Newsom Eye is the number one choice for Cataract Surgery. T. Hunter Newsom, M.D. is an expert in Cataract Surgery having performed thousands of procedures over the years. The professional team at Newsom Eye includes registered nurses and certified technicians dedicated to the comfort and health of their patients. Newsom Eye is the best choice for Cataract Surgery and now offers the exciting new Laser Cataract Surgery.
As people age, the lens of the eye can become hard and the muscles around the eye may struggle to mold the shape of the lens. This hardening of the lens may occur in your forties, but cataracts usually do not appear until you are in your sixties. As the lens hardens, the color of the lens may change from clear to brownish, decreasing the quality of vision and perception. This is a cataract.
The changing shape of the lens and changing color of the eye results in difficulty judging distances and focusing on near or intermediate objects. Bifocals or reading glasses are used to offset the limited focusing ability of your lens. Many patients do not notice this gradual loss of vision over the years. Symptoms frequently noted in patients with cataracts are a painless blurring of vision, glare or light sensitivity, poor night vision, needing brighter light to read, fading or yellowing of colors, and frequent changes in prescription with little improvement.
Newsom Eye can help restore the quality of vision well into old age, with the best Cataract Surgery services on the market today. All surgeries are performed in a clinically certified outpatient surgery center of the highest standards. Newsom Eye offers several technological options for replacement lenses that are second to none. The Newsom Eye team is the best in the world with leading surgeons, a compassionate nursing staff and leading technology for total vision care.
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Cataract Cures
While there is no pill or vitamin that can reverse the aging that results in the hardening and discoloring of the eye lens, Newsom Eye can offer the safest and most successful Cataract Surgery as a cure for cataracts. The Newsom Eye team, led by world-renowned cataract surgeon Dr. Newsom, will remove the natural lens and replace it with a new, clear replacement lens called an intraocular lens (IOL). In the past, surgeons would remove the lens and prescribe glasses to focus the eye. Today, Dr. Newsom is able to insert an IOL inside the eye where the old lens or cataract was located. This IOL will actually replace the need for glasses for focusing at distance, intermediate, and near vision.
Am I Too Young for Cataracts?
With cataracts, the vision deteriorates gradually over a period of years. While the average age for cataract surgery is 65 to 75 years of age, cataracts can occur in ages from 30 to 64. Naturally, the older a patient gets, the more prevalent the cataracts become. The presence of a cataract may not be significant in itself, but any loss of vision definitely is significant at any age.
A dedicated Newsom Eye surgeon can help each patient evaluate their own vision, identify any gradual effects of cataract, and develop a plan for treatment and surgical options. Contact Newsom Eye to learn more about cataracts, cataract surgery, and the possibility of drastically improving vision through cataract surgery.
Cataract Types
Age-Related Cataract: A cataract is a clouding that develops in the crystalline lens of the eye or in its envelope, varying in degree from slight to complete opacity and obstructing the passage of light. Early in the development of age-related cataract, the power of the lens may be increased, causing near-sightedness (myopia), and the gradual yellowing and opacification of the lens may reduce the perception of blue colors. Cataracts typically progress slowly to cause vision loss, and are potentially blinding if untreated. The condition usually affects both eyes, but almost always one eye is affected earlier, and more severely, than the other.
Senile Cataract: Occurring in the elderly, a senile cataract is characterized by an initial opacity in the lens, subsequent swelling of the lens and finally shrinkage with complete loss of transparency. With time the cataract cortex liquefies to form a milky white fluid in a Morgagnian cataract, which can cause severe inflammation if the lens capsule ruptures and leaks.
Untreated, this type of cataract can cause phacomorphic glaucoma. Advanced cataracts can become dislocated to the front or back of the eye. In ancient times, some spontaneous posterior dislocations were regarded as a blessing from the heavens, because some perception of light was restored in cataract patients.
Secondary Cataract: Cataracts can sometimes form after an eye surgery for other vision problems such as glaucoma. Cataracts may also develop as a side effect of other health problems such as diabetes. Secondary cataracts have been linked to steroid use and other risky behaviors.
Traumatic Cataract: Cataracts can develop after an eye injury, sometimes years later. Accidents and injuries early in life may manifest themselves as cataracts as the individual grows older.
Congenital Cataract. Some babies are born with cataracts or develop them in childhood, often in both eyes. These cataracts may be so small that they do not affect vision. If they do affect the vision, the lenses may need to be removed. Children may develop congenital cataracts before or just after birth but these are usually dealt with very differently from cataracts in adults.
Radiation Cataract: Cataracts can develop after exposure to some types of radiation including x-rays and gamma radiation. Radiation causes a variety of health issues in addition to the increased risk of cataracts.
