| Eyes are one of the body's most important | | | | from it. Something you may find strange is that if |
| organs which help people to get through every | | | | you suffer from a nuclear cataract condition, it |
| day life. This means that looking after them is | | | | may actually bring a temporary improvement to |
| extremely important, however, like everything | | | | your sight, however this will be short lived as it will |
| else in life, there are obstacles that sometimes | | | | disappear as the cataract develops over time. If |
| get in the way, and eye problems do often occur. | | | | you have a subcapsular cataract you may not |
| One of these conditions includes Cataracts. | | | | have any symptoms at all or at least very little |
| Cataracts and its Causes | | | | until it is quite far gone. |
| Cataracts are a condition where a clouding of the | | | | There is no explanation for why the eye lens |
| natural lens of the eye occurs, which is situated | | | | change, and why cataracts affects us more the |
| behind the iris and the pupil. The job of the lens is | | | | older we get. Researches are finding out new |
| to focus the light on to the retina, which is | | | | facts about certain factors all the time, about |
| situated the back of the eye. The lens will adjust | | | | why these factors may cause this condition to |
| the focus of the eye, which then helps us to see | | | | happen. |
| things both closer and further away. | | | | Things which have been suggested that may |
| Protein and water are what mostly makes up the | | | | cause cataracts include: |
| lens, and the protein helps to keep the lens clear | | | | Ultraviolet light |
| allowing light to pass right through it. The problem | | | | Other radiation including cosmic radiation |
| is that when we age, protein may start to fuse | | | | Some studies suggest diabetes plays a role in |
| together, and this clouds a small area of the lens | | | | cataracts |
| which is known as a cataract. As time goes on, | | | | However, tests are constantly being carried out |
| Cataracts could develop into a larger clouding of | | | | to find out more contributing factors in order to |
| the lens, which often makes it extremely hard to | | | | help fight it a lot easier. |
| see. | | | | The Treatment Available |
| Overall there are three forms of the cataracts. | | | | If you notice cataracts or the symptoms of |
| These include: | | | | them straight away, using a new pair of glasses, |
| Nuclear cataract. The cataract will form in the | | | | strong bifocals, a magnifying glass, or other visual |
| nucleus which is the center of the lens, and it will | | | | aids, can help to improve your vision for a while. |
| occur due to natural ageing changes. | | | | It is time to think about having surgery done if |
| Cortical cataract. This generally starts in the | | | | the cataracts have progressed to the stage |
| cortex of the lens and then it expands from the | | | | where it has impaired your vision and stopped |
| outside to the center. Diabetics are most liable to | | | | you from doing things in your normal daily life. |
| suffer from this type of cataract. | | | | Cataract surgery is a simple, relatively painless |
| Sub capsular cataract. This type develops at the | | | | procedure which really helps to regain your vision. |
| back of the lens. | | | | The success rate in cataract surgery is very high |
| What Symptoms to Look For With Cataracts | | | | and for nine out of ten people who have it done, |
| At the beginning of a cataract condition, it is not | | | | they often regain good vision. |
| really very noticeable, and it generally has very | | | | During the surgery, the clouded lens is removed |
| little effect on your vision. It could be that your | | | | and it is sometimes replaced with a clear plastic |
| vision may be slightly blurred, and it could make | | | | intraocular lens. These are being developed all the |
| you slightly more sensitive to the light. At night, | | | | time to make surgery a lot easier for surgeons |
| lights might be more glaring than they seemed to | | | | and more helpful for the effected patient. |
| be before, and colors might also not be as bright | | | | A new one that has been developed recently, |
| as they were before. | | | | allows people to be able to see at all distances |
| There are different symptoms for each cataract | | | | instead of just one, and another one blocks |
| condition, so depending on what type you have, | | | | ultraviolet and blue light rays in order to help |
| will be the outcome on what you will experience | | | | protect against retina damage. |