Symptoms of cataracts can be seen as a clouding transparent lens that can be found in the eye. You will know that there is clouding because your vision will be unclear or blurred. When the cataract develops, you will not know it right away at first. It will become obvious when the normal black pupil will become a bit yellowish.
Symptoms of Cataracts for Children
Sometimes, cataracts will be present in children when the child is already born with this. Another is that the child developed this during birth. One cause would also be because of the pregnancy of the child’s mother; may it be an injury, a health problem and the like. Sometimes it can also be hereditary though this is one rare case. You may find out if the child really has cataract if you let his/her pediatrician examine if your child has any congenital problem like cataract. Anyway, it will be obvious if the child has cataract because he/she won’t be able to recognize their family members right away and may look very odd when staring at something.
Symptoms of cataracts for Adults
The adult cataracts usually develop much slower and much painful compared to the symptoms that of a child. The vision of an adult will be greatly affected and will be worse and worse when the day passes. Sometimes at age 60, you may be able to notice a mild clouding already but this doesn’t affect the vision yet. When you reach age 70 and above, this time your vision will be really affected and it may show some signs already that you have cataract. Signs like being very sensitive to glare, you will have difficulties seeing at night, double vision, color intensity and etc.
Symptoms of Cataracts for Animals
Usual animals that may have cataracts are dogs. Some dogs like children may inherit the cataracts or are developed rapidly after birth. But due to the different breed of dogs that are present, they have different types and symptoms which vary from one another. Some animals may need cataract treatments because of diabetes. If your dog and your other pets are diabetic, expect that they will be having cataracts since 75% of diabetic animals may undergo this in the early stage of diabetes. Dogs and other animals are treated the same way like the adults and children. They are still going to be brought to the hospital or clinic because of the symptoms of cataract that they have which they need to go through with the eye surgery.