What is a cataract?
Our natural lens inside our eyes consists of certain amounts of water and protein. Thanks to the enormous array of proteins, all of the light is refracted backwards. Protein and water structure changes with age, transparency is lost, light transmittance decreases. Cataract is the loss of transparency, yellowing and dulling of the natural lens of the eye with age. It is known colloquially as eye curtain or aksu. It can occur at any age, it is a natural process of aging.
What are the causes of cataract?
-Aging (the most important cause of cataracts)
-Cataract may occur at earlier ages in cases such as diabetes, high myopia, use of cortisone eye drops or systemic cortisone use for various reasons, long-term exposure to ultraviolet (sunlight) rays, radiation, a family history of cataract at an early age, and eye traumas.
Metabolic diseases, consanguineous marriage, diseases in the womb (rubella), drug use during pregnancy, microbial conditions and injuries are important causes of childhood cataracts. What are the symptoms of cataract?
-Decrease in the vividness of colors and visual quality
-Beginner level, increasingly disturbed by car headlights, inability to see details in twilight and foggy weather
Feeling like you’re looking through a foggy glass
– Frequent change of glasses
– Sensitivity to light, glare
How is cataract treated?
The only treatment for cataract is surgery.
The most commonly used method in cataract surgery is the FAKO method, popularly known as laser cataract surgery. With this operation, the hardened cataract is broken, cleaned and replaced with an intraocular lens. The operation is performed through a small incision.
– It is an anesthetic, seamless, painless surgery and the patient can return home the same day.
