From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2001-08-28 10:37:00 UTC
Subject: Re: Dr. Murray- hypoglycemia causing cataracts
> Hi Dr. Murray
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> I ran across something you wrote about cataracts last week. You
>mentioned the many ways ferrets can get cataracts and one way was
>from hypoglycemia/insulinoma. I had never heard of this so I asked
>my boss who is a board certified veterinary ophthalmologist and he
>never heard of it either. He was wondering where you found this
>information. He personally has seen most cataracts from retinal
>degeneration.
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> Thanks for any help : )
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> Sue, CVT
Curious. How does a retinal pathology cause a growth in the lens?
Like Steph I have run into situations in which pancreatic problems
have caused cataracts; she's seen it in a dog with diabetes and I've
seen it given as cause in an uncle with same.