Vol. 9, Issue 6, Part A (2024)

Author(s): K Karthika, S Yashwantika, M Saravanan, S Yogeshpriya and M Veeraselvam

Abstract: A 3.5 months old male non-descript cat with the history of lacrimation in both the eyes, vomition and diarrhoea for the past three days was brought to Small Animal Medicine Unit, Veterinary Clinical Complex, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Orathanadu. The animal was not vaccinated and dewormed. On clinical examination, the animal was dull and depressed with pale mucous membrane, dehydration was more than 5% and it also had yellowish watery diarrhoea. On ophthalmic examination, menace and pupillary light reflex were normal in both the eyes. Bilateral prolapse of third eyelid was noticed in both the eyes. Based on these clinical signs, this case was tentatively diagnosed as Haw’s syndrome. The cat was treated with eye drops phenylephrine 2-3 drops and the third eyelids returned to their normal position in twenty minutes and it was confirmed as Haw’s syndrome. Further the cat was treated for diarrhoea and vomition and the owner was advised to follow the phenylephrine eye drops for another 2 weeks. The animal recovered uneventfully.