Cataracts Treatment

Question by Jessica: Am I able to get LASIK if I have an artificial lens implant on my eye?
Whenever I was three years old I had gotten a cataract as a side effect of an infection I had gotten. To fix, correct or remove the cataract I had an artificial lens implant. I’ve had very poor eye sight out of the eye that was operated on ever since. I can only see general shapes and colors and make out objects and recognize people. I’m now twenty years old and would like to look into getting LASIK to try and correct my vison or just improve it. So my question is does anyone know if after having an artificial lens implant am I able to have LASIK.

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Answer by David
doubt it. ask an eye doctor.

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Question by Mimi: 14y/o had cataract surgery at 1y/o .Which surgery comes first lens implant or astigmatism? Does it matter?

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Answer by Hillbert
Depends — unless it’s a large amount of astigmatism, it usually is “both”. You either get a toric lens implant, or limbal relaxing incisions (which goes by different names; basically small incisions that make the cornea more spherical when it heals). A toric lens would be implanted instead of a ‘regular’ (spherical) one, whereas the other corneal incisions are usually done at the same time as the regular lens implant. Either way, it shouldn’t make much difference.

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Question by Indiana Jones: how common is this with cataract sugery/IOL implant?
how common is it that the IOL that is put in your eye is not the correct strength?
i just had cataract surgery on may 18th and my vision ended up being extremely blurry and when i went to my local cataract dr for follow up today he said the strength of the lens was way way too high so now i need glasses to correct the over corrected implant.

does this happen very often?

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Answer by Jasmine
no i haven’t heard of this happening often. the only thing i know is if they tighten your muscle to tight then your eye will go to the side over the years and you will have to have another surgery to loosen the muscle like me. i am having one in july

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Question by spirit: what is it like to have cataract surgery with a lens implant?
my grandma’s going to have this done. will it hurt when she gets home and can a real expert explain more about this? thank you if you can answer she is very afraid

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Answer by Lincoln6
Grandma won’t feel a thing when the procedure is being done. She may feel some eye discomfort for the rest of the day and her eye will be bandaged closed. The following day she’ll use eye drops that the Doctor wants her to use as a precaution against infection.. She should be back to normal. In most cases within 2 weeks her other eye will be done, otherwise it’s like changing only one shoe.

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Question by joy8189@sbcglobal.net: I need information on cataracts and lens implant surgery. Safety, how long will it last?
Where can I locate information this type of surgery and can I locate information about my Doctor doing the surgery as well??

I have tried Mareck.com (only can find Radial keratotomy for myopia.

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Answer by Patience S
This is a sight that I found that may help you.
http://www.eyemdlink.com/EyeProcedure.asp?EyeProcedureID=19

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