Who Is at Risk for Cataracts?

| Aug 22, 2011 | Comments 0

Cataracts develop as part of the aging process, so everyone is at risk eventually. According to a recent article from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the risk factors include:

    Advanced age;
    Diabetes;
    A family history of cataracts;
    Extensive exposure to sunlight;
    Smoking;
    Obesity;
    High blood pressure;
    Previous eye injury or inflammation (swelling) in the eye;
    Previous eye surgery;
    Long-term use of steroid medication (especially combined use of oral and inhaled steroids).

If you have any of these risk factors, and your vision is not as clear as it once was, then you may be developing cataracts. Visit your local optometrist as the first port of call for an eye health check and refraction.

Cataracts are readily treatable with a local anaesthetic operation. Multi-focal implants are also available to restore both distance and near vision, reducing or eliminating your dependence on all glasses.

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About the Author: Mr. Dave Allamby FRCS FRCOphth is a leading London-based laser eye surgeon. You may have seen him on the This Morning TV show with Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton or read one of several articles in the national press, recently for treating Denise Van Outen, rock giant Rick Wakeman and broadcaster Paul Ross. David is Medical Director at Focus Laser Vision, known as a world-leading clinic in the treatment of presbyopia, or age related loss of close vision. Focus Laser Vision is also London's only clinic to offer next-generation Z-LASIK laser eye treatment for short sight, long sight or astigmatism.

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