OPHTHALMOLOGY

CATARACT SURGERY & INTRAOCULAR LENSES Cataract surgery is all about removing the hazy/opaque lens in your eye, and in most of cases, replacing it with an artificial lens. In fact, it is among one of the most frequently and successfully carried out eye surgeries across the globe. The Right Time to have Cataract Surgery: When dealing with cataract removal, your doctor may ask you the following questions and accordingly decide to proceed with cataract surgery: Is it difficult for you to carry out your daily or occupational activities? Is your ability to drive or to work at night being affected? Is reading or watching television becoming cumbersome for you? Do you have issues in cooking, shopping, taking medications or climbing stairs? Do you feel difficulty in seeing under bright lights? Is your level of independence getting disturbed? Is your problem manageable through alternative ways? CATARACT SURGERY: Cataract surgery is a micros...

CATARACT A Cataract is a cloudy (opaque) area(s) that develop in the lens of the eye. The lens should normally be clear. However, with cataract, the affected lens becomes cloudy like frosted glass and affects vision. Most commonly, cataracts occur in older people, and they usually develop gradually. The lens of the eye sits just behind the pupil, which is the opening in the colored part of the eye (iris). The lens is held in place by a ring of supporting tissues. Its job is to focus the image of what you see on to the back of your eye. The lens is made of water and protein, and is normally clear because of the way the protein is arranged. With ageing and other causes of cataract, some of the protein can 'clump together' and this starts to cloud the lens. Over time, this makes it harder to see. Things are made worse by a gradual tendency for the lens to discolor with age, acquiring a brownish tinge which can affect color vision, and can also make reading less clear. ...