Dawn asked:
My eye doctor says I was born with cataracts, they were little but the one in my left eye seems to be getting bigger. I am VERY near sighted with astigatisim and now need bifocals. I see just fine when I wear my glasses. But aside from doctor doing more tests (which I really can’t afford) What happens when the cataract gets too large?
My eye doctor says I was born with cataracts, they were little but the one in my left eye seems to be getting bigger. I am VERY near sighted with astigatisim and now need bifocals. I see just fine when I wear my glasses. But aside from doctor doing more tests (which I really can’t afford) What happens when the cataract gets too large?
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You can’t see well anymore. Your vision will get worse and worse. They can go into your eye and replace your lens’. My grandma got this. I am pretty sure it’s inexpensive and you don’t have to get anestesia when they do it. =] Best wishes!
You can see the cataract, its like a wavy light pattern. I have small cataracts in both my eyes, i have had them ever since I can remember and I’m only seventeen and have 20/15 sight (better than 20/20) they say that 95% of people will have cataracts, but you only need to have surgery if your vision is getting cloudy because of them.
A stiffening or cloudy lens. This is the reason eye examinations are important. It cannot be detected by sight initially but through the use of optical or visual scopes.
If someone tells you that he or she can tell whether or not you have cataract by looking at you, he or she is wrong. Once the lens are somewhat damaged, it is possible to do so. My mother had cataracts, and I was a Surgical Nurse. I have seen a lens that was totally damaged.
As the cataract gets large enough to require surgery, your vision will become blurry, fuzzy, and you will see a film over your eye. A prescription for glasses will no longer help you achieve visual acuity.
Just a little info: It shouldn’t cost too much for an optometrist to check and see if your cataracts are bad. They would need to dilate your eyes, which should run about 15. They also might do a visual fields test, which is just meant to determine if the cataracts (or anything else) are causing you to have blind spots. It will check your periferal vision and everything. The cost for this too will vary, but where I work, it’s a package deal with the third thing you would need, which is having photos taken of your eyes. They use a special camera, while your eyes are dilated, and they actually take a photo of your retinas and the surrounding area of your eyes. This will actually let the doctor keep a record of the health of your eyes, so that at your next visit he/she will be able to tell exactly how much the cataract or whatever has changed. These two tests, the visual fields and the photos, are 30 for both where I work. So for 45 bucks, you could have your answer for sure. Good luck.