Cataract is one of the leading causes of blindness in the world. While it is important to learn the symptoms and other issues related to the disease, it is equally important to understand when a surgery in required. Dr Somdutt Prasad (also known as Dr Som Prasad), one of the top ophthalmologists and retinal specialists in the world, tells when a cataract surgery is required.
Surgery requirement
In the early stages of the disease, change in glasses might help. However, as the disease advances vision is further distorted. When the condition further worsens, surgery is the only option. Your eye doctor will recommend you about the surgery and its various other aspects. Surgical option is for those who suffer from considerable loss of vision.
Therapy, revascularization surgery, and medication are all types of treatments. Direct revascularization surgery has a risk of complications, including stroke. The most expensive treatment would be surgery.
• Surgery to remove part of the eyelid muscles (myectomy). This may be done if injections of botulinum toxin do not work or they stop working.
“Glaucoma damage is permanent—it cannot be reversed. But medicine and surgery help to stop further damage” (Boyd). When starting treatment factors such as optic nerve damage, visual loss, and elevated eye pressure are deciding factors in what type of treatment will be necessary. The most common way to treat glaucoma is eye drops. The way the eye drops work is they either slow down the production of fluid that is created by the eye or they increase the amount of fluid in the eye to help it drain out of the eye. If a person is prescribed eye drops to use for his or her treatment they will usually be applied four times a day. With any type of medication there comes the side effects; In this case, glaucoma eye drops can help lower blood pressure while lowering the pressure in your eyes. The reason the eye drops are able to do this is because they have an element in them called a Beta-Blocker which is a drug that is used to keep the heart in a normal rhythm for people who have fast or irregular heartbeats. Although the best way for someone to prevent this sight-taking disease is to have regular checkups with an ophthalmologist. The doctor will be able to check the eye pressure and determine if it is in normal range. Also, the doctor will be able to actually look into the back of the eye to see if any damage has occurred to the optic
Severe headache, nausea and vomiting, pain in the eye, blurred vision, halo shapes around lights, and eye redness are the main symptoms. These symptoms can all lead to total blindness, because glaucoma can be caught too late. To diagnose if you have glaucoma, the doctors will measuring intraocular pressure, test for optic nerve damage, check for areas of vision loss, measuring corneal thickness, and/or inspect the drainage angle. The main goal in treating glaucoma is to lower the pressure in your eye. Medicines or medications to help may include, eye drops, orla medication, or surgery. Surgery is very common such as lasik eye surgery, in which a doctor will use a laser beam to unclog channels, filtering surgery, where your the surgeon create an opening in the sclera and removes part of the trabecular meshwork, drainage tubes, small tubes that drain fluid, and electrocautery, procedure to take out tissue from the trabecular meshwork using a small device. Some ways to prevent glaucoma are simple at home remedies. These remedies are ones you can do day to day to increase your health and to make sure glaucoma does not happen to you. These include: a healthy diet, regular daily exercise, little to no caffeine, plenty of fluids, sleeping with an elevated head, and taking prescribed
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Cataract is a medical condition in which the lens of the eye becomes progressively opaque, resulting in blurred vision. It si a common condition in people older than 40 and it is the primary cause of blindness in the world.
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