Cataract is a clouding that develops in the lens of the eye and it obstructs the passage of light into the eye. It affects the eye and is mainly related to age. It is common in older people. It can occur in one or both eyes.
The National Eye Institute provides information on different kinds of cataract as follows:
1)Secondary cataract. Cataracts can form after surgery for other eye problems, such as glaucoma. Cataracts also can develop in people who have other health problems, such as diabetes. Cataracts are sometimes linked to steroid use.
2)Traumatic cataract. Cataracts can develop after an eye injury, sometimes years later.
3)Congenital cataract. Some babies are born with cataracts or develop them in childhood, often in both eyes. These cataracts may be so small that they do not affect vision. If they do, the lenses may need to be removed.
4)Radiation cataract. Cataracts can develop after exposure to some types of radiation.
The cause of cataract is actually the lens of the eye contains water and protein that clumps together with age and causes a reduction in the sharpness of the images that we see.
The Mayo clinic provides symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatments and drug information that can be found here http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cataracts/DS00050.
Surgery is usually the main solution to advanced cataract and only takes approximately 30 minutes. It is called phacoemulsification. E Medicine Health provides the procedure as a procedure that the lens clouded by a cataract is broken up by ultrasound, irrigated, and suctioned out. Most cataract surgery today is performed using phacoemulsification. Before the advent of this technique, people with cataracts could expect a 10-day hospital stay followed by a lengthy recovery. Today, it is an outpatient procedure. Instead of making a large incision in the eye and removing the lens, the ophthalmologist can make a tiny one and then insert an ultrasonic tip which, vibrating thousands of times a second, breaks up the cataracts without damaging the surrounding tissue. The remains of the cataract are suctioned out.
The remains of the cataract are suctioned out.
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Cataract is a clouding that develops in the lens of the eye and it obstructs the passage of light into the eye. It affects the eye and is mainly related to age. It is common in older people. It can occur in one or both eyes.
The National Eye Institute provides information on different kinds of cataract as follows:
1)Secondary cataract. Cataracts can form after surgery for other eye problems, such as glaucoma. Cataracts also can develop in people who have other health problems, such as diabetes. Cataracts are sometimes linked to steroid use.
2)Traumatic cataract. Cataracts can develop after an eye injury, sometimes years later.
3)Congenital cataract. Some babies are born with cataracts or develop them in childhood, often in both eyes. These cataracts may be so small that they do not affect vision. If they do, the lenses may need to be removed.
4)Radiation cataract. Cataracts can develop after exposure to some types of radiation.
The cause of cataract is actually the lens of the eye contains water and protein that clumps together with age and causes a reduction in the sharpness of the images that we see.
The Mayo clinic provides symptoms, causes, risk factors, treatments and drug information that can be found here http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cataracts/DS00050.
Surgery is usually the main solution to advanced cataract and only takes approximately 30 minutes. It is called phacoemulsification. E Medicine Health provides the procedure as a procedure that the lens clouded by a cataract is broken up by ultrasound, irrigated, and suctioned out. Most cataract surgery today is performed using phacoemulsification. Before the advent of this technique, people with cataracts could expect a 10-day hospital stay followed by a lengthy recovery. Today, it is an outpatient procedure. Instead of making a large incision in the eye and removing the lens, the ophthalmologist can make a tiny one and then insert an ultrasonic tip which, vibrating thousands of times a second, breaks up the cataracts without damaging the surrounding tissue. The remains of the cataract are suctioned out.
The remains of the cataract are suctioned out.
Do you know of someone that is getting surgery?
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