Cataracts Treatment

Question by abbbijo: Anyone had cataract surgery?
I’m 20, and I’m thinking I may have congenital cataracts. It’s pretty common in my family. Mother has them, and my aunt, as well as my father’s mother who got them from diabetes.

I was describing the way I see things to my mother, and she says it sounds a lot like cataracts, and she first started having problems when she was my age as well.

Anyway, she’s telling me that I will probably eventually need surgery, but that I probably don’t need to have it done yet (she’s in her 50’s and hasn’t had hers fixed yet, although has to avoid driving at night because she can’t see).

Anyway, I know they like put knives in your eye and cut bits of the lens off, and it scares me.
What is the surgery like? Would I be asleep for it? If I’m not asleep, they would drug me enough that I wouldn’t know what’s going on, right? I just don’t want to be conscious when they’re cutting up my eyeball.
I am going to go to a doctor soon. I don’t have much money right now though.

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Answer by Indiana Jones
i’m 23yrs old and i just had it done 10 weeks ago. it doesn’t hurt at all.
in fact there is no pain during or after. you’ll be shocked at the lack of pain after the surgery. your eye won’t even be the least bit sore. its almost as if you didn’t even have the surgery at all.
there are several options for anesthesia that you should discuss with your dr and together a decision will be made that best suits you.
most people just have a local anesthesia which is given by numbing the eye with eye drops.
some people have the numbing eye drops and also a shot to numb their eye.
some people have IV sedation so they are very sleepy and the eye drop or numbing shot.
and others choose to have general anesthesia where you are fully asleep for the surgery.
after talking to my dr he and i thought it was best for me to have general anesthesia cuz i rather be fully asleep and he said he’d rather me be fully asleep cuz my case was extremely complex and he didn’t know how long it would take.

in most people it will take about 15-20 minutes to complete the surgery.
even with my case being complex it only took 30 minutes.

they use an ultra sound probe to break up the old clouded lens and then they have to make a tiny incision to slide the new artificial lens in. even though they do have to make an incision it doesn’t hurt one bit.
now a days when you leave you may have an eye shield on or you may not. if you don’t then they advise you to bring a pair of sunglasses or they provide you with some but they are huge and funny looking. they advise sunglasses cuz your eye will be extremely dilated and therefore sensitive to light.
there are only a few restrictions and they only last a few weeks.
-don’t lift more than 25 pounds
-don’t rub your eye
-where the eye shield while sleeping so you don’t accidentally injury it in any way
-don’t put your head fully underwater when swimming cuz the difference in pressure above the surface and below can damage your eye while its healing
-take the eye drops as prescribed
right after the surgery you can go back to a pretty much normal routine and after a few weeks all of the restrictions are gone and you will fully be back in your normal routine.

you’ll be glad that you had the surgery cuz you’ll be able to see a lot better in the dark and in the bright sun light and things won’t seem so foggy anymore.
if i were you i’d encourage your mom to have it done as well cuz then she could drive at night and her life could be a lot easier.
good luck!

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Question by ★J a m ! e★: My parents’ dog’s eye is foggy, blue, and she can’t open it?
I am prepared to get flamed, attacked, and harassed here. I know how you dog thread people are, haha. So quick to assume! o: Now… I know it’s probably one of three things. Cataracts, glaucoma, or an eye infection. She’s about 1 – 2 years old and it appeared a few days ago. I told them they should get it checked and of course they respond, “she’ll be fine,” but now when she rubs at it she whimpers and howls. I know, they are not fit dog owners. At all. My dad claims he will call the vet when he gets back from Christmas shopping with my mom, what could she have? & is there a way to soothe it until then?
@Z

Yes, so quick to assume and start running mouths. (Not YOU, I mean all the dog thread trolls here) If I make an appointment I will get in trouble by my dad and he will probably freak out and cancel it or something, so again, so quick to assume things / things are okay to do. & no, they probably wouldn’t bring me in either.
@Z

Rofl, I kind of know she needs the vet care already, and yes most teenagers that aren’t old enough to work are dependant on their parents! Before I even considered coming here I already left them a message telling them she’s probably going to lose her vision, they haven’t called back. I don’t get an allowance (even when I do chores) and I don’t beg for anything…(assumingggg again) You don’t have to teat me like a child, I know you’re probably older than me but, honestly.
@ More Breed Collie
“When ALL relevant details are not included in a question, how would you consider an answer to be “quick to assume”? There’s nothing “quick” about it. The asker clearly failed to provide the relevant details, so what is one supposed to do? We do not have crystal balls, we are not psychic. The only thing left is to assume.”

Well it’s called common sense, Z is a perfect example. Saying, “Give up your allowance for a year if you have to; offer to do all the chores in the house. Beg like you do when you want an xbox,” when she has no idea how my family works. Stuff like that, so calm down.

And I asked a simple, REALLY EASY question, “what is it” and “can I soothe it until then”… how am I not giving relevant details and how do you not get it? The questions are clear, you guys are just unhelpful. I already called the vet and she said she can’t say without seeing the dog, another issue. I am not old enough to drive and don’t have a liscence. I told them to make an app
@ More Breed Collie

Continued… I told them to make an appointment already… good lord, no one has yet to answer my questions except for your last statement on how to help ease the pain temporarily. Thanks for that at least.

Best answer:

Answer by Larry E
It’s real possible she got something in it or possibly got it poked. Cataracts and glaucoma aren’t painful. As you already know she needs to see a vet but for now if she will let you open it up and see if you can see a foreign object in it.

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Question by Hank P: I have cataracts and beginning glaucoma. Is surgery necessary for the cataracts.?

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Answer by Musharaf
Yes.. you need to do surgery….

One more remedy… Once I read in a newspaper that a man who had cataracts used to clap very hard with both his hands… It was researched that clapping directly affects the nerves of your eyes… After some period it went away and the person was able to see clearly.. Try… its a good exercise.

Good Luck.

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Question by sophieb: what kind of rays are in eye scanning equipment, and are the rays or the scan (for ID’s) dangerous?
for people who have had lasik or cataract surgery or for those people who wear contacts?

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Answer by Rich Z
They are not x-rays. X-rays only can detect hard objects like bones so that has nothing to do with eyes

They are typically an IR beam (red light) that is scanned back and forth to form an image of your retina. It is quick and low intensity.

Lasik, cataracts, and contacts have nothing do do with the scanning and do not impact it.

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Question by Big John: feels like eye being pushed out when weight lifting?
no kidding….scrunch my eyes up when lifting as it feels like there is pressure behind it and it might get pushed forward….just one eye…it has always been the weaker eye but now I can’t read even large writing with it. I don’t notice unless I close my good eye(can’t see properly) or weight lift (feel pressure). I am 39. history…Mum has macular degeneration and cataracts.

Spent the last year or so studying for various CPA exams (I know I suck as a student) but even with heavy studying in the past, the poor eye always bounced back after a day or two. Been to a military doctor in Iraq and had an eye test in Scotland…both said get a pair of glasses with a prescription for one eye or don’t worry about it if the other eye is picking up the slack. I emailed John Hopkins after searching answers and am waiting to hear back.

Anyone know what causes this?

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Answer by Mr. G
My suggestion would be to breathe when you life weights. Exhale on the exertion movement. You are probably holding your breathe (a common habit in weight lifting). This raises the pressure in your head…thus causing the pressure behind your eye.

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