At what age should I start watching out for cataracts?

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Joshua Broadwater · Answer

At what age should I start watching out for cataracts? This is a great question and the answer it could be at any age depending on the underlying cause to the cataract and what a cataract is is a cloudiness inside the lens and the lens is the oval like structure that sits behind the brown or blue part of our eye which is our iris and the purpose of the lens is to serve as basically the fine focus of the camera it's what focuses light rays directly on our retina which is in the back of our eyes so that we can form a very clear image of what we see and so if we develop any cloudiness in that lens that is what's called a cataract and the most common reasons we'll see cataracts just like people which is age-related or see now cataracts that's probably the most common thing that we see in our field but there are other causes so diseases like diabetes many dogs will develop cataracts related to being diabetic eventually after being diagnosed with this disease we will see cataracts and very young dogs as well either referred to as congenital cataracts if they have them from birth or juvenile cataracts if they develop them at a very young age if some dogs can develop cataracts at six months or a year or a year and a half on of age unfortunately related to their genetics so if you ever notice a cloudiness inside your dog's eye or they seem to be having trouble seeing and bumping and stumbling into things it may be a good idea to see a veterinarian or a veterinary ophthalmologist so that we can look and rule out something like cataracts

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"At what age should I start watching out for cataracts?"