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2. What Is a Cataract? These Are the Causes, Symptoms, and ... - AOL

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   As many as half of all people who’ve undergone cataract surgery will develop a secondary cataract months or years later. If so, your ophthalmologist can use a laser to open the cloudy capsule ...

3. Scientists developed eye drops that help dissolve cataracts

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   Cataracts cause the lens of the eye to become cloudy over time, but if they are left untreated, they can lead to complete blindness. While cataracts are unable to spread from one eye to another ...

4. Congenital cataract - Wikipedia

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   Approximately 50% of all congenital cataract cases may have a genetic cause which is quite heterogeneous. It is known that different mutations in the same gene can cause similar cataract patterns, while the highly variable morphologies of cataracts within some families suggest that the same mutation in a single gene can lead to different ...

5. Childhood cataract - Wikipedia

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   Even when treated, childhood cataracts may be associated with some complications. [2] About 10% to 25% of children have been diagnosed with glaucoma after cataract surgery. [2] [4] The most common complication after cataract surgery in childhood is visual axis opacification. [2] [4] Cataract surgery may be associated with decreased ...

6. Cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cataract surgery in small animals such as dogs and cats is a routine ophthalmic procedure with a success rate of around 90%, and is usually better for eyes with relatively recent cataract development. The presence of other ocular problems may reduce the success rate. Procedures are similar to those for humans.

7. Global access to cataract surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cataract surgery in Bedele, Ethiopia. Cataracts are the main cause of blindness in Africa, and affect approximately half of the estimated seven million blind people on the continent, a number that is expected to increase with population growth by about 600,000 people per year. As of 2005, the estimated cataract-surgery rate was about 500 ...