Advice for 6 million cataract patients: Don't make these 5 mistakes if you don't want to go blind!
Gu Cheng's poem reads: The night gave me a pair of black eyes, but I used them to find light. Eyes are the window to the world and the window to the soul.
Traditional Chinese medicine says that "the liver dominates the eyes", busy careers and fluctuating emotions will affect our liver, the liver will be damaged, and the brightness of the eyes will also be damaged!
Cataracts are more common in the elderly. Many elderly people think they are presbyopia at first and don’t care. They don’t seek help from doctors until they affect their normal life and can’t see things clearly. Most of them are in the middle and late stages of the disease. , thus missed the best time for cataract treatment! Severe cases can lead to blindness.
Cataract is a kind of multiple eye disease, because of its multiple nature, it has received more and more attention in recent years.
However, the public's misunderstanding of cataracts causes delays in treatment, resulting in many patients with visual disability and blindness. Many patients, their families, and clinicians are very distressed.
China is the country with the highest incidence of eye diseases in the world. The population of myopia has reached as many as 500 million, and among them, there are as many as 6 million people suffering from cataract. There are big problems in one-sided understanding and wrong understanding. The following five problems are particularly prominent. I hope that the public will pay attention to cataracts and other elderly diseases, learn to correctly understand cataracts, and at the same time get rid of the wrong understanding of cataracts!
Cataracts are visual disturbances caused by clouding of the lens.
The key point of cataract disease lies in the lesions of the lens. The protein in the lens is changed, so that the interior becomes cloudy, and the cloudy lens directly blocks the eye's vision, and the light is also blocked, resulting in blurred vision, which is Like presbyopia, pre-cataracts are the same cause of inability to see things. If left untreated, it will eventually lead to more serious consequences - worsening of the disease and permanent blindness.
Studies have shown that people over the age of 80 have an almost 100% chance of developing senile cataracts. This reminds us to pay attention to such diseases, but not to be frightened. With the support of today's medical technology, proper prevention and treatment can effectively treat cataracts.
Five myths about cataracts
Myth 1: Cataracts just don't cause blindness
After years of research and observation, clinicians and scientists have found that cataracts do have the possibility of causing blindness, and the blinding rate of cataracts is relatively high.
Myth 2: Cataracts are enough to be maintained without surgery
Most of the cataract patients are the elderly, but the elderly are reluctant to undergo surgery, and the "false" propaganda of various eye drops on the market has led to a misunderstanding that only drugs can cure cataracts. This is not possible with current medical technology.
We have mentioned earlier that the lens becomes cloudy, which is irreversible. Drugs only relieve symptoms and relieve pain, but cannot cure the disease. Looking at the data and research literature, currently only surgery can cure cataracts.
Myth 3: When the cataract is very serious, surgery is required
Cataract is a developing disease. With the development and progress of modern medicine, as long as the life of cataract patients is affected, surgery can be done for treatment! The sooner surgery is performed, the better the treatment and recovery of the disease will be! The risk of surgery is also less, the less trauma to the eye, and of course the better the treatment of the disease.
Myth 4: Cataract is a disease of the elderly, and it will recur after surgery
First things first: this is absolutely false.
Cataract surgery, fundamentally speaking, is to remove the diseased lens, and then, depending on the situation, replace with a new intraocular lens, so there is no possibility of recurrence. Of course, if it is other eye diseases, it needs to be diagnosed and treated in time.
Myth 5: Cataract surgery is just a solution to cataract disease
In the previous misunderstanding, when it comes to intraocular lenses, it is artificially synthesized and can have degrees, that is, patients with myopia or farsightedness can be replaced with an appropriate degree of intraocular lens as needed. Therefore, cataract surgery not only solves the problem of cataract, but also corrects vision, killing two birds with one stone!
According to research, the following measures can effectively prevent cataracts
Avoid eye trauma;
Actively treat eye diseases that cause cataracts, such as uveitis, glaucoma, etc.;
Avoid excessive eye exposure to UV rays. Special staff should wear protective goggles, such as long-term outdoor activities, people in high-altitude areas, furnace workers, kiln workers, and radiology medical staff.
Finally, I hope that everyone will take care of our own eyes and polish them often!
Myth 1: Cataracts just don't cause blindness
After years of research and observation, clinicians and scientists have found that cataracts do have the possibility of causing blindness, and the blinding rate of cataracts is relatively high.
Myth 2: Cataracts are enough to be maintained without surgery
Most of the cataract patients are the elderly, but the elderly are reluctant to undergo surgery, and the "false" propaganda of various eye drops on the market has led to a misunderstanding that only drugs can cure cataracts. This is not possible with current medical technology.
We have mentioned earlier that the lens becomes cloudy, which is irreversible. Drugs only relieve symptoms and relieve pain, but cannot cure the disease. Looking at the data and research literature, currently only surgery can cure cataracts.
Myth 3: When the cataract is very serious, surgery is required
Cataract is a developing disease. With the development and progress of modern medicine, as long as the life of cataract patients is affected, surgery can be done for treatment! The sooner surgery is performed, the better the treatment and recovery of the disease will be! The risk of surgery is also less, the less trauma to the eye, and of course the better the treatment of the disease.
Myth 4: Cataract is a disease of the elderly, and it will recur after surgery
First things first: this is absolutely false.
Cataract surgery, fundamentally speaking, is to remove the diseased lens, and then, depending on the situation, replace with a new intraocular lens, so there is no possibility of recurrence. Of course, if it is other eye diseases, it needs to be diagnosed and treated in time.
Myth 5: Cataract surgery is just a solution to cataract disease
In the previous misunderstanding, when it comes to intraocular lenses, it is artificially synthesized and can have degrees, that is, patients with myopia or farsightedness can be replaced with an appropriate degree of intraocular lens as needed. Therefore, cataract surgery not only solves the problem of cataract, but also corrects vision, killing two birds with one stone!
According to research, the following measures can effectively prevent cataracts
Avoid eye trauma;
Actively treat eye diseases that cause cataracts, such as uveitis, glaucoma, etc.;
Avoid excessive eye exposure to UV rays. Special staff should wear protective goggles, such as long-term outdoor activities, people in high-altitude areas, furnace workers, kiln workers, and radiology medical staff.
Finally, I hope that everyone will take care of our own eyes and polish them often!