weaken the immune system.
So he prescribed antiviral eyedrops and a lubricant because he said the virus can cause damage to the tear production leaving the tears less capable of lubricating the eye which would cause irritation. He also told me to add lysine to the food 500mg twice daily to suppress the virus long term. It may take 2-4 weeks to get better though according to him.
I want to ask what is other people's experience with Feline Herpes? The doc said it is very common in cats but even if they have the virus it doesn't show in all cats. some have it real bad, some have milder symptoms.
Does anybody have experience with this sort of problem?
Last edited: