What is a cataract

A cataract is clouding or opacity of the lens inside the eye.

Cataracts usually form slowly over years causing a gradual blurring of vision, which

eventually is not correctable by glasses.

A developing cataract can cause issues with glare, night vision and sometimes double vision. Aging is the most common cause of cataracts.

Other reasons you may get cataracts include the following:

• If you have parents, brothers, sisters, or other family members who have cataracts

• Medical problems, such as diabetes, an eye injury, eye surgery or radiation treatments on your upper.

• If you have spent a lot of time in the sun, especially without sunglasses that protect your eyes from damaging ultraviolet (UV) rays

• If you have been using certain medications such as corticosteroids, which may cause early formation of cataracts.

The mainstay treatment for a cataract, is surgical removal of the cataract. A cataract can go untreated, if vision isn’t too impaired, however as vision gets more blurry, surgical removal is necessary.