Cataract Symptoms

CATARACT

DESCRIPTION

A cataract is a cloudy lens. The lens is positioned behind the colored part of your eye. The lens focuses light that passes into your eye, producing clear, sharp images on the retina – the light sensitive membrane in the eye that functions like a film in the camera.

Symptoms –

Blurred vision

Difficulty in seeing at night

Sensitivity to light

Need brighter light for reading

Fading of colors

Double vision

Risk factors –

Older age

Diabetes

Exposure to sunlight

Smoking

Obesity

High blood pressure

Previous eye injury

Eye surgery

Excessive alcohol

Diagnosis and test –

Visual acuity test

Slit lamp examination

Retinal exam

Applanation tonometry

Treatment –

Small incision surgery

Large incision surgery

Femtosecond laser surgery