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Cataract

Cataract is the commonest cause of blindness and visual impairment in India. It happens mostly among elderly people. Rarely children can be born with cataract or develop cataract while growing. Individuals with Diabetes or under steroid therapy may develop diabetes earlier in life. Cataract can develop due to injuries also.

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What is Cataract?

Cataract is a Greek word meaning waterfall; because of the similarity in colour the name is coined. The condition is called Cataract when there is presence of any opacity in the natural lens leading to reduced quality of vision.
Symptoms of cataract

Commonest symptom is dimness of vision. There can be difficulty in tolerating light in day time or driving at night. Sometimes one can see multiple images like seeing three four moons in the sky. In certain varieties of cataract distance vision drops but near vision improves and an aged persons regains spectacle free near vision.

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Cataract