Cataracts Treatment
Treatment
Although some people with cataracts can improve your vision with the use of magnifying glasses or more lighting, the only way to cure cataracts is surgery. Cataract surgery involves removing the lens. During surgery, you can opt for replacement with a plastic lens inserted into the eye at the time of surgery or the use of contact lenses or special glasses.
The current options for surgery are:
- Extracapsular cataract extraction: manually extracted most of the falls or used sound waves to break up the cloudy crystal into small pieces, then inhale. The lens capsule surrounds the lens which is left intact.
- Intracapsular cataract extraction are collected from both the lens capsule and lens.
After removing the lens, it is replaced by one of the following three options:
- An intraocular lens: a plastic lens is placed in the eye during surgery. At present, almost all patients with cataract have intraocular lenses that are placed at the time of surgery. As put a new lens in the eye the patient, this may select the zoom. Therefore, a person with hyperopia or myopia may choose to have a very good distance vision without glasses. Further work is in the bifocal intraocular lenses, but are still in development.
- Cataract glasses with much increased
When To Call a Professional
Consult your doctor if you have trouble seeing clearly. If you are over 40, make an appointment to have an eye exam with your doctor every two years, even if you have not noticed any changes in your vision.
Cataract surgery improves vision in 95% of patients who undergo this surgery. Replacements in patients with intraocular lenses, 90% have 20/40 vision or better. In some people who have extracapsular surgery, part of the lens capsule eventually becomes cloudy, causing a condition called cataract. This can be corrected with laser surgery.