What is the common cause of low vision? Cataracts! Your eyes work like a camera, with light that flows through your
lens onto the retina, a layer of light sensitive cells at the back of the eye. Very similar to a photograph film, the retina
allows the image to be “seen” by the brain.
But over time the lens of our eyes can become cloudy and can prevent light from passing clearly through the lens of
the eyes. The loss of clearness may be so mild that the vision is barely noticed or it can be so severe that no shapes
or movements are seen only light or dark.
So when the eye lens becomes cloudy enough to obstruct the vision to any degree it is called a “cataract”. Eye glasses
or contact lenses can correct this condition slightly but it cannot sharpen your vision if a severe cataract is present.
Cataracts usually develop slowly and progress, causing gradual and painless decrease in vision. You may experience
blurry vision, frequent changes in your prescriptions, even a decrease in color vibrancy and in rare cases double vision.
Cataract surgery is a very successful operation and it has a 95% success rate.
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