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Cataract/Clear Lens Exchange

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Cataracts worsen over time but the deterioration in your sight is so gradual that you may not notice what you have lost until your lifestyle begins to suffer and your appreciation of the beautiful things in life diminishes. And life is too short for that. Our patients tell us that following cataract surgery they feel as if they have stepped through a door to a whole new world.

What is a cataract?
A cataract is a clouding that forms in the natural lens of the eye. This clouding is due to denaturation of the protein in the natural lens of the eye. The most common cause is age related but it can be caused by long term exposure to ultraviolet light, exposure to radiation or the secondary effects of diabetes.

A cataract is experienced as cloudy, blurred vision, poor night vision, loss of colour intensity, frequent eye glass prescription changes and other troubling symptoms. The loss of transparency of the lens may be so mild that vision is hardly affected, or so severe that no shapes or movements are seen, only light and dark.

Treatment
You should consider having the surgical procedure when your vision is bad enough that it hinders your lifestyle enough that you are unable to read or drive. Cataract surgery is the most commonly performed surgical procedure in the UK and as such it is extremely safe and effective. The Advance VisionCare surgeons are hugely experienced in this field and have performed thousands of successful procedures. They will explain the various types of lenses available and recommend the most appropriate for your needs.

The cataract procedure
The procedure usually lasts about 15 minutes and is performed under local anaesthetic (eye drops). There are no stitches, so you can return home the same day after an hour of recovery.

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