Uveitis (Intraocular Inflammation)

One of the most common eye problems in cats is uveitis which is usually chronic and can cause ocular pain and blindness. Uveitis is the inflammation of the uveal tract (uvea) that is the pigmented, vascular part of the eye.

This tract includes the iris (this is the colored part of the eye that forms the pupil), ciliary body, and choroids. The uvea is all in one piece, and is shaped like a hollow ball with a large slit in it, that fits inside the eyeball. The slit is the cat's pupil, and the rest of the ball is the iris, ciliary body, and choroids which all merge together as a vascular cup. Therefore, if the iris is inflamed, it is likely that the ciliary body and choroids are also affected, to a varying extent.

The three most common reasons for a cat's eye to be surgically removed (enucleation) are ocular trauma (e.g. a severe cat claw injury to the eye), glaucoma (increased intraocular pressure) secondary to chronic uveitis, and cancer (diffuse iris melanoma). Uveitis in cats can be caused by serious or life-threatening generalized disease. So diagnosis is not only important in order to decrease the risk of blindness or enudeation, but also in order to find the underlying, potentially fatal disease, that might be causing the  uveitis. 

Symptoms can occur in isolation or as a combination of the following.

• Squinting
• Sensitivity to light
• Third eyelid protrusion
• Tearing
• Redness to the white part of the eye
• Abnormal pupil shape or size
• Altered iris color (usually a "muddy" or reddened color compared to the normal color) or cloudiness,
• Cataract
• Enlarged eye if glaucoma is present

Blindness is not always noticeable, especially if the other eye is visual. The photo to the left shows severe anterior uveitis. The tan, cloudy area covering the pupil is a clot of inflammatory debris (fibrin) in the anterior chamber.

Causes

• Trauma
• Infectious diseases including -

Toxoplasma gondii
Feline infectious peritonitis (FIP)
Bartonella henselae
Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV),
Feline herpesvirus-1 (FHV-1)
Feline leukemia virus (FeLV)

• Cancer - The two most common types of cancer that can cause uveitis in cats are lymphoma and diffuse iris melanoma (DIM)
• Over load of toxins causing a breakdown of the immune system

It is important to know that these diseases can be life-threatening, with perhaps the exception of feline herpes virus.

Natural Solution

Treatment, including either natural medicines or suppressive drug treatments, is needed quickly because the elevated intraocular pressure must be controlled in order to ease pain and blindness. In orthodox treatment anti-inflammatory drugs (i.e. prednisolone eye drops on eye ball) are usually given.

The pain is a "headache" type of discomfort that is NOT obvious to the owner. We can provide a very effective, fast and safe healing treatment for all conditions, using Homeopathic medicines and nosodes.

We provide education on the use of natural products to prevent these conditions. This information includes advice on avoiding commercial chemical foods, and harsh chemical drugs and toxins that regularly bombard the cat's system.

Testimonies

Hi,   I ordered your FIP kit and the Uveititis treatment.  So far it has done wonders. I have a 6 month old kitten who has FIP.   She had one eye with Uveitis so bad you could no longer see her pupil or any color in that eye. I had spent hundreds of dollars on eye meds from my vet. That did absolutely nothing to clear it up.

After using the 3 Uveitis remedies, her eye is 90 % clear.
My kitten had not eaten or drunk any water in a week. I was giving her Sub-Q fluids & force feeding her baby food. She had no energy to barely move. I had not seen any evidence of her even using the litter pan.

Since using the FIP Nosodes and other remedies.  I followed the 3 day detox diet as suggested.
She is eating, drinking and starting to play. Her kidneys seem to be working great.

Thank you very much, Jenny