Cataracts Treatment

Question by Mieren: Can anyone else use a Crystalens to see UV light?
After an eye injury, I developed a cataract. When I was 28, I had the lens removed and a Crystalens placed in my right eye. For a little while, the colors that eye saw were different. Eventually, most of the colors shifted to match the other eye.

The exception is that the eye with the Crystalens could see UV light from the beginning. It still can. The eye with a normal lens can’t see anything, but the replacement lens shows the light very clearly.

My optometrist has never heard of that before. But to be fair, very few people have cataract surgery at my age, and the lens is fairly new to the market. Older people that have this surgery usually have both lenses replaced. Since it’s just one for me, I can compare them. I can use a black light to navigate in places where everyone else is completely blind in the darkness. To me, the light seems to be vivid purple, a shade that I can’t match anywhere in the normal spectrum. The light is extremely bright, almost to the point of being painful if I use it for an extended span of time.

Can anyone else see UV light because of this lens?

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Answer by Iconoclast6601
you are not seeing UV light…. not possible. frequency does not change when light passes through a medium. frequency is dependent on the source of the light. the visible spectrum of light is fixed for human beings, between 10^12 and 10^15 hz. therefore, it is impossible for you to be seeing UV light

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Question by Summerwind: anyone have cataract surgery, how painful was it on a scale of 1-10?
thanks my mom is having it tomorrow and she is scared to death *

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Answer by Indiana Jones
well i was put under general anesthesia cuz my case was extremely complex so i did not feel anything during the surgery and there was really no pain at all after wards either.

most people only get local anesthesia numbing eye drops and/or a local anesthesia injection in/around the eye. and some people need a sedative to calm their nerves.
its should be painless during the surgery and minimal to zero pain after wards.

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Question by Beach Bum: Anyone try 1% N-acetylcarnosine eye drops for their dog’s cataracts?
My vet says my young-acting, 12 year old mixed breed has cataracts. I was looking for alternatives to surgery and came across all kinds of sites hawking 1% N-acetylcarnosine eye drops as “Can-C” or Nu-Eyes”. Wondering if someone has any first-hand experience with either of these. Seems a bit “too good to be true”. Also saw “Nu-Vet Plus” wafers for same.

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Answer by Paul
THAT PARTICULAR MEDICINE CAN CAUSE BLINDNESS TO YOUR DOG. BECAUSE IT CONTAINS DANGEROUS SUBSTANCE.

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Question by Sam G: Anyone had a vitrectomy?
I’ve had cataract surgery, retinal detachment, and vitrectomy in my left eye. Now my doc is talking about replacing the oil with saline. He says patients report improved vision. What does this mean? I only see images out that eye now. “Improved” could be the images are just a little bit better or actually recognizing the person walking towards me. Has any one had this reversal? Or know anyone who has? What was the result of the surgery? I’m also afraid of having another retinal detachment if I go through with this surgery. I really need advise!

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Answer by Indiana Jones
i’ve had 4 retinal detachments (twice in each eye).
the first time i had a vitrectomy the first time and had silicone oil put in and it didn’t mesh well with my eye and blinded me in my left eye. i always tell people if you have the option DON’T do the vitrectomy. i had the oil taken out 4 months later and i didn’t regain any vision at all. i definitely think you should have the oil taken out and at least take the chance you will be able to see better.
with the other 3 retinal detachments i had scleral buckle and then a gas bubble. thank god my vision did return after the two surgeries on my right eye. with the gas bubble you have to keep your head face down 24/7 for a certain number of days so that SUCKS but i’d take that over going blind from using silicone oil any day. and the gas bubble dissolves over a couple weeks so its not in there for ever and your own fluid replaces it.
god forbid you have another retinal detachment but if you do make sure you ask about the scleral buckle and gas bubble.

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Question by Victory: Anyone else with artificial lenses have this happen…?
I’m told that my artificial lenses (had cataract surgery in both eyes) reflect light just as cats’ eyes do. I’m very excited about this, partly because I admire cats, but also because I’m sure I can learn to position myself correctly to reflect light at will and scare the beejesus out of snotty young people.

Can anyone else do this?
Monty: My sister says they are a light blue.

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Answer by Suzie s
I have one artificial lens in my right eye, got it as I had a bad infection after a cornea transplant.
I don’t know about being able to reflect light, but there are a few people I would like to scare the beejesus out of.

Ha ha good question.

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