Cataracts Treatment

Question by Steve: Blurry vision: Will eye drops help?
Lately, I have blurry vision, kinda like I just woke up, or what you would see in a cataract commercial
I’ve heard eye drops help fix this problem as it may be a vitamin deficiency.
Or could this be something worse? If I try to focus my vision it goes back to being clear but I have to focus a bit hard to keep is clear and in focus.
That’s the catch, I’ve seen two doctors. They both didn’t give me a answer, they didn’t know.
I’ve been doing alot of school work. But my sight hasn’t increased. And I’m only 17 so I doubt I can get cataracts. I don’t play videos but maybe once a week.
I went to a eye doctor who did a few test then referred me to a eye specialist at a hospital called MCG.
I’m also a photographer, so I take lots of pictures but I don’t strain when taking them. I don’t like tan’s so I don’t go out in the sun much to need eye protection.
I’ve never had eye surgery, but I did have an irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure but it’s normal now. And I only took meds for ADHD which I don’t take anymore.
I don’t have allergies, and I haven’t injured my eyes lately.
Video games* and I meant to say is hasn’t changed from it’s current vision level.
Can that be helped any? The farsightedness. I mean things I read up close are in focus but things a bit far off are out of focus, which is what I have to focus on.

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Answer by jen
See a dcotor

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Question by Mike: Please HELP me with my family situation…?
My family need help…

My daughter has a cataract on one of her eye when we was 4 months and she went through an eye surgery to take the cataract out. After the surgery she has to wear a contact on that eye during the day. Without the contact she can go blind on that eye. Sometimes the contact fall out and we have to put it back in her eye immediately. because of that reason, my wife have to stay home and can’t go to work.

I’ve tried to keep this family above the water for the past 5 months but now I’m unemployed and we’re struggling through our everyday life.

I’ve applied for SSI (disability) for my daughter but has been deny.

What can i do now?

Is there any program out there that can help us? (private or gov’t)

Is there any program out there that can help family like us?

(contact lens for cataract is quite expensive)
lens, rent, food, bill bill and bills.. i’m in a black hole now.

Is there anything that my wife can do at home to make extra cash? like online job?

thanks,
Mike

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Answer by Qui
Good luck to your family. I hope you’ll be ok.

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Question by Tammy: My father is 63yrs, he has cataract in both eyes. he don’t qualify for medicare. Is there anything to help?
my father is 63yrs old and he don’t qualify for medicaid or medicare. Is there any financial help for my father to have his cataract surgery?

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Answer by Judy B
Too bad you live in the USA, the only developed country in the world without public health care or public health insurance. In any other county his surgery would be covered at no cost to him.

He will have to take out a loan, mortgage his house, borrow from relatives, get a second job or live with the blurred vision.

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Question by Sabrina: I need help on an Eye Disorders question.?
I look up definitions for these and I cant find simple ones. Help, please?

-Sutural cataract
-Lamellar Cataract
-Zonular cataract
-Secondary Cataract

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Answer by yagman
The first three are primary congenital cataracts.

Sutural cataract

As the lens is being formed as a fetus the collagen fibers of the lens come together along a y shaped “suture”. This is a congenital cloudiness associated with a problem in the closure of this suture.

http://dro.hs.columbia.edu/antsutural.htm

Lamellar cataract

The collagen fibrils of the lens are laid down in sheets (or lamellae). A lamellar cataract is an opacification confined to one of these lamellar sheets of collagen.

http://www.eyeweb.org/cataract.htm

Zonular cataract

Another congenital type cataract with a characteristic radiating pattern (looks like spokes on a wheel)

http://www.opt.indiana.edu/NewHorizons/Zonular.html

Secondary cataract

This is not a primary cataract but rather occurs in the great majority of patients who have had cataract surgery. At some time following surgery, the posterior capsule of the lens (it was left intact during surgery) begins to opacify and block light much like the original cataract did. The most common treatment for this is the use of a Yag laser to create a clear opening in the capsule thereby allowing light to pass through unaffected.

http://www.steen-hall.com/seccat.html

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Question by mischief: Help!! Degu with cataracts?
One of my Degu’s has developed cataracts…! I only noticed the film over his eyes the past two days… I’m awfully upset, can anyone help me? what can i do about it?? He’s about a year old..

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Answer by Krista T
you should call a vet because it could be life or death

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