Cataract Surgery
As people age, the eyes are among the organs most quickly affected by aging. Losing many of their functions and weakening with age, the eyes can also be significantly affected by certain physical and natural changes. Cataract is considered one of the most important age-related eye diseases. As age progresses, the weight and thickness of the eye's lens change, its flexibility decreases, and new fiber layers form around it. During this process, the lens nucleus compresses and hardens, and brown and yellow discoloration forms on it. As a result of all these factors, cataract, one of the most common eye diseases worldwide, occurs.
There is a single treatment method for cataract. With advancing technology and medical approaches, cataract surgery is preferred as the only treatment method that can provide quite successful results.
What Causes Cataract
It has been determined that the development of cataract is age-related in 90% of cases. Cataract can sometimes also occur due to systemic diseases, trauma experienced, or medication use. In all research into what causes cataract and why it occurs, two different cataract processes are considered: one observed in infancy and one that develops due to aging. Cataract, one of the leading causes of blindness, is a treatable disease.
What Are the Symptoms of Cataract?
Cataract, which usually occurs at an advanced age and causes loss of vision if left untreated, has very important symptoms that indicate its presence. In patients over 55-60 years of age, cataract shows itself with slight clouding and hardening of the eye's lens; the most important symptoms of cataract are as follows;
- Glare in the eyes,
- Discomfort from light,
- Inability to see near and far objects,
- Blurred vision,
- Decrease in night vision quality,
- Colors appearing faded,
- Difficulty while driving,
- Eye fatigue and headache,
- Frequent changes in eyeglass prescription,
- Difficulty with reading activities.
How Is Cataract Treated?
For cataract treatment in Kayseri, a detailed examination is first performed by specialist physicians. If a diagnosis of cataract is made for the patient following a detailed history and a biomicroscopic examination, treatment options are then evaluated.
Cataract has only one treatment method, which is cataract surgery. In surgeries performed using different techniques, the choice of technique to be used should be at the physician's discretion. The surgery is performed based on the patient's general health condition and other examinations to be carried out.
In cataract treatment, there are smart lens options that are placed in the eye during surgery. Thanks to the lenses placed inside the eye, the need to use glasses is completely eliminated after surgery. This provides quality vision at every distance.
With advances in technology and medical application methods, significant developments have emerged in cataract surgery. The use of premium intraocular lenses provides much more comfortable options for patients.
For cataract treatment, you can make an appointment with the experienced physicians of İdeal Göz Clinic, who stand out in searches for Kayseri eye doctors: Prof. Dr. Hakkı DOĞAN, Prof. Dr. Mustafa KOÇ, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Necati DURU.
