"Thank you doctor, thank you for letting me see the light again, thank you!" In the ward on the fourth floor of Hanyang Aige Eye Hospital, Uncle Li, who is about to be discharged from the hospital, kept thanking the doctors.
cataract causes blindness in the eyes
Dad Li is 70 years old this year and lives in Wuhan.
Some time ago, Uncle Li's right eye was accidentally bounced by a rope and became blind. At this time, Dad Li was surprised to find that his left eye could not see anything except light! Life is very painful, and I can’t take care of myself, I have to fumble and eat, and I dare not walk forward when I walk... So my family hurriedly took Dad Li to Hanyang Aige Eye Hospital for medical treatment, hoping to find the light of his left eye!
When I first came to the hospital, Dad Li was not very good at hearing and couldn't see his eyes. He always looked confused and didn't like to talk much.
Hanyang Aige Eye Hospital Director Zhu Yan Huawei Dad Li found out after examination that his left eye had a very severe cataract, which caused only light in his eyes and his vision was close to blindness. It is recommended to undergo surgery as soon as possible.
Guarding Dad’s only light
9 On September 23, President Zhu Yanhua and his surgical team performed cataract surgery on Dad Li’s left eye.
htmlOn the morning of September 24, I met Dad Li in the ward again, and he was taking a walk in the corridor of the ward.
Now that I can see the light again, Dad Li was very happy: "I couldn't see my eyes yesterday, and I didn't know where I was. I woke up this morning and opened my eyes to find out that I was at Hanyang Eye Hospital. The vision I checked today is 0.6, and it's great to see it again."
Cataracts should not be delayed until I was overly mature and then surgery
Director Zhu Yanhua reminds that middle-aged and elderly friends should pay more attention to their eyes health. If you have cataracts, the later the surgery, the more energy you will need during the surgery, the longer the surgery will take, and the greater the damage to your eyes will be! So don’t wait until your eyes are almost gone before you can do the surgery!
Cataract has a stage of "first stage" - "expansion stage" - "mature stage", and finally "maturity stage". What we need to pay attention to is that once we reach the maturity stage, the total cataract we see, and the patient is basically in a "blind" state.
The above are still minor problems. Generally speaking, if the cataract is dragged and not done, there are many effects, such as:
1, there are many complications of overmaturity of cataracts. Common ones include glaucoma , uveitis, etc. These diseases are more difficult to treat than cataracts.
2. Cataracts can hinder the diagnosis and treatment of other eye diseases. A severely turbid cataract is a huge obstacle in the passage of light entering the eyes, which blocks tissues such as the retina behind it, causing doctors to be unable to detect lesions in the fundus. Some patients did not find any serious fundus problems until they had cataract surgery, but it was too late.
3. Stop it again and again, the risk of surgery increases. As we get older, many elderly people will develop other physical diseases, common ones such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes , etc. If symptoms such as vision loss caused by cataracts have affected normal life, the doctor also recommends that surgery be performed, please try to do it while the health is good. The risk of surgery will definitely be lower than delaying it later.
