Cataracts Treatment

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In the early stages of cataract development, a stronger prescription for corrective lenses may be sufficient. If vision loss starts to interfere to interfere with your everyday activities, however, your doctors are likely to recommend surgery. Cataract surgery is one of the most common and most successful operations performed today; as long as the eye is otherwise healthy, cataract removal is successful in 90 to 95% of all cases. Cataract surgery involves first removing the affected lens and then implanting a tiny plastic intraocular lens.

The lens can be removed surgically, all in one piece, or, with phacoemulsification, an advanced ultrasound technique, it can be fragmented and removed through a minuscule incision that requires no stitching afterward. The operation may be performed using either general or local anesthesia, but there is no pain in either case.

You may or may not require glasses after the operation. The incision takes about a month to heal. Recuperation is faster with the laser technique. Glasses are not fitted until about ten weeks after surgery.

If you have a history of other eye diseases in addition to your cataracts, lens implants may be considered unsuitable. If that is the case, contact lenses will be prescribed for you after surgery.

If is possible for a cataract to swell and cause acute glaucoma. If you have a developing cataract and experience sudden pain in or behind your eyes, you should consult an ophthalmologist immediately.

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