Acute Eye Injury / Foreign Body (Trauma)
Blunt or sharp injuries and foreign bodies on the eye are painful and can acutely threaten vision. Even seemingly small injuries can reach deeper than visible and cause secondary damage (e.g. corneal ulcer, internal eye inflammation).
Veterinary care required
This condition belongs in veterinary diagnosis and treatment. Compounds are at most supportive.
Priority · vet & management
EMERGENCY — clarify with a vet/ophthalmologist immediately. Do not treat the eye yourself, do not flush with irritants and do not apply ointments/drops without veterinary instruction; do not pull out a stuck foreign body yourself. Until care, prevent rubbing (calm environment, possibly transport to the vet).
Possible causes
- · blows, knocks, falls (blunt trauma)
- · branches, hay, straw, splinters (penetrating foreign body)
- · bite injuries or stable accidents
Supportive compounds · supplementary feed, not medication
Prevention
Minimise injury risks in the stable, paddock and trailer (remove sharp edges/nails/branches, secure hay racks) and have any eye injury worked up immediately.
Equiterna's take
Equiterna treats the acute eye injury as an emergency with no role for compounds — the first rule is not to treat the eye yourself and to call the vet immediately.
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