Cataracts and Sunglasses
Cataract is become a national problem that needs to be overcome. Cataract is ranked at first place as the cause of blindness, glaucoma and reflaxy disorders. In order to faced the World Sight Day, it is proclaimed for maintaining the eye health as early as possible for suppressing the increasing of blindness. People who are entering elderly age automatically suffer cataract. But there are efforts that can be done to slow the cataract. Cataract is a change of eye lens that once clear and translucent to become cloudy.
Cataract cause the sufferer can not see clearly because with the cloudy lens, the lights are difficult to reach the retina and will produce a blurred image on the retina. Cataracts can only be solved with a surgical procedure. Until now there is no drugs that can prevent or cure a person with cataract.
However, protecting the eyes against excessive sunlight may slow the occurrence of cataract. Sunglasses should be worn when doing activity outside during the day. Cataracts can be cured along with the advanced of medical technology today. A surgery is performed only with local anesthetic or drops and it takes only 20 minutes. A cloudy lens is replaced with artificial lense that is planted.
A technique that is usually done is EKEK (Kapsuler Extra Cataract Extraction) or can be called small incision with one to three stitches. The recovery process takes not more than three weeks. This surgery is safe and rarely have complications. So people do not have to afraid about cataract surgery. Better dealt with it as early as possible.
