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Cataracts"Cataract" is a Greek work that means waterfall. Until the mid-1700's it was believed that a cataract was an opaque material, such as a waterfall, flowing in the eye. Medical discoveries later revealed that a cataract was a clouding of the eye's normally clear lens. For various reasons including injury, age, and congenital birth defects, the eye will lose transparency and the lens material of the eye turns yellow. When the lens material turns yellow, the amount of incoming light is reduced making everything appear "cloudy". Cataracts are most commonly related to the aging of the eye and are the leading cause of visual disability in people over the age of 65. Seventy-five percent of all cataracts are age related and more than half of American seniors have a cataract. Adult cataracts develop slowly and painlessly with a gradual loss of vision. Recent medical research indicates that exposure to excessive sunlight and smoking may accelerate the development of cataracts. Cataract surgery is to improve vision; frequent glasses and contact lens changes may be a temporary remedy, but surgery is the only treatment for cataracts. Cataract surgery consists of removing the clouded lens of the eye and replacing it with an artificial lens. More than a million people under went cataract surgery last year, with relatively few complications and the prognosis for vision recovery is excellent! Cataract surgery is an outpatient procedure and can be performed using local, or even topical, anesthesia. Morganton Eye Physicians, P.A. is pleased to provide modern surgical procedures for the removal of cataracts at our Outpatient Surgery Center. Symptoms of Cataracts Include:
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