Empowering Lives Through Cataract Care

Don’t let cataracts cast a shadow on your life. At ReFocus Eye Health, we understand the impact that cataracts, including diabetic cataracts, can have on your vision and daily activities. We specialize in advanced treatments, including light-adjustable lens dropless surgery, ensuring clarity and brightness in every aspect of your life.

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How Do Cataracts Affect Your Vision?

A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s lens. This normally clear lens helps focus light onto the retina, allowing us to see clearly. Over time, proteins within the lens can clump together, forming opaque areas that obstruct light passage. This process, often associated with aging, can also result from factors like diabetes, prolonged sun exposure, or certain medications. As the cataract progresses, vision becomes blurred, colors appear faded, and low-light vision diminishes. While early-stage cataracts may not require treatment, they can significantly worsen over time, impacting your vision. In such cases, surgery is the only effective treatment for cataracts.

Risk Factors for Cataracts

While age is the most significant risk factor for cataracts, several other factors can also increase your risk. Here are some of the most common:

Diabetes

People with diabetes are more likely to develop cataracts than those without diabetes.

Smoking

Smokers are two to three times more likely to develop cataracts than non-smokers.

Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation Exposure

Excessive exposure to UV radiation from the sun can damage the eye's lens and increase the risk of cataracts.

Family History

Having a family history of cataracts increases your risk of developing them yourself.

Medical Conditions

Certain medical conditions, like high blood pressure and obesity, can increase the risk of cataracts.

Medications

Some medications, such as steroids, diuretics, and certain chemotherapy drugs, can increase the risk of cataracts.

Eye Injuries

Injuries to the eye can damage the lens and increase the risk of cataracts.

Alcohol Consumption

Heavy alcohol consumption can be a risk factor for cataracts.

Nutrition

Some studies suggest that a diet low in fruits and vegetables and high in saturated and trans fats may increase the risk of cataracts.

It is important to note that not everyone with these risk factors will develop cataracts. However, it is crucial to be aware of these risks and to take steps to protect your vision.

Discover New Treatments for Cataracts at ReFocus Eye Health

Our North Wales practice offers comprehensive cataract care, ensuring early detection, effective management, and advanced treatments. Our team employs state-of-the-art diagnostic tools to identify cataracts in their early stages, allowing for timely intervention.

Embracing innovation, we offer cutting-edge treatments, including the revolutionary light-adjustable lens dropless surgery. This groundbreaking approach ensures seamless and precise cataract removal, providing our patients with clearer vision and an improved quality of life.

Trust us to guide you through every step of your cataract journey with expertise and compassion.

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Notes

For urgent eye issues or emergencies, Refocus Eye Health strongly recommends calling a location nearest to you. Emergency eye care may constitute any of the following: 1. vision loss; 2. different size pupils; 3. double vision; 4. bleeding from the eye; 5. Swelling; 6. eye pain that doesn't lessen on its own; and/ or 7. eye pain accompanied by a headache. If you experience any of the following issues above, we recommend that you seek immediate medical attention.

For after-hour eye emergencies, please visit your local ER or Urgent Care Center, or dial 911.

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