Cataract Md

Save your vision of cataract

Cataracts are a common eye disorder in the elderly. Areas of the lens of the eye is disturbed due to clustering of lens proteins. This disorder can limit and eventually obscure the vision.

What causes cataracts?

Doctors are not sure what causes the clustering of proteins in the lens of the eye leading to cataract. Among the possible causes are:

Diabetes

· The exposure to ultraviolet

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Although they appear to be risk factors, none has been reduced as a specific cause. Age is a factor, as more than half of all Americans over the age of eighty have cataracts or have undergone cataract surgery.

What are the symptoms of cataracts?

Some common symptoms of cataract are:

· Fuzzy or blurred vision

· Colours Faded

· Haloing around lights, especially at night

· Generally declining night vision

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If you need to change your prescription glasses frequently, indicating rapid changes in your vision, and perhaps a sign that you are developing cataracts. However, none of these symptoms could indicate other conditions, please consult your ophthalmologist if you experience any changes in your vision.

How are cataracts treated?

In their early stages, cataracts can be treated with glasses, magnifiers, or increased lighting. As the disease progresses, however, these measures do not suffice. When the cataract or cataract worsened enough to affect your daily life, it is difficult to drive, read, or perform daily tasks, surgery is probably necessary.

Cataract surgery involves removing the clouded lens of the eye and replaced by an intraocular lens. The lens focuses the artificial light in the same way as your natural lens, the restoration of your vision to normal. Surgery is usually an outpatient procedure performed under local anesthesia, and often, you can resume your normal activities the next day.

It is possible to live with cataracts for a number of years without having to undergo surgery. Careful assessment at regular visits to your ophthalmologist can help you monitor the status of your eyes to determine when and whether cataract surgery is necessary.

Dr. Robert Filer, MD , is certified ophthalmologist who performs cataract surgery in San Francisco, California, region. If you experience blurred vision or other vision problems, please