LASIK or Cataract in Columbia, SC

Cataracts are a condition causing cloudiness of the eye lens. While cataracts are not harmful to your health, they can be debilitating to your eyesight. This cumbersome condition usually happens at age 60 or over, but can develop in one’s 30s, 40s, and 50s.  Dim light troubles Our eyes are designed to adjust to the amount of light available in a room. When cataracts rear their ugly heads, our eyes cannot give us our due diligence. If you find yourself not being able to read without a high wattage bulb or having increasing trouble seeing at night, consider consulting an ophthalmologist .  Yellow is not your favorite color Cataracts are the result of proteins in the eye clumping together, therefore not allowing light to move within the eye properly. The result is colors will become faded. Unfortunately, most of what you see will have a yellowish tint. Like an old photograph which has faded over time, everything you see becomes tinged with yellow. Sunlight troubles Whil...

In an aging population, over 22 million people aged 40+ suffer impaired vision from cataracts; Top symptoms and treatments for cataracts Cloudy, blurry vision.Fading colors. Glare from lights of all types. Bad night vision.Double vision.Frequent eyeglass and contact lens prescription changes. These are the most frequent signs of cataracts. Before the symptoms progress in severity, a patient must visit an ophthalmologist to rule out other eye problems or to plan treatment before the cataracts get worse. What’s Age Got to Do with It? Researchers think that the protein in the lens of the eye changes from usage over the years. When this protein clumps together, it clouds a small part of the lens. This cloud is the cataract. •   As more time passes (as the patient ages), the cataract may grow and make it more difficult to see. •   As even more time passes, the clear lens changes to a yellow-brown color. This gives a brown, almost sunglass-like, tint to the image...