Cataracts Treatment

Question by T: Can the lenses in our eyes expand and contract as our blood sugar rises and falls? What condition is this?
I have type II diabetes. It is well-controlled (A1C = 6.4) My eye doctor tells me I have no retinopathy and I have no macular degeneration. However, I have some double-vision in one of my eyes — primarily halos around lights at night and around some text on computer monitors (and scoreboards at sporting events, that sort of thing). This eye has also had a tiny floater for a couple of years. When my eyes were dialated, my eye doctor told me that she could see the edges of the affected lens were somewhat warped or frayed. She says this happens from expansion and contraction caused by fluctuations in my blood sugar. The explanation seems plausible, but I have not found any sort of clinical description of this condition anywhere online. (Optical lens edema?) The effect is apparently somewhat like having a cataract and the treatment (replacement of the lens) is supposed to be the same as well. But I’m curious if anyone else has this condition or knows a name for it.

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Answer by formerly_bob
It is sometimes called a sugar cataract – a type of cataract that occurs only in diabetics.

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Question by hannah: Can I have laser surgery to give me perfect vision when i have implanted false lenses?
I was born with cataracts an had my lenses replaced in an operation as a child with a man made lenses but they dont contract like a normal real natural lense. I can see brilliant in distance but close up need to wear glasses. I wish i didnt need glasses cant i have the laser as my lense is false?

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Answer by yagman
Laser vision correction does not return the ability to adjust the focus of the eye. Older individuals who have lost the ability to focus their eyes due to aging are in the same situation as you. They may be able to see clearly at a distance but are unable to see at near. Laser will not return their ability to focus nor will it return yours. Sorry.

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Question by grammym40: can STRESS cause the need for prism in lenses? (after having cataract surgery)?
My sister says that stress (a result of Dad’s death) caused the need for prism in her lenses.

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Answer by Susan S
Prism adjustment is used when the eye muscles prevent the eyes from aligning in a way that allows them to work together. Not sure how stress would cause this.

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Question by chiao_yin2000: What kind of glasses will a cataract surgical patient wear to compensate for the removal of his lenses?

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Answer by eleuth
Fortunately the time is over, when after a cataract operation a patient had
to wear heavy glasses.
Now, with phakoemulsive or other modern methods and after insertion of a crystalline NO glasses are required.

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