Cataracts Treatment

Question by yashra: How to cure my father please advice?
Dear

Sir

my father is a patient of Dr Syamasis Bandyopadhyay since 3 years

but unfortunately the deases of my father is on control but not cured like my father is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis,anemia,diabetes and high blood pressure since 5 years.Before 1 year when my father was at assam suddenly he fainted in the morning and next day also he fainted like that it goes for some days while he was fainted his eyes were wide open and his lips were pale.We checked the random sugar level and it was normal nearly 120.After that we went to chennai apollo for checkup where he was done a lots of tests including MRI ,colour dopler, ct scan,etc but failed to find the actual reason of faintaing.After that we came back to kolkata and after few months he again fall ill and was admitted to Apollo Gleneagles kolkata and was diagnosed pneumonia and staphylococcal septicaemia.Dr Syamasis Bandyopadhyay saaid that my Dad had a minor attack of stroke and also he was talking like a mad,non meningful talks constently.

Dr Syamasis Bandyopadhyay stopped all the medicine prescribed by chennai Apollo hospital.Now for long 6 months he is taking the medicines prescribed by Dr Syamasis Bandyopadhyay the medicine are tablet Pantocid it,Minipres-xl 5mg ,wysolone 2.5mg tablet cetapin xr 500 ,amaryl 2mg,nexito 5mg ,stamlo 2.5mg, tablet folvite,p650,lonazep 0.5mg.He also has a eye problem on right eye cataract,and glaucoma and the medicine for eye is gatilox eye drop, homarin forte eye drop, prednisolone acetate eye drop ,combigan eye drop.Now my Dad cant stand without the help of Walker nor he can stand by his own without our help even he has to do toilet on the bed.

Now the matter of concern is that today on 11/02/2010 at nearly 2pm while he was sitting in a chair near the dining table he was feeling sleepy and ill.He asked my mom to give him lunch and immediately asked for water but before she could give it he fainted.His eyes became wide open and lips pale.We sprinkled lots of water gave him water to drink and after trying for 2 minutes or so he regained his senses.As he was hungry we gave him buiscuits and water.After almost 20 minutes of that we gave him his lunch but after swallowing it once he vomited.After that we again gave him his lunch about 45 minutes later and he could consume it then.

So

Sir

Please do help us by providing the best treatment to make our father move and make him healthy and get rid from the fainting problem

your advice is highly appreciated

thanking you your sincearly

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Answer by izzy
This is impossible to answer with any authority. Your poor father must feel dreadful to say the least.
The side effects of so many drugs he is taking is dizziness,headaches, feeling faint.
The side effects of others include agitation, sleeplessness, gastric disturbances.

If he were my father I would arrange to take him back to Chennai Apollo for a thorough evaluation of his condition and a review of his treatment. The hospital has an excellent reputation.
I do not know how far away the hospital is for you and if he could stand the journey.
He is a very sick man, it might be kinder to cut his drugs down to the essential minimum.
If he could not stand the journey perhaps one or two of the specialist there could help you by reviewing his drug regime and your description of his condition.

I wish you and your father all the luck in the world.

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Question by iscan12345: Is there any way to cure cataracts apart from surgery?

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Answer by rbanzai
No, they don’t get better on their own.

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Question by dariusbd: Cure for my dog’s cataracts?
My bichon frise is about 12 years old and is almost blind due to cataracts.
The local vet hospital said it would cost $ 6,000 to fix the problem!
Is there a way to get the surgery done without incurring that kind of expense?
Thanks.

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Answer by brandywine
I’m afraid that surgery is the only answer. I’m sorry

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Question by ♥2htoohorse♥: Do you think that medical research will ever find a cure for cataracts?
HI there, so I have a 20 year old appaloosa and he has a cataract in his right eye causing partial blindness. A few months ago the vet came to give him a physical and told us that we could take him to a science research center about 2 hours away to see if they could treat it. This would cost us 4000 dollars, and there would be no garantee if of his vision would come back in the eye. For the time being he is perfectly fine, but my dream is to get him to have full vision like he once had.

I am wondering, do you think they will ever find a special surgery or cure for a cataract?

I know they can do it with dogs and people, and some other animals, why not horses?

Have you heard about any horses regaining vision?

thank you everyone!

Also should i take my horse to the reseach center to do the surgery? do you think he can get his vision back?
the thing is, i dont want his other eye to get a catartact or his already blind eye to get worse, the vet said that he could become fully blind in his right eye and then it can move to the other eye.

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Answer by April H
I wouldn’t see why not because I know my grandma had surgery on her eyes for cataracts however I don’t this that they can stop it from coming back. I think they can only remove it but it does take a long time for it to come back. Normally and being that he is that old you probably would do ok with that.

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Question by winterlotus: Is there a cure for Glaucoma? What can bring relief to such a condition?
Are these glaucoma symptoms?
Sharp pain in the eye/s like being boxed at by someone.
Eyes feel gritty and grainy like something is inside.
Occasional blurr vision relieved by blinking of eyes or using eyedrops.
Rare sudden blackness.
On the first check-up, the Eye Specialist said it might be glaucoma but only prescribed eyedrops.
On the second check-up, he said it is not glaucoma but first stage cataract which does not require surgery as yet. He said to continue using the eyedrops (Refresh Tears) as much as is necessary.
I think I need a second opinon, what do you think?
>>Princeidoc….you wrote “I’m sure the asker was HOPING someone would cut & paste the differences in ODs & MDs from wikipedia…”
Well, excuse me, but I am only hoping someone would answer my question with their own knowledge or experience. I can Wikipedia but I would rather learn from other people’s experiences, knowledge and the like. Thanks for your time anyway.

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Answer by Charlie
I would say get a second opinion, you know your body better than anyone else. I do not think there is a cure for glaucoma but some people are allowed to get medical marijuana for it ( which I would not suggest). Hope this helps, & God bless!!

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