Cataracts: Signs, Causes and Options
Valley Laser Eye Centre | Conditions
About Cataracts
What Are Cataracts?
Your vision is blurry because the lens inside your eye is becoming cloudy.
What Causes Cataracts?
Most cataracts develop with age or sometimes injury. There are a few exceptions of inherited genetics disorder or sometimes past eye surgery.
Long term use of steroids can also cause cataracts.
If you have diabetes, you are more at risk of developing cataracts.
The Symptoms
What Are The Signs of Cataracts?
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Clouded, blurred or dim vision
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Increasing difficulty with vision at night
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Sensitivity to light and glare
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Seeing “halos” around lights
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Fading or yellowing of colors
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Frequent changes in eyeglass or contact lens
The Options
What are my options to correct my vision?
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Cataract surgery with multifocal lens
This surgery will correct reading, mid and far distance vision even when there is presbyopia, myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism
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Cataract surgery with Toric lens
This surgery will correct distance vision even when there is astigmatism.
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Cataract surgery with monofocal lens
This surgery will usually give good distance vision but will not correct astigmatism or near vision.
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