Cataracts Treatment

Question by : Question about my dog’s eye?
My dog (who is 3 years old) seems to be having an issue with one of her eyes. Her left pupil appeared to be clouded for a day or two, and today the vet said he wasn’t exactly sure of what was going on, but that it might be an infection. He gave us an ointment to put on her eye and said to check back in a few days. Now, she seems to avoid opening the eye that was clouded and sometimes tries to scratch it. I just looked at both of her eyes and noticed that they were EXTREMELY red underneath her pupils. Does any of this sound familiar? If so, what can I do to help her?

Note: We asked the vet specifically about a cataract – he said that since the cloudiness appeared within a matter of a few days, in addition to her being relatively young, it’s more than likely that it isn’t a cataract.

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Answer by Aussies are my ♥ Dogs
My shih tzu has eye ulcers. The vet can run a dye test to check for them.

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Question by Rattie: Scratch on my rat’s eye or something else?
Since my rat Edgar has had a stroke recently, I’ve been a little worried that he is over-vigorously grooming the paralysed/unresponsive side of his face. The nose and eye on that side both bleed fairly regularly, perhaps due to his forceful grooming.

Tonight whilst carrying him downstairs to investigate the house I noticed that his eye on the affected side was an odd shape, sort of squared off almost. Closer inspection showed some kind of bump on his eye in the form of a raised white line. The eye also seems rather dull and almost dry-looking at times.

I am not too worried about his vision, as he has never really been able to see too well anyway because of his colouration, but does the eye pose any other health risks to him if it IS damaged?

Is it likely that he accidentally scratched it during grooming or could it actually be a cataract? How do I tell the difference?

I don’t want to have his eye removed/operated on as it is a stressful surgical procedure upon an animal that isn’t really young any more, but if it’s likely to cause him serious harm then I might have to consider it.

I’m looking for peoples’ opinions before I take him to the vets about it so that I can get an idea of what we’re faced with and what to say to the vet in the first place, but I’ll certainly be taking him so there’s no need to remind me to do that.
1) HE’S A BOY.
2) IT’S 1:00 AM

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Answer by Jade
Don’t ask people on Yahoo Answers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take her to the clinic, the vet! Just take care of that scratch dude!

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Question by JD: What caused my African dwarf frog to have cloudy eyes?
Hi I have an African dwarf frog whom I’ve had for quite awhile and he’s developed what looks like cataracts. It hasn’t detered him any he’s still lively and eats normal. Does anyone know what might be a cause or if it’s treatable or is he going to be blind?

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Answer by Tim D
If the frog is worth the expense and trouble, I suggest you consult a vet. People here may suggest disease or whatever but it’s not a great idea to rely on those who can’t even see it and who aren’t pros.

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Question by Helel: Multiple questions about the eye.?
Hey, I have a Biology test coming up on Thursday, and the teacher is a bit strange, in that she asks questions that have come up on past exams. So I’ve got such a booklet open in front of me, and there are some questions here to which I don’t know the answer, and which probably will come. So I’m posting them here.

(1mk) 1.) Early types of contact lenses were made of non-permeable glass. This could allow lactic acid to build up in part B, causing discomfort.

Suggest why lactic acid builds up when people use contact lenses made of glass.

(1mk) 2.) The cornea has no blood vessels. Suggest why it is possible to graft in a replacement lens here without it being rejected.

(2mks) 3.) Suggest a simple method you could use to measure the extent of the field of view of a human.

(4mks) 4.) Describe the reflex action in the iris when the intensity of light entering the eye is suddenly increased.

(1mk) 5.) Suggest why many animals have most of their sense organs on the head.

(1mk) 6.) Give one advantage of having two eyes (believe it or not, I don’t know this. <_<).

7.)The lens is made of protein. In some people, part of the lens may become cloudy. This is known as a cataract.

(2mks) A.) Describe a test for protein.
(2mks) B.) Suggest how a cataract would affect the function of the lens

(2mks) 8.) A person with a cataract can have their cloudy lens replaced with one made from a special material. Suggest 2 properties the material would need to have to be successful as a lens.

(2mks) 9.) Describe how glucose moves from the aqueous humour into the lens, when the concentration of the glucose is abnormally high.

And that's all. You don't have to answer them all, but if you know one, just give the number (and A or B if present) and its answer. These are all questions from different years, but our teacher is mad, she could pull a question from any one of these, regardless if we've learned about it or not.

Thanks in advance.
I looked up some of these questions on the internet, and I got some answers, such as the sense organs on head one, or the test for protein one, but others, like measuring the field of view, or the replacement lens, I didn't find anything. That's why I asked here. My own text books don't contain any info on these.

Besides, isn't this site named Yahoo Answers?

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Answer by millardmissmore
A much better way to prepare for the test would be for YOU to look up the answers to these questions. When you’ve done the research, you will know the material much better than if someone merely tells you an answer.

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Question by rachel: What could be wrong with my eye?
Sometimes, at least during the day more noticeable then at night, my right eye has dull color vision.
I don’t think I have a cataract cause it doesn’t appear to be yellow or clouded. But when I look through my right eye its just really dull in color and sometimes almost black and white. There has been only one time in which it was really bad and noticeable though.
I plan on telling my eye doctor but I just want a path to maybe know what it is so I can look it up first before talking to my eye doctor about it and so I have an idea of what it is.
If anyone has experienced this let me know I’d like to know what you did about it.

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Answer by Submit
I suggest you go to the good doctor!

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