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Hi, I have a cat who received a scratch in the eye from another cat.I did not know this until the next day when, upon inspecting the eye, there was a tiny cloudy circle over the pupil which
expanded in a few hours, to covering the pupil completely. It did
not seem to go deep into the cornea and would shift down so she could almost look over it to see. The conjunctiva also swelled and became very red, upper and lower, but it doesn't look swollen at all when she has her eye open or closed. No conjuntiva showing. The vet precribed antibiotic drops and said it would take time to heal.
I gave the drops for almost a month and the conjuntiva is still swollen and there still is a white film that covers the eye. The vet said just to keep giving it. I tried giving a drop of colloidal silver every couple of hours. If I do that,the cloudiness clears but the conjuntiva is still very swollen and there seems to be a clear raised area of the same size as the cloudy area had been. I thought if I kept giving it the raised area would eventually go away. Now I don't know. If I stop in the least, say overnight,it goes back to white. If I give it during the day it will turn to opaque and if I give it every half hour it will start to turn clear but I read where it can't be given for more than two days before having to stop, wait, then start again. There doesn't seem to be any more scratch on the cornea but there is still cloudiness and swollen conjuntiva in that eye. If this is pink eye that came after the scratch, why hasn't it gone by now with giving the antibiotic drops? What can I do? Thanks, in advance, for any information.

The result, after giving antibiotics for the last month, is
that the inner eyelids are still thick and swollen but they
don't show when her eye is open, nor does it look swollen if her eye is closed. One can only see the swollen inner eyelids(top and bottom) if I open her eye wide to put drops in then they pretty well close over the eye. The other thing is that there is a thick white circular covering over the pupil and most of the iris. There doesn't seem to be any infection, no pus, no discharge.She is able to open her eye completely but is bothered by strong light in that eye. The vet says to keep giving the antibiotic drops but if there isn't any infection I don't see how this can remove the thick white circle. I'd like to know what this is. Cataracts
are opaque and this is solid white. I don't know if they can come from a scratch.It doesn't seem to be inside the cornea like an ulcer, it's just sitting on top of the cornea. Any thoughts you may have on this would be appreciated. Thanks.

The scratch on the cornea caused an ulceration. In order to heal, blood vessels must grow into the area, as the cornea has no blood supply. A month of antibiotics should have removed all susceptible bacteria. The white ring is probably the remains of the vascularization, which should mostly disappear when the eye is completely healed. If there is still redness in the eye, give homeopathic Euphrasia twice a day until healed. If there is still swelling, use homeopathic Apis as well.