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WHAT IS CATARACT?

Understanding About Cataract

The most well-known eye condition is cataract, which is characterized by clouding of the natural crystalline lens within the eye. This obstructs the visual pathway responsible for eyesight loss. Although it can happen to children as well, older individuals are the ones who typically experience motiyabindoo. It can result in blindness if neglected.

Fortunately, the eye illness that causes blindness is curable. When blurry vision becomes an obstacle to your daily activities, it’s time to see an eye doctor and get a Motiyabindu procedure. It’s also critical to realize that postponing cataract surgery puts the patient at risk for further eye disorders like glaucoma, excessive intraocular pressure, and optic disc damage.

Your eye specialist will provide advice and perform cataract surgery at the appropriate time. Less than 20 to 30 minutes are needed for the cataract surgery and the full process. This eliminates the requirement for an overnight hospital stay.

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Symptoms
Symptoms of Cataract Include
  • hazy, milky, foggy, or fuzzy vision
  • inadequate night vision
  • observing a halo (glare) surrounding lights, particularly at night while observing headlights
  • Rarely, double vision occurs in the affected eye.
  • noticing a color fade
  • Brighter reading lights are required.
  • increasing susceptibility to bright lights and sunshine
  • frequent adjustments to eyeglass prescriptions
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Treatments

When to consider cataract surgery

Consult your eye doctor to see if surgery is the best course of action for you. When your cataracts start to hinder your quality of life, the majority of eye physicians advise you to think about having cataract surgery. Your capacity to carry out regular tasks, including reading or driving at night, may fall under this category.

Cataracts often do not cause visual impairments, thus most people do not feel a pressing need to have them removed. However, some people's cataracts can worsen more quickly than others. These consist of obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes.

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Precautions

When to consider cataract surgery

Discuss if surgery is the best course of action for you with your eye doctor. When your quality of life starts to suffer due to cataracts, the majority of eye physicians advise you to think about having cataract surgery. This could involve your capacity to carry out regular tasks like reading or nighttime driving.

Because cataracts often don't damage the eyes, most people don't feel the need to have them removed right away. However, some people may see a rapid worsening of cataracts. Diabetes, hypertension, and obesity are a few of these.

CAMP

Diabetic Retinopathys Screening Camp

Diabetic Retinopathy screening camps are often held in community vision centers because screening people for this disease requires special medical expertise. DR screening camps are specialized exclusively in the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. However, while the focus is on detecting diabetic retinopathy before it causes irreversible blindness (and this sometimes means detecting diabetes in patients who don’t know they have it), patients who suffer from other eye disorders will also be referred to our main hospital.
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Before Surgery
How you prepare for Cataract Surgery
  • Consultation: Make an appointment with a Susrut specialist for a thorough eye examination.
  • Review of Medication: Talk about any medications you take that might have an impact on the process.
  • Contact Lens Hiatus: As directed, stop wearing contact lenses to give your corneas time to revert to their normal form.
  • Organize Transportation: Make plans for a driver to accompany you home after treatment.
  • Avoid Eye cosmetics: The day before and the day of the treatment, avoid using any creams, cosmetics, or lotions near your eyes.
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During the Surgery
How you prepare for Cataract Surgery Because cataract surgery is a short (outpatient) procedure, you can return home in about an hour the same day. Typically, the entire process from admission to discharge from the hospital takes two to three hours.
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After the Surgery
How you prepare for Cataract Surgery
  • Only take the prescriptions as directed by a doctor, and abide by the guidelines. Don't take any more medications without first checking with the hospital.
  • Notify your eye doctor right away if you experience any pain, light sensitivity, wetness, or redness in the operated eye.
  • Don't skip the follow-up meeting.

FAQS

Cataract FAQS

Are cataracts painful?
Although they don’t hurt, cataracts can be frustrating and uncomfortable since they make it harder to see well. They take decades to manifest symptoms, which appear gradually over time.
Is the surgery safe?
Currently, one of the safest surgical techniques is cataract surgery.
Can cataracts grow back?
No, your eye’s clouded lens is removed during cataract surgery and replaced with an artificial lens. After the natural lens is removed and replaced with an artificial one, cataracts cannot regrow.
Can both eyes be treated in one procedure?
Your doctor will typically arrange the second procedure a few weeks following the first if you have cataracts in both eyes. Nonetheless, treating both eyes in a single treatment on the same day is becoming more and more typical.
How long do the effects of cataract surgery last?
Surgery for a cataract is permanent. The IOL can remain in the eye for the entirety of a person’s life without needing to be taken out or changed.
Will I need to have cataract surgery again?
Natural lenses are removed during cataract surgery and replaced with artificial ones that should last a lifetime and are not prone to degradation.