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My Experience of Cataracts

 
Description: Please only write here of you have had a direct experience of this condition

Newest Review: ... inoperable? Because it was not diagnosed until I was 13. Until then my right eye had been labelled as 'lazy' and my Mum was told I would have to live with it. I actually felt guilty for having a 'lazy' eye! At 13, after a sensible optician actually referred me to an ophthalmic hospital, I was told it was too late to improve my 6/60 right eye vision (I can only read the top letter on the ... more

 ... chart if I try very, very hard) because visual pathways develop by the age of 7. After 7 the brain 'shuts off' the picture from the damaged eye. This is very true. I do have a visual field in my right eye. I can see shapes and colours. I can see hea...more

HonestBob
Premium Review My Experience of Cataracts: You mean, other people have stereo vision??!! (763 words)
by - written on 09/12/08 (Very useful, 69 readings)
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Most peope with elderly relatives are familiar with cataracts, either because a grandparent has developed them as part of the ageing process or because they have heard older relatives talk of neighbours or friends with this eye condition. I, however, was born with my cataract. I have a congenital cataract in my right eye. Cataracts are cloudy lenses which produce a blurred or hazy visual image, in elderly people this gets progressive worse and harder to see through, but for most people with congenital (birth) cataracts the visual image remains constant. It can continue to develop and worsen after birth, but this is fairly rare. I do ...  Read the complete review

auldmac
Premium Review Dooyoo Have CATARACTS  (696 words)
by - written on 24/10/01 (Very useful, 128 readings)
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I write this opinion in the hope that you may never experience eye cataracts, or any other eyesight related problems, but in the event that you do have to undergo a cataract operation I hope that you might gain some insight, and enlightenment about the procedures involved from my experience. Roughly 2 years ago I began to notice that when I was looking at TV or my Computer screen I had to get closer and closer in order to see properly. The deterioration in my sight came about so very slowly that I thought, well, being 55 Years of age at that time, it was just old age very gradually creeping in and thought no more about it. Then, as it ...  Read the complete review

janharper
Premium Review My Experience of Cataracts: Reduce the odds of getting cataracts! (545 words)
by - written on 09/06/01 (Very useful, 67 readings)
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Cataract operations are performed very frequently in UK. The operation can restore failing eyesight quite simply but cataract is still the main cause of blindness in the world. My aunt had cataract trouble in both eyes and had to have an operation. It was day by day surgery, using a local anaesthetic. Knowing about this eye condition may actually help you to reduce your chances of getting it. What is a cataract? ------------------ Basically a cataract is a film which grows inside the eye and causes cloudiness of vision. Eventually it becomes so thick that the victim is totally blind. This can occur in one, or both eyes. ...  Read the complete review

jo1l
Crowned Review Cataracts - a guide (1169 words)
by - written on 01/03/01 (Very useful, 651 readings)
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My personal experience of cataracts is on a professional basis having spend over 10 years as an ophthalmic nurse I have looked after numerous patients under going a cataract extraction. What is a cataract? A cataract is basically a clouding of a persons natural lens. this in the majority of cases seen here in the UK is due to age related changes.Other forms of cataract can becaused by a congenital ( birth) defect and also as a result of trauma to the eye, which then goes onto form a cataract and steroid induced cataracts. What can be done to treat them? Basically the only way to treat a cataract is by surgically removing it when it ...  Read the complete review

 
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