Cataract
Clouding of the lens that scatters or blocks light, causing sight loss that ranges from mild to total. Can be inherited, age-related or diabetic (common and fast in diabetic dogs). Surgery (phacoemulsification) is the only way to restore vision; an untreated cataract is watched for painful complications.
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Is Cataract Surgery Right for My Pet? A Decision Guide
Your vet has said the word cataract, and now you're trying to work out whether to operate. The search results don't help much. On one side sit the websites with a stock photo of a bright-eyed dog and a headline promising to restore your pet's sight, with a price quietly bolted on. On the other...
Diabetic Cataracts: Why Most Diabetic Dogs Go Cloudy, and Why Speed Matters
A dog is diagnosed with diabetes, the owner gets the injections and the feeding times right, and a few months on the eyes start to cloud. I've taken that phone call many times, and underneath the worry there's nearly always the same quiet question: did I do this? The honest answer is no. You almost...
Questions to Ask Your Ophthalmologist About Cataract Surgery
A cataract consult is a big appointment, and it costs real money. Over the years I've sent a lot of owners to these consults, and the ones who get the most out of them are the ones who arrive prepared: questions written down, someone alongside to take notes, and no willingness to be rushed. Nobody...
Cataracts in Cats: Less Common, Usually Secondary
The word "cataract" tends to drag a fixed picture along with it: the one you carry from people, or from a dog you once knew. A clouding eye, creeping blindness, an operation. I'd like to take that picture apart, because the feline story is genuinely different, and once you see how, the whole thing becomes...
If You Don't Operate: Living With a Pet With Cataracts
Many owners reach this decision quietly, and often with a flicker of guilt. The surgery is specialist, it isn't cheap, your pet may be older or not the ideal candidate, and somewhere at the back of your mind sits the worry that by not operating you're "letting them go blind". That worry deserves a straight...
What Cataract Surgery Involves, and Recovery Week by Week
The hard part is usually behind you by the time you want this page. The agonising over whether to operate, the cost, the "is it the right thing for my dog", that all belongs to the decision, and if you're still weighing it up, the operate-or-not piece is the place for it. What I want...
Cataracts in Dogs and Cats: What They Are and Why They Form
"Cataract" is a heavy word, and owners tend to hear the worst of it first. But there's often relief mixed in too, because they'd been peering into that cloudy eye for weeks fearing something dreadful, and now at least it has a name. So before we get anywhere near decisions, let me do what I'd...
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