Treatment of cataracts, taking medicine alone can not be treated. Only the symptoms of 3 therapies can be used to achieve the effect.
Chief Physician of Chuanhong, Eye Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
In addition to books and classrooms, most of the channels for people to obtain popular science knowledge come from the Internet. However, the Internet is a hodgepodge of various contents, and those that have been certified by authorities are certainly credible, but the dissemination of certain contents may not be accurate, and may even mislead people. Many informal websites always spread unreliable remarks, such as certain medicines can cure certain diseases, or more serious fallacies, such as "don't listen to the doctor, this can cure XX disease" and so on. Of course, the network monitoring department is gradually cleaning up this junk information, but there are still "edge balls". This kind of edge ball cannot be said to be completely deceiving, but it can only be said to be "grandfather" and exaggerated some content. What we are going to talk about today is "cataract can be cured by taking medicine without surgery at all".
As we all know, cataracts are prone to occur in the elderly. If cataracts occur simply because of aging, we call them senile cataracts. Of course, there are other types of cataracts, such as metabolic, traumatic, congenital and so on. In short, cataracts caused by different reasons have different names, treatment methods, and pathological conditions. So, can the treatment of cataract be cured by taking medicine and applying medicine?
Since there are many types of cataracts, and each patient's disease stage and specific circumstances are different, there is no "one size fits all" treatment method. At present, the clinical treatment of cataract is mainly based on three major programs, whichever is more suitable for the patient is the best.
The first option: drug therapy
In fact, drugs can treat cataracts, but it should be judged according to the patient's condition whether the drug is an adjuvant treatment or the main treatment method. For patients with early mild cataract, with mild lens opacity, no systemic underlying disease, and no other complications, using eye drops (Bai Nei Ting, She Zhu Ming Mu, etc.) can obtain a more ideal curative effect. If the patient has deficiency of liver and kidney, deficiency of both spleen and stomach, and deficiency of spleen and kidney yang, it is necessary to take Chinese medicine conditioning at the same time.
If the cataract is caused by a systemic disease such as diabetic retinopathy, the underlying condition should be controlled first, and then the drug should be selected according to the degree of cataract. If the drug treatment is not satisfactory, surgery should be performed. It must be noted that the effect of drug treatment is different for each patient, some people may have good effect, and some people have no effect, and drug treatment can only achieve ideal results in the early stage of cataract, and severe lens opacity cannot be reversed by drugs. of.
The second option: surgical treatment
Surgical treatment of cataract is an effective method for clinical use. It is specific to the internal/exterior of cataract, ultrasonic emulsification, femtosecond laser auxiliary ultrasound emulsification, and artificial crystal implantation. Due to many complications in the sac, it is rarely used in clinical clinics; the applicability of the older people with larger outlets is low; ultrasonic emulsification is currently widely used, which is the main treatment method for clinical consideration.
However, surgical treatment of cataracts should also be determined according to the patient's situation, not everyone can apply. If the patient has basic diseases and intersects with surgery taboos, surgical treatment cannot be used. If the cataracts are serious, it is in a mature period or even cause complications such as glaucoma, and it is likely that surgical treatment can not reverse the function of the function. Therefore, the earlier the cataract treatment should be, the better.
The third plan: diet and health care
Diet and health care cannot be said to be a treatment method in the strict sense, it is in an auxiliary role. After all, dietary nutrition cannot reverse lens opacity, but a lack of nutrition must be detrimental to eye health. Therefore, the purpose of cataract diet health is mainly to supplement beneficial elements, quit harmful habits, harmful diets, promote the effect of treatment, and improve the physique of patients. The specific method is only two steps:
One is to quit smoking, alcohol, spicy, high sugar, high salt, high fat, high oil, high calorie foods, and avoid increased blood sugar, blood pressure, and blood lipids. In particular, diabetic patients must strictly control their eating habits and avoid all things that affect the body and blood sugar.
The second is to increase the nutrients that are beneficial to the eyes, such as foods rich in vitamin A, beta carotene, and lutein, mainly vegetables and fruits. When necessary, regular nutritional supplements such as cod liver oil can also be appropriately supplemented to slow down the rate of crystal aging and reduce the incidence of cataracts.