These dogs exhibit severe squinting, excessive tearing, and often-light sensitivity. These ulcers can occur after minor trauma to the eye or they may occur spontaneously. In fact some indolent ulcers fail to heal at all. It is very important that either your veterinarian or a local veterinary ophthalmologist check your dog carefully to rule out underlying predisposing factors such as ingrown or extra lashes, and eyelid positional abnormalities. If your pet had an eye ulcer.
Ulcers are usually quite painful.
Often, however, it occurs as an isolated entity affecting only the corner. The lesion may be confined to one eye or a similar - appearing lesion may appear in the other eye. There is no medical treatment to reduce the density or size of the lesion, and surgical removal is rarely recommended, since in most cases the lesions remain small and do not interfere with vision. If the lesion increases in size, or if any signs of eye discomfort or irritation are noticed please contact your veterinarian at once. Upon taking off the bandages the ears seem to be too large.