Nowadays there are not any medications or eye drops which could eliminate cataract and improve vision. A surgical procedure is the only option for restoring vision. In this type of procedure opaque intraocular lens is removed and substituted by artificial lens.
It belongs to the category of eye diseases which manifest themselves by turbidity of eye lens. Cataracts of the eye is the most common cause of blindness and in 90% of all the cases it is a senile cataract. Sporadically, cataract originates as a side effect of the use of medications in the cases of diabetes mellitus or is congenital as a result of intrauterine infection. Sometimes it can originate from an eye injury, as a consequence of roentgen, ultrared or UV radiation, after long term use of medications such as cortisone and in the case of chronic inflammation of choroid. It can be also genetically conditioned.
Nowadays there are not any medications or eye drops which could eliminate cataract and improve vision. A surgical procedure is the only option for restoring vision. In this type of procedure opaque intraocular lens is removed and substituted by artificial lens.
It belongs to the category of eye diseases which manifest themselves by turbidity of eye lens. 