A U.K. woman developed a severe eye infection thanks to a rare virus — cowpox, a cousin of smallpox, which she contracted from her pet cat. The 28-year-old woman went to the emergency room after ...

Unfortunately, a veterinarian has diagnosed your cat with an eye infection. Oof! Now the tricky part begins. It's hard to keep all of those eye medications straight, not to mention actually ...

She told CBS affiliate WTOL she was left blind in one eye after she contracted an infection from her cat. "I woke up one day and I couldn't see out of my left eye," said Walters.

Eye issues can pose problems for cat owners, especially as their pets age. Cornell veterinarians recently contributed to a special issue of the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery that offered ...

Eye exam. The vet may give your cat an eye exam, looking at the back of each eye for signs of infection, inflammation, or problems in the optic nerve.

Sometimes a cat may accidentally scratch your face, including your eye area. If this happens, you should immediately rinse out the affected eye with either clean water or saline solution.

If your cat has Horner's syndrome, you may notice that one of your cat’s eyes looks sunken, as if it has slipped back into the eye socket. Eyelid movements may be affected, as well.