There are a few different causes for unequal pupil size (anisocoria) in dogs including trauma, poisoning and
brain and eye conditions.
Not exact matches
Since the 1920s there has been clear medical evidence to demonstrate that boxing can cause traumatic
brain injury, irreversible neurological dysfunction, concussion, psychiatric
conditions,
eye and ear injuries,
and death.
Eclampsia is a pregnancy
condition that can cause your
brain,
eyes and liver to begin shutting down as an indirect result of the pregnancy
and as a direct result of pregnancy high blood pressure.
By pairing a receptor that targets neurons with a molecule that degrades the main component of Alzheimer's plaques, the biologists were able to substantially dissolve these plaques in mice
brains and human
brain tissue, offering a potential mechanism for treating the debilitating disease, as well as other
conditions that involve either the
brain or the
eyes.
«Studying the
eye and the
brain might hold the key to creating therapeutic solutions for blindness, stroke
and other seemingly unrelated
conditions associated with the central nervous system,» notes Dr. Bazan.
Doctors often treat the
condition by patching the good
eye and forcing the
brain to rely on the other
eye, but the treatment risks damaging vision in the good
eye,
and if it doesn't succeed or occur early enough in a child's visual development, the vision loss in the impaired
eye can be permanent.
Researchers from Aarhus University conducted a case - control study on the
condition of the dopamine - producing nerve cells in the
brain and cells that participate in the
brain's immune system in people suffering from rapid
eye movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD).
The multi-vitamins are scientifically formulated to provide nutrients essential for healthy
eyes, bones, teeth, skin,
brain and heart, help maintain overall health
and keep pets in peak
condition.
AAHA, AVMA, AAFP, the Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC)
and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) strongly recommend parasite control for companion animals for many reasons, including prevention of visceral larva migrans, a
condition in which parasites within a human «release larvae that migrate anywhere in the body... Organs commonly affected are the
eye,
brain, liver
and lung, where infections can cause permanent visual, neurologic, or other tissue damage.
The inherited
conditions of aortic stenosis (a narrowing above the aortic heart valve or the aortic valve itself), atopy / allergic dermatitis (skin allergies), gastric dilatation volvulus (bloat / stomach dilation), early onset cataracts (a clouding of the lens inside the
eye), dilated cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the chambers of the heart
and thinning of the muscle wall), elbow dysplasia (abnormal growth of tissues that leads to malformation
and degeneration of the joint), epilepsy (
brain seizures), hypothyroidism (underactive production of thyroid hormones), intervertebral disk disease (problems with the disks between the vertebrae of the spine leading to neurological problems),
and hepatic portosystemic shunt (an abnormal blood circulation where blood is diverted around the liver rather than into it) are more prevalent in purebred dogs than in mixed - breed.