Cataract
A cataract is when the lens of the eye gets cloudy. It is a treatable medical condition. Cataracts can cause short-sightedness (myopia), which means you cannot see things in the distance but can see things up close.
If not fixed by surgery, some types of cataracts will cause blindness (which means you cannot see anything at all). In a simple operation, the old lens can be replaced by a new plastic one. Many thousands of people have had this operation.
Cataract Media
Bilateral cataracts in an infant due to congenital rubella syndrome
Post traumatic rosette cataract of a 60-year-old male
Christmas tree cataract (diffuse illumination)
Sunflower cataract of a forty-year-old male with Wilson's disease and decompensated chronic liver disease
Cross-sectional view, showing the position of the human lens
Ultrasound scan of a unilateral cataract seen in a fetus at twenty weeks of pregnancy
Cataract surgery, using a temporal-approach phacoemulsification probe (in right hand) and "chopper" (in left hand) being done under operating microscope at a navy medical center
Slit lamp photo of posterior capsular opacification visible a few months after implantation of intraocular lens, seen on retroillumination
Slit lamp photo of anterior capsular opacification visible a few months after implantation of intraocular lens, magnified view
A South African woman experiences newfound eyesight after a patch was removed after surgery to remove an eye cataract.
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