Cataracts:

A Definition

A cataract is a “clouding” of the lens in your eye. As we age, our natural lens, which is made of protein and water, can become clouded enough to prevent images from reaching the retina.

Most Americans age 50 and older have a cataract – the leading cause of treatable blurred vision.

The symptoms of a cataract include glare while driving at night into oncoming headlights, glare from streetlights, blurry reading vision, and blurry distance vision in bright lighting or sunlight. Eventually all vision is blurred under all conditions.

A good diet, medications or supplements, or corneal surgeries such as RK and LASIK won’t cure a cataract. Cataract surgery, the removal and replacement of the cloudy human lens, is the only way to restore your vision.

Removing the cloudy human lens and replacing it with a synthetic clear lens (intraocular lens) is called “cataract extraction with intraocular lens placement.”

There are two kinds of lens replacements: Mono-focal and Multi-focal.

Mono-focal lenses allow for clear vision without glasses at a specified distance. So, for example, if your new lens is set for reading, glasses will still be required to see clearly at distance.

The ReSTOR® lens allows for clear vision without glasses, for reading, distance and intermediate vision.

Clear vision is now possible, without glasses.

Contact Dr. Beim to find out more.