What is Cataract?
Cataract
Cataract is the condition in which the lens of the eye becomes cloudy. In normal cases, the lens is clear. This leads to the vision being clouded and makes it difficult to see. The majority of the time, cataracts develop slowly at first, and it doesn’t interfere with the person’s vision. However, eventually, it will start to fog it. Getting prescription glasses will help. However, as the cataract gets worse and interferes with day-to-day activities, the person might have to get cataract surgery.
Disease
Cataracts occur when the lens of the eye, which is normally clear, gets foggy. The vision of a person with cataract will be blurry and hazy. For a person to be able to see, the light has to pass through the lens, so that the brain can process it into an image. When the lens becomes fogged up, it won’t be able to focus the light. In the majority of the cases, most people will have cataracts around the age of forty. However, since cataracts develop slowly and don’t interfere with the vision of a person they might not be immediately noticed. By the age of sixty, the symptoms displayed by cataracts will become noticeable. In rare cases, there are infants who are born with cataracts. However, this happens due to birth defects. Cataracts are more commonly found in people who smoke, who consume alcohol heavily, people who live in an area with air pollution, and people who have cataracts in their families. Cataracts are very commonly seen in people. Over half of the people who are over the age of eighty have cataracts. In the majority of the cases, people have cataracts in one eye. However, it is possible to have cataracts in both eyes, the condition of one eye may be worse than the other, or the cataract of one eye might develop slower than the other eye.
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TREATMENTS
Diagnosis
Cataracts can be diagnosed by an ophthalmologist. The patient will be made to undergo an eye exam. The medical professional can check the health of the patient’s eyes during the eye exam. To see the inside of the eyes, the pupil of the patient needs to be dilated. The pupil is dilated with the help of special drops utilized to widen the pupil of the eye. During this, the health care professional can see into the eye and check how much of the vision of the patient is blocked.
Surgery
If the symptoms of the cataract are mild, the patient might not need treatment. Prescription glasses from the health care professional might suffice. However, there is a possibility that the cataract will get worse over time, and the medical professional will advise surgery to remove cataracts. When cataracts start to make the eyesight worse and it interferes with day-to-day activities, surgery is performed to remove them. There are different kinds of surgeries that are done to remove cataracts. Phacoemulsification cataract surgery and extracapsular cataract surgery are the main procedures done to remove cataracts. In a phacoemulsification cataract surgery, the medical professional will make a small incision in the eye, to reach the lens. Then, by using high-frequency sound waves or lasers the lens is broken down. The broken fragments of the lens are suctioned out and a new plastic lens is put in. Extracapsular cataract surgery is performed if the phacoemulsification will not work out. In some cases, the cataract might be too dense to break apart, so the medical professional will make a larger opening in the eye and remove the sense in one piece, and replace it with a plastic lens.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are cataracts?
A cataract occurs when the typically clear lens of the eye becomes cloudy. A cataract patient’s vision will be hazy and blurry.
Do cataracts hurt?
Cataracts don’t cause pain. However, it will cause discomfort when looking at bright light or sunlight.
What causes cataracts?
Cataracts develop as a person ages. Protein makes up the lens of the eye, and as a person gets older, these proteins break down and cluster together. The lens becomes hazy as a result of this. By the age of sixty, the majority of people’s lenses will be clouded in some way.
How long does it take for the vision to clear after cataract surgery?
The vision will be clear in about 48 hours. However, it can take up to a week for it to get settled and adjusted.
How long will a cataract lens last after the surgery?
The lens will last for the rest of that patient’s life. In the majority of the cases, patients don’t face any issues with the lens.
