Cataract

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Cataract is the clouding that occurs on some or all parts of the eye lens. The cause of cataracts is due to aging, accident, disruption of metabolism due to prolonged illness, congenital or even poisoning. Symptoms experienced by people with cataract is a cloudy vision, glare, when viewed with the aid of light on the pupil will look cloudy.

Cataracts were divided memjadi several types:
Senile Cataract (aging).
Cataracts that arise after age 40 years, the process is not known, allegedly due to aging.

Congenital cataracts.

Cataracts that arise in the womb or arise after birth, usually due to infection, and metabolic abnormalities at the time of formation of the fetus. Congenital cataracts are often caused by maternal infection during pregnancy, especially in the first 3 months of pregnancy.

Cataract Traumatika. 
Cataracts that can strike all ages, usually because of post-traumatic both sharp and blunt on the eye especially on the lens.

Cataract Complicated, is arising post-cataract eye infections.


Cataracts Handling

Cataract surgery can be overcome by making the lens is cloudy. There are several surgical techniques performed at the Hospital, namely: Operating with large slices with conventional sutures and a small incision without sutures lens is removed by means of Phaceomulsifikasi (small incision surgery).

Selection of surgical technique depends on the eye lens of violence. After the cataract lens is taken, the patient can only count fingers at a distance of 1 meter, unless the patient replaced the lens.

Replacement lenses there are two ways:
  • Patients after surgery were positive eyeglasses or contact lenses for approximately 10 diopters.
  • Patients with a lens mounted at the same time conducted operations planting, the advantage is a patient after surgery the patient can immediately see the obvious, do not need to wear very thick glasses, the patient remained wide field of vision and light distortion can be eliminated.

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