By: Dr. Demitrius Washington, DVM
Eye care for animals-Pearland is a veterinary ophthalmology clinic offering a wide variety of ocular services within the Pearland and surrounding areas as well. Dr. Washington prioritizes the highest level of care, education, and understanding to all his clients, their pets, and our referring veterinarians.
The Pearland location has already established a great relationship with a wonderful local rescue group and their network of fosters, in which we are able to provide exclusive examinations.
Whether it is treating a diseased eye with generalized therapy, or using our advanced equipment, we are here to help. Every pet receives a thorough examination of the eye and surrounding tissues along with baseline diagnostics.
A few of the diseases we manage include hypersensitive retinopathy (common in elderly cats), pannus (or chronic superficial keratitis), uveodermatologic syndrome (occurs most commonly in Akita, Samoyed, and Siberian Husky dogs), keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS, dry-eye disease), medical therapy and surgery for the management of glaucoma, and other ocular abnormalities. Surgeries for glaucoma can be divided into vision–saving surgeries and surgeries for comfort. We also have the resources to treat equine cataracts, corneal ulcers, and recurrent uveitis!
Deep or melting ulcers require aggressive medical treatment and often will need surgical intervention to salvage the eye. We use various surgical techniques to treat deep corneal ulcers. The surgical techniques we perform most commonly include tissue grafting such as conjunctival pedicle grafts, corneoconjunctival transpositions or the application of cyanoacrylate surgical grade tissue adhesive or glue.
We perform surgical correction of the eyelids to treat diseases such as entropion, ectropion, and eyelid masses. If left untreated can lead to corneal ulcers, eye infections, corneal scarring, corneal vascularization, and corneal mineralization.
For larger defects, surgical reconstruction of the upper eyelid may be indicated for eye health and comfort of your pet. There are several options for surgical methods which can be discussed during your visit. Most surgical methods are geared at relocating a normal piece of tissue from nearby structures and grafting a new eyelid into the defect. The goal of this surgery is to recreate a new eyelid and restore normal function thus providing long–term comfort for pets.
We offer emergency and after-hour urgent ocular evaluations. Symptoms of emergencies include: a very red eye, bleeding in the eye, sudden trauma to the eye, a cloudy/blue eye, blood coming from the eye, foreign body in the eye, severe squinting, swelling of the eye or lids, or bulging of the eye itself
Dr. Washington and our team here at the Pearland location are skilled and ready to tackle any ocular issues you may have in the future!
