Cataracts

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Cataracts

Cataracts cause a clouding of the eye lens making vision blurred and if left untreated, cataracts can cause total loss of vision. Cataract surgery is a method of corrective eye surgery that removes the cataract and restores vision by replacing the damaged lens with an intraocular lens.

One in four people will develop cataracts after the age of 75. The risk of developing cataracts increases after 50 however people of all ages can develop cataracts and cataracts can be a congenital defect at birth.

Cataracts are formed when proteins in the lens of the eye begin to clump together. This causes the lens to cloud and your vision to become blurred.

Cataracts can occur in one or both eyes and many people require cataract extraction surgery in both eyes. 

Cataracts are a progressive condition.  If untreated cataracts will gradually cause more vision loss and can result in blindness.

The only treatment for cataracts is the removal of the cataract in a phacoemulsification cataract surgery procedure.

Contact a cataract surgeon to learn more about cataracts.