Cataract Awareness Month highlights the importance of dispelling myths surrounding this leading cause of blindness. Dr.

Cataracts can't come back after surgery. However, the artificial lens put in the eye during cataract surgery can cause symptoms similar to a cataract.

During cataract surgery, your ophthalmologist removes the cloudy lens on your eye(s) and replaces it with an artificial IOL. They may use numbing drops beforehand or give you medications to keep ...

Cataracts are more likely to form with long-term use of prednisolone eye drops. The drug causes a certain type of cataract called posterior subcapsular cataract. With this type of cataract, you ...

During part 1 of the study, participants aged 3 to 14 years with myopia of 0.5 D (diopters) to 6.00 D in both eyes were randomly assigned to receive 1 drop of SYD-101 (0.01% atropine or 0.03% ...

According to a 2023 review, ... numbs the eye area with an injection or numbing eye drops. ... cataract surgery involves using a laser to make incisions and break up a cataract in the eye.

Laser Cataract Surgery Recovery. After the surgery is complete, dark protective glasses will be placed over your eyes, and you’ll be transferred to a recovery area.

Cataract surgery to restore vision as we age is the world’s most common procedure, but a new analysis of research conducted at the John A. Moran Eye Center supports further testing to determine if ...

Yes, I am really going to write a column on over-the-counter drops for dry eye disease.This is going to take at least twice as long to write as any other column. You know, because I have to type ...

More than half of U.S. adults 80 and older either have cataracts or have had surgery to remove them [1]. With cataracts, the lens of your eye becomes cloudy, leaving you with blurred vision. You ...

TikTok users claim that a few excruciating drops of Jimerito raw honey applied to the eyes can rid them of floaters — the dark dots that cloud vision — and even clear glaucoma and cataracts.

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD A cataract is a cloudiness that forms on the eye's natural lens, causing blurry, dull vision, increased light sensitivity, and poor night vision.