Symptoms can be serious, and the disease can be fatal â especially for babies, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems. When influenza pandemics occur, they spread quickly, often killing large numbers of previously healthy people. From 1918 to 1919, a flu pandemic hit the U.S. in three waves.
Enucleation (Eyeball Removal). Enucleation is the removal of an eye. It is an irreversible method of treating various disorders of the eye. Reasons for enucleation include: 1  Severe untreatable trauma, such as a perforated or ruptured eyeball. 2  Uncontrollable glaucoma.
Enucleation-Equine Eye Removal Surgery. There are several reasons that may result in the removal of your horseâs eye: recurrent uveitis (moon blindness), cataracts, trauma, rupture of the eye, ulcers, or cancer to name a few.f an eye is no longer functioning, has severe damage, or has chronic eye disease, enucleation (eye removal surgery) may result in the best quality of life for your equine and prove to be the least painful.