Cataract

Cataract

Cataract is the blurriness of the natural lens of the eye and it is caused over time. The lens is located behind the iris (the colored part of the eye), and can move and change shape, its function resembling that of a photographic camera lens, focusing light images on the retina.

Almost all people develop cataract. People over fifty and more often over seventy develop cataract symptoms.

How a patient with cataract sees

Symptoms of Cataract

• Blurred vision

• Frequent change of prescription glasses

• Appearance of “halos” around lights during the night.

• Colors do not appear as they used to in the past.