All You Need to Know about Cataract Surgery
What are cataracts?
Cataracts are the clouding of the normally clear lens of the eyes. In the early stages, only a small part of the eye’s lens is usually affected and therefore there may be no notable vision loss. As the cataract clouds more of the lens and distorts the light passing through the it, changes to the eyesight appear.
What causes cataracts?
Most cataracts are due to ageing or injury in the tissue that makes up the eye lens.
They may also be a result of certain inherited genetic disorders, other eye conditions, past eye surgery or medical conditions such as diabetes.
Long-term use of steroid medications can also cause the development of cataracts.
Signs and symptoms of cataracts
Cataracts can develop at any age, even if you are not at high risk for it. Look out for these symptoms and consult an eye specialist to get a diagnosis, just to be safe:
- You have blurry or cloudy vision, and things appear hazy all the time.
- You suffer from poor night vision. You may start to see halos around lights, which in turn makes activities, such as driving at night, challenging.
- You develop greater sensitivity to เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย bright lights, which hurts your eyes.
- You see 2 images of a single object. Also known as diplopia, double vision can affect your balance, movement and reading ability.
- Over time, your vision may acquire a brown or yellow tinge, and this can affect your ability to tell the difference between certain colours.
The good news is cataract surgery is very common and is generally a safe procedure. Artificial lens implants such as multifocal and other lenses will be able to correct short-sightedness and long-sightedness, as well astigmatism and presbyopia, at the same time. If you are suitable for multifocal lens, you can possibly say goodbye to spectacles and go about your daily activities with near perfect vision.
An early diagnosis and timely treatment of cataract will be able to prevent the condition from worsening.
Delayed treatment may come at a time when the lens is more unstable, and when there are other complications such as glaucoma. Delayed surgery also comes with increased risk of complications, reduced success rate of the operation, and a longer recovery process with less favourable results, as compared to treating the condition early.