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Nisha R. Patel, MD
Is Cloudy Vision Complicating Your Life?
NoVA Eye MD
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Is Cloudy Vision Complicating Your Life?

You may be wondering, what are cataracts and will you need surgery for them? Perhaps you have been told by an eye doctor that you do have cataracts. To understand the answers to these questions, you need to know a bit about the natural lens.

We are typically born with a clear lens due to the lamellar arrangement of the proteins that make up the lens. This allows light entering the eye to be bent towards the part of the retina that is responsible for our central vision. As we age, environmental and metabolic stresses cause these lamellar proteins to change their shape, which results in clouding of the lens. This change in shape causes light to be bent away from the part of the retina responsible for our central vision. It also causes the color of the lens to change from clear to yellow, brown, and even white in some cases.

Patients often experience symptoms of cloudy vision, glare from oncoming headlights or on sunny days, difficulty reading or watching TV even with glasses, or double vision. Many people will develop symptomatic “aging changes to the lenses,” which can be followed over time.

The best way to find out if you have cataracts and whether or not you will need surgery is to visit your ophthalmologist, who can evaluate your natural lens and your vision, because not all cataracts need to be surgically removed. Some can simply be observed for progression.

If you and your ophthalmologist decide that you may benefit from cataract surgery, you should be aware that there is now innovative technology to minimize your need for glasses after cataract surgery, by choosing the proper lens implant or surgically correcting astigmatism. There are options such as multifocal implants, toric lens implants, accommodative implants, and monovision that may help minimize your need for glasses for near vision, distance vision, or both.

There are additional surgical techniques that can be employed to minimize astigmatism. Since every case is unique, your best bet is to call for a personalized consultation to see what will get you seeing 20/20 again.

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