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 developping cataracts.

The Symptoms

What Are The Signs of Cataracts?

Clouded, blurred or dim vision
Increasing difficulty with vision at night
Sensitivity to light and glare
Seeing “halos” around lights
Fading or yellowing of colors
Frequent changes in eyeglass or contact lens

The Options

What are my options to correct my vision?

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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Did You Know?

Cataracts will appear in most cases after the age of 65.