Cataracts Treatment

Question by wings of swans: My cat has recently been diagnosed with cataracts?
I most certainly will be having these cataracts removed from the eyes of my eight year old , but i have had no experience with such. can someone please tell me what to expect, will the operation to do so be a one day occurence, or will he be away for a while, will he experience pain after the surgery, will the cataracts re occur. will he be in any undue discomfort at present. i bathe his eyes in warm water daily but do not know if i am helping or not. he is going for furthur examination late next week. could you please help with advice. this cat is very much loved.

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Answer by brutusmom
I don’t know the answer to your question, but I’m concerned about you and your cat. So, I put…..feline cataracts….in the web search window, and got a LOT of websites to read. I didn’t take the time to read them, because I want YOU to read them for yourself.

I did notice that one of the websites says that there are many different causes for feline cataracts….so, you may want to read that one……

I HOPE you get some good information from these websites. Good luck to you and your kitty……

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Question by cant take heat?get the f%&k out!: has your dog ever been diagnosed w/an ulcer in his eye??mine did and they said he thinks he is blind after?
they removed the ulcer..i was pretty sure thinking it was cataracts cuz his eye looked gray blue and the pupil was white.i know that cataracts can occur to animals do to eye trauma which is what happened to my do but they sai no that its an ulcer.his eyelids are sowed shut and must stay like that for two weeks.after the surgery they told me that they dont think he will be able to see.what if the vet doesnt know what he was doing?could my dog have been misdiagnosed?..does anyone know if this is the way an ulcer look like when its in the eye and if so..what happened to your dog did he go blind??

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Answer by chihuahua mama
I assume you are talking about corneal ulcers. One of my chihuahuas has been getting them for about 3 yr and they are coming more frequent all the time. Never had to have surgery for them. The vet gives us some drops, we use them a couple of days and the eyes clear up. If we have drops already at the house, we just use those drops. Onl;y have to take her to the vet about twice a year just to get new drops. Never I say again did we ever have to have surgery. The eye looks bluish and the light bothers her. That is when we know that it is the ulcers again. Like I said she has been having these for a few years and hasn’t gone blind yet. I do know you need to take them to the vet once they start looking blue or they can go blind.

BTW, I have had corneal transplants in both eyes and also the cataract surgeries. The corneal transplants have done great, but had trouble with one cataract surgery and now have little vision in my left eye.

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Question by April: My grandma has been diagnosed with atheromatous aorta…But my question is, can she undergo eye operation ?
she has cataract and we are just worried that the eye operation might affect her aorta….

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Answer by SapphireTigress
Are all the members of her healthcare team approving the surgery? Has her cardiologist “cleared” her? If they all approve, then surgery will probably be okay. If her eye doctor doesn’t know about the aorta problem, he/she MUST be notified before proceeding with surgery, to obtain medical clearance from her cardiologist.

Good luck.

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Question by Renard: Do you need surgery in the future after being diagnosed with a cataract?
Once a cataract has been diagnosed, is it likely that a surgery is required in the future? Can you live with cataracts without having a surgery if it only slightly affects your vision and does cataracts stop growing?

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Answer by BlkBear
Only if the cataract gets bad enough to interfere with your vision. I have one in each eye, that I have had since I was around 25 years old, (53 now) and they have not progressed (at least according to my eye doctors over the years), to need anything to be done about them, other than monitoring them. Mine do not have any affect on my vision now and never have.

I know people much younger than myself (10 to early 20’s) that have cataracts that have had to be taken care of by surgery. So it will depends on the type, of cataract it is, and how bad it happens to get over time.

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Question by karen j: My dog was also diagnosed with jr cataracts, I just found something on the website “eye see clearly”
at $ 35/bottle – it’s worth asking my vet about – it has all natural ingredients. The website is http://www.alergicpet.com

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Answer by dustbegone
Then you should ask your vet about it.

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