Cataract (cataract) - eye pressure measurement for early detection
Cataracts are not treatable with medication. The only effective treatment option is surgery. During cataract or cataract surgery, the natural lens of the eye that has become cloudy is replaced with a modern plastic lens, thus restoring vision.
Effectively treat lens opacity (cataract) with gentle surgery
Cataract refers to the clouding of the natural lens of the eye. When young, the lens is usually clear. Over the course of life, it becomes increasingly discolored, thick and rigid, thus preventing good vision.
The advanced cataract can even be seen with the naked eye as a whitish glow behind the pupil. Such pronounced cases make normal everyday life almost impossible. Visual performance is reduced to such an extent that it is tantamount to blindness and thus leads to fixed gaze. This is where the name "cataract" comes from. Surgery is the only effective therapy. The clouded lens is replaced by an artificial lens implant.
Examples of cataract - cataract
The lens of the eye is clear and transparent at a young age. With increasing age, a slow clouding and hardening of the lens of the eye takes place.
Cataract
Symptoms
The main symptom is a slow, painless loss of visual acuity. Blurred vision and reduced contrast vision occur, so that the environment disappears in the fog. People suffering from cataracts often complain of increasing sensitivity to glare, since the light beam is diffusely scattered by the lens opacity.
Occasionally, monocular double images occur, which are still present when closing the partner eye. In addition, halos are observed around light sources. The light-dark adaptation of the eye is slowed and the ability to see spatially may be impaired.
Cataract - the only therapy is surgery
The only effective treatment option is surgical intervention.
Cataracts are not treatable with medication.
In cataract or cataract surgery, the natural lens of the eye that has become cloudy is replaced with a modern plastic lens, thus restoring vision. Together we will decide which treatment method and which type of lens will meet your needs.
Early detection
With regular check-ups, I can observe and document the development and progression of the natural clouding of the eye lens and suggest the optimal time for surgery. The decision whether a cataract operation should be performed is up to the patient and depends on the degree of suffering or the impairment in everyday life.
Prophylaxis
Cataract is a natural sign of aging that can affect anyone sooner or later. There are no preventive measures, but there is an effective therapy.
Cataract surgery is a short operation with great effect. It is the most frequently performed operation on humans and thus has been proven millions of times.
Lens types
Standard lenses (cataract correction)
Toric lenses (cataract correction)
Aspherical lenses (cataract correction)
Multifocal lenses (cataract correction)
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