Do cataracts only happen to elderly pets? Actually, it's not. With more and more purebred pets, the probability of cataract is getting higher and higher, which is probably related to genetic similarity caused by inbreeding. Congenital cataract in purebred pets is often found in clinic, as small as newborns and as big as a few months or even one or two years old, it may happen!
The second question:
Is there a treatment for cataract? Cataract is an irreversible degeneration (opacity) of the lens caused by various reasons, which leads to decreased vision or blindness. Imagine, if we can change the boiled egg protein back to egg white through some medicine, it is obviously impossible. Surgery is the only effective method to treat cataract at present, and pet cataract surgery is now very mature.
The third question:
Can dogs suffer from cataracts due to diabetes like humans? The answer is yes. In fact, it is very similar to humans. Before the operation, the doctor will carefully examine and comprehensively evaluate the pet's eyes to control diabetes and blood sugar in a stable range?
The fourth question:
Is cataract immature and cannot be operated? This statement was broken in the last century. There is a simple reason. At first, when the medical level had not developed to phacoemulsification, another surgical method was adopted: taking out the lens through a large incision. Immature lens is as difficult to pull out as jelly, while mature lens will become bigger. Hardened and easy to pull out. Cataract can be divided into four stages: primary cataract, immature cataract, mature cataract and over-mature cataract.
The fifth question:
Is cataract surgery expensive? I believe this is a concern of pet owners. The cost of cataract surgery, individual size and complexity of cataract are closely related to the choice of intraocular lens materials, and there is no fixed standard. Generally speaking, the total cost of treatment is 10000+ (one eye): pet cataract is more complicated than human, and cataract surgery must be performed under general anesthesia. Preoperative physical examination and postoperative hospitalization are expensive. Humans basically do outpatient surgery after local anesthesia, and then they can go home to recuperate. Pet care is relatively more complicated.
The sixth question:
Will it recur after cataract surgery? Of course, because it is medically called after cataract. So there is a certain possibility of recurrence;
? The seventh question:
Can cataracts be prevented? There is no way to prevent age-related cataracts.