What is a cataract?

What is a cataract?

A cataract is a clouding of your eye’s lens. This cloudy lens can develop in one or both eyes. Cataracts are the world’s leading cause of blindness. In the U.S., cataracts is the leading cause of reversible vision loss. Cataracts can occur at any age and even be present at birth, but are more common in people over the age of 50.

Symptoms of a cataract include:

• Cloudy/blurry vision.
• Glare around lights at night.
• Trouble seeing at night.
• Sensitivity to bright light.
• Need for bright light to read.
• Changes to the way you see color.
• Frequent changes to your eyeglass prescription.

Surgery to remove and replace the cloudy lens with an artificial lens is highly successful with more than 90% of people seeing better after cataract removal.