Cataracts are the most common cause of blindness. Fortunately, good vision can be fully restored. The only way out is surgery - it's better not to delay it, so that there are no complications.
Cataract , also known ascataract , is one of the most common diseaseseyes . Almost every fiftieth Pole has it!
Over 90 percent age-related cataracts. Progressive cloudinessof the eye lensis a natural manifestation of aging. However, it can also be congenital eye disease - hereditary or caused, for example, by a chromosomal aberration (Down syndrome) or an infection of the mother during pregnancy (including rubella virus). Cataracts can also develop as a result of other diseases (both eyes and general diseases, such as diabetes), an injury or the use of certain medications.
There is no prophylaxis to avoid cataracts. There is also no conservative treatment method - changes in lens protein metabolism and opacities are irreversible. You can buy drops that are designed to improve the nourishment of the lens and delay the unfavorable changes in it, but there is no evidence that they really work. Therefore, the only effective therapy is the surgical replacement of the natural, but opaque, lens with an artificial one.
Better not to delay the decision to have the cataract removed. Waiting for the lens to become completely cloudy (the so-called mature cataract) may result in complications in the form of lens subluxation or secondary glaucoma. The surgery then becomes necessary and urgent, is more complicated and does not always allow for the recovery of good vision. Convalescence also takes longer.
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