Cataracts Treatment

Question by desiree_jade410: water dragon eye problem?
i have a 2yo male chinese water dragon. hes in shed right now and i always keep an eye on him when hes in shed, esp his crest, toes and tail. while i was lookin him over, i noticed his right eye didnt look right. i grabbed a small flash light, and it looks foggy. like a dog with cataracts..i WILL be calling my vet in the morning, but would like to know what ppl think this could be from? he is about 3 feet long, in an enclosure that is a lil over 6′ tall, 4′ wide and 3′deep, has 12 hours of uv, basking spot of 90, water bowls and pools, eating crickets, mealies, supers, earth worms he gets a pinkie once a week, and at 1 feeding once a week ill give him 4 or 5 wax worms..anything that moves and i give to him he eats. all calcium dusted, and gets vitamins twice a week.

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Answer by Sean Altman
No shit sherlock moment but that does not sound good. Ive heard of it happening but never found out what it was. Best bet is to call your vet.

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Question by HerNameIsHannah: Biology question on galactokinase – cataracts! Perhaps water potential and enzymes?
Yep I have no idea

“Some people who have a deficiency of galactokinase suffer from cataracts. These cataracts result from an increase in the amount of water in the lens of the eye. In the absense of galactokinase, galactose is converted to galacticol. Galacticol is a soluble substance whose molecules are too large to pass through cell membranes. Explain wy galactinol causes an increase in the amount of water in the lens of the eye”

I’m an A2 level biology student, it is a 2 mark question.. I can’t get my head round it, the questions above that one have all been about enzymes, sooo..

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Answer by ND DVM
Galacticol is too large to leave the cell. It sets up an osmotic gradient that attracts water into the cells, including those of the lens. The lens cells have no organelles, and they must be a certain size/shape and packed tightly together in order to transmit light properly.

Best of luck to you.

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Question by sonicfan: Why does the dog keep walking in the water bowl?
My aunt has a dog (called fudge) and he keeps going over to the water bowl, has a small drink sometimes and then puts his feet in. He often looks like he is trying to dig through the bowl for somthing. He has diabeties and cataracts and cushings and is quite old if that is important. Please help because he keeps splashing water everywhere all the time!
He is a yorkshire terrier if that is important.
fudge already has a bowl but he rarley drinks from it. The bigger, blue bowl he always uses belongs to the other dogs( Two Jack Russels).

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Answer by the_moogle_pageant
He might not be able to see what he’s doing too well, or he just might like the feeling of water on his paws. You never know.

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I`ve done some Research and most of the things I get are from Bruce Fife’s words. I`ve read both are effective in cataract. Only i think it’s unknown whether they can reverse the operation.
Two years back, i`ve watched a TV segment concerning on Coconut oil and I`ve watched a man who puts it on his eye by drops and covers his eye with a warm damp washcloth.
Only I am confused. My research is currently on coconut water. And I want to change it to coconut oil.
Please help me.