Nuclear sclerosis also called lenticular sclerosis in veterinary community is the medical name for a translucent haze in the dog s eyes that is cloudy or bluish in color and develops in the. Although the likelihood of developing a nuclear sclerotic cataract isn t necessarily considered absolutely certain the vast majority of older australians will experience some degree of cataract with more than 70 of those aged over 80 years old having cataract in one or both eyes. Grey hairs wrinkles and nuclear sclerosis a few things are inevitable with increasing age.
Because the nucleus increases in size as the animal ages the sclerosis is more apparent in older animals and may be mistaken as a senile cataract. Nuclear sclerosis is an apparent opacification of the lens caused by the compression of older lens fibers in the center of the lens nucleus as a consequence of the production of new fibers. It will manifest as a cloudy often blue tinted haze in the lens of the eye.
Nuclear sclerosis typically appears in middle aged and senior dogs. Nuclear sclerosis is the formal medical term for the bluish haze that forms in the eyes of older dogs. This is commonly a stage in the development of cataract and may lead to unexpected short sightedness index myopia so that reading may for a time be possible without glasses.
Nuclear sclerosis hardening of the central part of the internal crystalline lens of the eye. Although nuclear sclerosis may describe a type of early cataract in human medicine in veterinary medicine the term. The denser construction of the nucleus causes it to scatter light.
It is caused by compression of older lens fibers in the nucleus by new fiber formation. Nuclear sclerosis is an age related change in the density of the crystalline lens nucleus that occurs in all older animals. All animals including humans with a natural anatomic lens can develop nuclear cataracts and its related symptoms as they age.
Nuclear sclerotic cataracts become a problem when it becomes severe or symptomatic. Nuclear sclerosis is the clouding of the lens of the eye. Nuclear sclerosis is very common in humans.
Nuclear sclerosis refers to cloudiness hardening and yellowing of the central region of the lens in the eye called the nucleus.
