What cataract treatment is available?
Presently, there is no medication, eye drops, exercises or glasses to cure or prevent cataracts. Cataract removal surgery is the only way to remove a cataract. Cataract treatment is one of the safest and most common types of surgery. Cataracts cannot be removed with a laser, only through surgery. Cataract surgery involves two steps. The surgeon removes the lens, leaving behind the lens capsule (outer covering). The surgeon will use sound waves to soften the lens and remove it through a needle. Your lens is then replaced with a clear plastic lens at the same time. This artificial disc, called an intra ocular lens, is placed in the lens capsule inside your eye. Once a cataract has been removed, light can once again pass undistorted through the cornea and the newly implanted artificial lens, to the retina in the back of the eye. However, you may still be required to wear glasses to see more clearly because the incoming light needs to be focused directly on the retina. If your eye cannot d
