Cataract surgery

Cataract symptoms and causes

The causes of cataracts:

Cataracts, also known as cataracts, are the most common eye disease leading to a significant deterioration in visual acuity. Tens of millions of people worldwide suffer from cataracts. The cause of age-related cataracts is clouding of the lens, resulting from changes in chemical composition and disturbance of the lens structure. Cataracts most often develop with age and are called senile cataracts.

Cataract symptoms:

  • deterioration of visual acuity
  • difficulty reading and watching TV
  • disturbance in the assessment of distance
  • blurred vision
  • difficulty with moving and self-service (applies to the elderly)

Cataracts do not cause pain, itching, redness or watery eyes. The symptoms of the disease depend on the severity of the disease and may include changes in both eyes, although their progression may vary.

Types of lenses

STANDARD LENS
The standard single vision lens provides excellent close-up vision, but requires additional eyepiece correction to see objects further away and at intermediate distances. The STANDART lens is intended for those people who will not mind wearing glasses after the surgery.

COMFORT LENS
A lens that provides excellent vision both at a distance and at intermediate distances, but requires additional correction for seeing objects in close proximity. The COMFORT lens is especially aimed at those who want to be independent from glasses in everyday situations, such as shopping, driving a car or using a mobile phone.

PREMIUM LENS
A multifocal lens that provides excellent vision at all distances (i.e. close, far and intermediate distances) and no additional eyepiece correction is needed. The Premium lens is ideal for active people who want to achieve the comfort of life without glasses.

Description of the procedure

The procedure is performed under local anesthesia and takes an average of 20 minutes. A special device called a phacoemulsifier is used to remove the cloudy lens. Thanks to it, through a very small incision, you can crush and remove the cloudy lens, and replace it with an artificial one. The artificial lens is implanted inside the eye, in the natural position of the own lens. The material from which it is made does not risk being rejected by the human body and serves the patient for the rest of his life.

Artificial lenses offer great opportunities for correcting vision defects while removing cataracts. Appropriate fitting of the artificial lens significantly improves the comfort of life after the procedure.

Preparation for the procedure

Preparation for surgery:

  • the patient is obliged to present an up-to-date certificate from the family doctor about the current treatment and treatment,
  • the patient is to present the following tests: morphology, EKG, HBS, HCV,
  • if the patient is treated by a specialist doctor, the current consultation or a photocopy of the last discharge from the hospital is required,
  • the patient is to present a list of drugs currently used and drugs recommended by the doctor,
  • the patient for the procedure is to come on an empty stomach, but if the procedure is planned after 11:00, then the patient can eat a light breakfast in the morning
  • the patient is obliged to take a bath in the morning before the procedure
  • if the patient has diabetes and uses tablets, do not take them on the day of the procedure
  • if the patient suffers from diabetes and is on insulin, then on the day of the planned surgery he is to eat breakfast and give himself insulin,
  • if you are taking anticoagulants (Acard, Polocard, Polopyrine), stop taking them 5 days before the surgery and turn on low molecular weight heparins (after consulting your doctor)
  • if the patient uses cardiac or hypertensive drugs, then he or she takes them in the morning before the procedure,
  • the patient cannot have a cold on the day of the procedure,
  • the patient is to bring pajamas and slippers for the procedure