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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.
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.
== Other websites ==
== Other websites ==
* https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cataracts/symptoms-causes/syc-20353790
* https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cataracts/symptoms-causes/syc-20353790
[[Category:Diseases and disorders of the eye]]
[[Category:Diseases and disorders of the eye]]
== Cataract Images And Media ==
<gallery widths='160px' heights='100%' mode='traditional' caption=''>File:Cataracts due to Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) PHIL 4284 lores.jpg|Bilateral cataracts in an infant due to [[congenital rubella syndrome]]
File:Rosette cataract.jpg|Post traumatic rosette cataract of a 60-year-old male
File:Chrismas tree cataract.jpg|Christmas tree cataract (diffuse illumination)
File:Sunflower cataract.jpg|Sunflower cataract of a forty-year-old male with Wilson's disease and decompensated chronic liver disease
File:Human eye cross-sectional view grayscale.png|Cross-sectional view, showing the position of the human lens
File:Fetal cataract.ogv|Ultrasound scan of a unilateral cataract seen in a fetus at twenty weeks of pregnancy
File:Cataract surgery.jpg|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
File:Posterior capsular opacification on retroillumination.jpg|[[Slit lamp]] photo of posterior capsular opacification visible a few months after implantation of intraocular lens, seen on retroillumination
File:Anterior capsular opacification.jpg|[[Slit lamp]] photo of anterior capsular opacification visible a few months after implantation of intraocular lens, magnified view
File:Africa Partnerships Vision 2020 2 (10665602364).jpg|A South African woman experiences newfound eyesight after a patch was removed after surgery to remove an eye cataract.
File:Cataracts world map - DALY - WHO2004.svg|[[Disability-adjusted life years]] for cataracts per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004:
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