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- What are cataracts?
- Symptoms of cataracts
- Causes of cataracts
- Prevention of cataracts
- Risk factors for cataracts
- Complications of cataracts
- When to see a doctor about cataracts
- Diagnosis of cataracts
- Conventional treatment of cataracts
- Alternative/complementary treatment of cataracts
- Living with cataracts
- Caring for someone with cataracts
General symptoms of cataracts:
- Cloudy or blurry vision
- Double vision
- Frequent prescriptions to change lens of glasses (as eyesight gets increasingly worse)
- Halo around lights
- Perception of colours looking faded
- Perception of looking through a veil or cloud
- Sensitivity to glare from lights, which may appear to be too bright
The development of cataracts is generally gradual and is not painful. Symptoms generally do not show up until the condition is very advanced. Anyone who experiences very rapid changes in their vision or any painful symptoms should see their doctor for evaluation and referral to an eye specialist.
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< 1: what are cataracts 3: causes > Last reviewed: 2 September 2007 || Last updated: 30 January 2009
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Disclaimer: This guide is not intended to be used for diagnostic or prescriptive purposes. For any treatment or diagnosis of illness, please see your doctor.
