What are cataracts? Cataracts affects the lens of the eye leading to a clouding of vision. Once you have cataracts, the cataract is scattered or is totally or partially blocked. This could undermine the vision of the person with cataracts.

Although the cataracts are an anomaly in the vision, it is an event of normal aging. More than 90% of people over 75 years with cataracts. In most cases, this affects cataracts in both eyes, but one eye is often more affected than the other.

Many symptoms of cataracts be minimal, so that those affected may not even be aware of this. However, severe cataracts can affect a person as to not see good enough to function normally in their daily lives.

How do you know if you have cataracts?

One of the signs that you are beginning to be affected by cataracts is vague, fuzzy, cloudy or film like vision. One other thing you may experience is the changes in color vision. Driving at night is difficult because the lights seem bright and blurry. Double vision also becomes a problem.

How can you treat cataracts?

The most common way is to use magnifying glasses and the strengthening of bifocals. But if this method is not enough, surgery may be necessary. The treatment will be handled by removing the lens of the eye and replaced with artificial lenses known as the implantation.

Cataracts can be removed by surgery and your doctor will explain the various options of surgery and how you can prepare yourself.

Cataract Laser surgery is a way to remove cataracts. Light is used in place of ultrasound in the dissolution of the cataract. LASIK and LASEK process fall into the category of laser surgery.

In LASEK, or laser epithelial keratomileusis, the surface layer of the cornea is treated with alcohol and peeled back to reshape the layer below. The process avoids the complications associated with cataracts.

In LASIK, or laser in situ keratomileusis, the surface layer of the cornea is stripped out. This is done to reshape the cornea of the underlying surface. LASIK began in the mid-twenties to ten and has replaced the old process photorefractive keratectomy or PRK since then. With LASIK, a component is created on the top layer of the cornea to allow access to the surface of the cornea. LASIK prevents most problems of postoperative pain, slow rehabilitation and corneal haze that are considered in the tradition PRK.

Both LASIK and LASEK procedures are effective, predictable and safe for treatment of low to moderate myopia, or nearsightedness. Cataracts are the laser surgery is not performed at the clinic doctor because there is still a need for a surgical incision in the eye opening.

It will take some weeks to completely heal the eye that is the subject of laser surgery. It is recommended for patients who have cataracts in both eyes for the treatment of a single eye before you try the other eye.

During surgery, laser treatment brings benefits as it improves their daily lives, self-confidence, work and security. Consult your doctor about the ways you may be able to improve your sight through laser cataract sugery.