What are the treatment methods for keratitis in pigs?
Causes: Keratitis is a general term for inflammation of the corneal tissue. It is often caused by trauma, being struck by the tip of a leather whip, or puncture wounds to the cornea from sharp foreign objects.
Symptoms: Keratitis in pigs presents as photophobia and tearing, pain, conjunctival redness and swelling, closed or partially closed eyelids, congestion of the blood vessels around the cornea, and diffuse opacity that gradually spreads from the periphery of the cornea toward the center, appearing light gray, milky white, or orange-yellow. The corneal epithelium swells and the surface becomes rough and uneven. When superficial damage occurs to the cornea, the surface epithelium detaches and shows marks, and transparency decreases.
Treatment:
Formula 1: Draw an appropriate amount of bitter bile from cattle, sheep or pigs with a syringe, mix evenly with an equal amount of distilled water, and apply 2-3 drops into the eye each time, 2-3 times daily, to treat ulcerative keratitis or corneal opacity.
Formula 2: Take 10 parts tender cypress leaves and 1 part alum, decoct an appropriate amount of juice, filter and wash the eye with it, 2 minutes each time, 3 times daily. Treats infectious keratoconjunctivitis.
Formula 3: Take 1 part sparrow droppings (sun-dried), and 3 parts each of bai ji (Bletilla striata) and bai qian niu zi (white pharbitis seed), grind together into an extremely fine powder, and each time apply an amount the size of a millet grain into the affected eye, once every 2-3 days, for a total of 10 applications. Treats corneal nebula and pterygium. If the nebula does not recede, medication should be stopped and surgery considered.
Formula 4: Take 20 parts fresh goose grass (Centipeda minima), mash to extract juice, boil and clarify, add 1 part borneol powder and mix well, wait until cool and apply to the pterygium on the affected eye (generally at the inner canthus), 1-2 times daily. Treats keratitis that has formed a nebula or pterygium over time.
Formula 5: Take appropriate amounts of tender perilla leaves and tender Chinese rose leaves, add a little granulated sugar, mash together into a paste, and apply to the affected eye, 3 times daily. Treats corneal redness, swelling and tearing caused by impact injury.
Formula 6: Take 1 part coptis (Coptis chinensis) and 2 parts calcined abalone shell (Haliotis), grind together into an extremely fine powder, and apply a small amount into the affected eye, 2 times daily. Treats blurred vision in the early stage of keratitis.
Formula 7: Take an appropriate amount of fresh lotus rhizome nodes, mash and squeeze the juice through clean gauze, and apply 4-5 drops into the affected eye each time, 3-4 times daily. Treats keratitis caused by dust entering the eye.
Formula 8: Take appropriate amounts of pumpkin and fresh rehmannia (Rehmannia glutinosa), mash together into a paste, and apply to the affected eye, 3-4 times daily. Treats keratitis caused by impact injury.
Formula 9: Take an appropriate amount of fresh peach leaves, wash with cool boiled water, mix evenly with clean egg white, mash together into a paste and apply to the affected eye, 2-3 times daily. Treats swelling and pain of the cornea caused by impact injury.