Cataract is an ageing process which starts in patients older than 50 years. The natural lens in our eye which is naturally clear gets clouded and causes the vision to become blurred. As it increases it will disrupt your day to day activities and that is when we need to get a complete examination. The only treatment for Cataract available is surgery.
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The natural lens in our eyes is transparent but when it gets clouded it blocks the light from reaching the retina and causes the vision to blur.
People with age more than 55-60 years- its a normal ageing process of the natural lens , so every body sooner or later will develop some form of cataract. But sometimes children can also have cataract either congenital or developmental.
It’s a myth.
The only treatment for cataract is surgery and replacing the cataractous lens with an artificial clear lens. And it’s very safe effective and advanced.
When you notice blurred vison, glare or haloes or are sensitive to light a thorough and comprehensive evaluation of the eye is done and your best corrected vision with glass
In today’s times we lead a more digitally and socially active life. So the right time to do cataract surgery would be is when u start facing difficulties in day to day activities like reading, driving , working on your computer or even watching television. It is a day care surgery and usually takes a 10-15 minutes but you might need to be in the centre for a couple of hours for the procedure. It is absolutely safe and extremely advanced and can be operated in any season .
If you don’t treat your cataract then in some cases it might not progress but in most of the cases it can become hypermature in which condition it has a lot of complications associated with it along with lens induced glaucoma. So it is better to operate the cataract at the right time so you get better outcomes and earlier visual recovery.
If you have other medical problems like diabetes or hypertension then we need to bring them under accepted limits to safely undergo the cataract surgery procedure
Usually cataract surgery is done using anaesthetic drops which numbs your eye and you have minimal discomfort during surgery.
It the most successful and safest surgery . The incisions are 1.8 to 2.8mm depending on the intraocular lens chosen. The cataractous lens is in a bag which is a thin membrane which is opened and the cataract is broken in small pieces using phacoemulsification i.e ultrasound at a very high speed roughly 40,000 times per second which is sucked out and the foldable iol is placed in the bag which unfolds inside the bag and regains its original size.
Most of the patients get back good vison after cataract surgery .Even after a perfect surgery no one can give assaurance for a perfect vision as the the vision regained depends on the condition of the retina , cornea and the optic nerve .