What medication is used for cataracts in dogs

Dog cataracts are classified as congenital, mechanical, secondary and geriatric. Congenital is due to abnormal development of the lens in the mother’s body; mechanical is caused by trauma to the dog’s lens; secondary is caused by a long term infection of the dog’s conjunctivitis or glaucoma, which leads to cataracts; and senile is caused by the gradual degeneration of the dog’s lens after the age of 8. Cataracts mainly appear as a white film in the eye and can affect your dog’s vision. Eye medications such as Oculimin and Watery can be used in the early stages of cataracts, but they can only control the development of the initial cataract, not cure it. The lens in a normal eye is clear and colourless, whereas in dogs with cataracts the lens is cloudy and white and opaque. Small incisions for ultrasound emulsification combined with IOL implantation are now available to help treat dogs with cataracts