Cataract

What To Expect After Cataract Surgery If your vision is clouded by cataracts, your eye doctor may recommend surgery at some point. Cataract surgery is a simple operation that removes the cloudy lenses from your eyes and replaces them with clear, artificial lenses. You may need the surgery on just one eye or on both, but your doctor may only do one eye at a time so your vision isn't compromised. Recovery from the surgery is usually fast and uneventful. Here's what you can expect. Immediately…

During cataract surgery, a small incision is made to your eye in order remove the cloudy lens and clean it out or replace it with a new news. As a result, this small incision leads to inflammation around the eye area after surgery. A few signs may include swelling and redness. While the inflammation should go away a few days after your surgery is complete it can be uncomfortable to deal with. Luckily, there are a few tips you can use in order to reduce the inflammation around your eyes until it…

very harmful to humans if not protected. One of its main side effects is that it causes our eyes to develop cataracts, which can lead to blindness. More than 50% of people over the age of 60 have cataracts, showing that it is a major issue(1). If over exposed to the sun, it causes the lens of our eyes to become cloudy, leaving the image that it sends to the brain blurred and unfocused (a cataract). The effect of the sun on our eyes does not usually occur during one instance of heavy exposure,…

Cataract 3 Bridget Riley’s painting Cataract 3 plays with the viewers vision. Cataract 3 is a 88.5 x 87.5 inches which is approximately the size of a double glass sliding door. Riley was widely know for painting in black and white until 1967, the year Cataract 3 was created. This piece is considered Op Art because it creates an optical sensation of movement through the manipulation and reposition of lines. Riley uses both horizontal and diagonal curved lines with different scales. The…

Cataract Surgery Cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye or its surrounding transparent membrane that obstruct the passage of light and leads to gradual blurred vision. Cataract is the most common eye diseases treatable. Through a rapid intervention under local anesthesia, an artificial lens is implanted foldable, resulting in recovery of vision, often no longer needed glasses. The occurrence of cataract increases with age, affecting approximately 70% of white individuals 80 years and…

If you are planning on undergoing cataract surgery in the near future, there are a few things that you can do to ensure that your recovery process goes as smoothly as possible. Fulfill Your Prescription The first thing that you can do is be sure to fulfill the subscription that your doctor will provide you with for antibiotic eye drops that you are to use following your surgery. These eye drops will help reduce the inflammation that will occur in your eye and will help prevent your eye from…

major causes of visual impairment are uncorrected refractive errors and cataracts which are the leading cause of blindness. Cataract is a disease where the clear lens of the eye becomes cloudy or opaque. Through a normal eye, light enters through the lens to the retina. The lens must be clear for the retina to acquire a sharp image. If the lens is cloudy the retina will receive a blurry image resulting in distorted vision. Cataracts are degenerative to the eye as you increase in age. Many…

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2008 Nov-Dec; 56(6): 489–494.) When considered independently both refractive surgeries and cataract surgeries are successful. But cataract surgery is more challenging in patients who have had refractive surgery than in those who have not had refractive surgery as these are a difficult subset of patients for many reasons: - the IOL calculations are less predictable…

certain formulations which are helpful in delaying the maturity of cataract. Maha-triphala-ghrita is an oily preparation recommended by Ayurvedic physicians in early stage of cataract. One teaspoonful (5g) of the preparation, mixed with cup of warm milk is given twice a day. According to experts it should be taken after meals. Mahavasadi quatha, six teaspoonfuls (30 ml), thrice a day are recommended by Yog Ratnakar as a remedy for cataract. Muktadimahaanjana is rubbed externally as collyrium.…

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