- January 22, 2025
Have you been complaining about visual problems for some time? Do your eyes get tired faster and you feel like you're seeing through a fog? It can be a cataract - a disease that significantly reduces the comfort of vision and makes it difficult to perform everyday activities. However, it is enough to have a simple examination to find out the causes of a diminishing vision.
The lens of a healthy eye focuses light rays perfectly on the retina surface, giving a clear picture of objects viewed at any distance. In the case of cataracts, when the lens becomes more and more cloudy and loses its elasticity, a smaller amount of diffuse light reaches the eye. The effect? The image becomes less pronounced, and as cloudiness progresses, it ceases to be visible due to the total loss of sight.
Cataract, or what?
Cataract is one of the most common pathological lens changes. It consists of partial or total turbidity, resulting in a loss of transparency.
Although cataract usually has an acquired character - associated with the progressive aging process, it can also develop as a congenital defect.
How to recognize cataract?
The first symptoms of cataracts are usually unnoticeable. This is because the turbidity of the lens is a process which is not accompanied by pain or even congestion of the eye. On the other hand, there are various visual disturbances, such as lack of focus, blurred image. These are symptoms that are often underestimated. This is a serious mistake, which can even result in a complete loss of vision.
Among the additional symptoms that should lead to a visit to the ophthalmologist are the following
A cataract is a disease whose diagnosis by a doctor is not a problem.
The cataract can be overcome
The cataract cannot be underestimated. This is a disease that leads to total blindness, so it is worth taking appropriate treatment. Cataract surgeries, i.e. surgical removal of the cloudy lens and implantation of an artificial intraocular lens are the only way to eliminate cataract and improve the quality of vision," explains the doctor.
With the operation it is not worth waiting for the last moment, i.e. when the total loss of sight occurs. It is better to do it in the early stage of cataract so that the disease does not hinder the performance of everyday duties.
