Cataract is a common eye disease in middle-aged and elderly people, in addition to age-related cataract, genetics, immune metabolism, own eye problems, the use of special drugs or frequent exposure to radiation and other factors may cause cataract early. At present, there is no specific drug for cataract, and the only solution is surgery, so once you find that you have senile cataract, you need to choose the right time for surgery according to your personal needs and changes in your condition.
Choose the best time for surgery based on your own needs.
Surgery is currently the only means of cataract, and the concept of "can be delayed" has become obsolete thirty or forty years ago. With the increase in eye demand, when the patient's visual function is unable to meet the daily needs due to cataract and there is a desire to improve vision, the ophthalmologist can evaluate and confirm the corresponding examination results before surgery.
With the development of medical technology, cataract surgery technology has become more mature. At the same time, with the iterative update of intraocular lenses, the current intraocular lens can be implanted through microscopic incisions. From the perspective of the function of intraocular lenses, multifocal intraocular lenses, full-vision trifocal intraocular lenses and astigmatism correction intraocular lenses can meet the needs of cataract patients to take off the lens, so that patients can clearly see near and far at the same time after surgery, and even look in the middle at the same time, and no longer need glasses.
However, it should be noted that if cataract is combined with other diseases, such as fundus complications caused by high myopia, optic nerve atrophy due to glaucoma, or fundus abnormalities caused by systemic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, the postoperative effect may not be good. Therefore, the preoperative doctor will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the cataract patient, predict the postoperative effect, and communicate with the patient in advance, so that the patient can have a reasonable psychological expectation.
Refractive cataract surgery is personalized.
Adequate and in-depth communication with the patient before surgery is the key to the personalization of refractive cataract surgery.
It is important to understand the patient's eye needs, and of course, it is also necessary to understand the patient's daily habits, the visual goals they want to achieve after surgery, and so on. For example, whether the patient needs to drive, whether he has the habit of reading books and newspapers, and whether he wants to completely remove the lens, after a comprehensive evaluation, to help the patient formulate a scientific and suitable personalized surgical plan, so that the patient can have a better and more convenient life after surgery.
I once received a patient who had a non-astigmatism-corrected intraocular lens implanted in one eye in the hospital a few years ago, and the residual astigmatism was 200 degrees after surgery, and the monocular vision was only 05. The patient is not too satisfied. In terms of the selection of surgery for the other eye, after a comprehensive evaluation of the eye condition and eye needs, I chose astigmatism correction intraocular lens for her, and the cataract and astigmatism were solved at the same time, and the postoperative monocular vision reached 10, the patient is very satisfied.
It is important to pay attention to eye hygiene after cataract surgery, postoperative infection is a more serious complication, but there is no need to worry too much, most infections can be avoided through perioperative care. For example, there should be no inflammation in the eye before surgery, and eye drops should be ordered on time three days before surgery; Do not get water into your eyes for one month after surgery, and pay attention to daily activities such as washing your hair, washing your face, and stir-frying to avoid dirty water, fumes, and dust from entering your eyes. After surgery, take eye drops on time, and return to the doctor in time if there is eye pain, vision loss and other abnormalities.
Eye care starts from daily life.
Here, I would also like to give you some tips for daily eye care. First of all, I hope that everyone will develop good eye habits, control the use time of electronic products, and arrange work reasonably. Because of the heavy use of electronic products and the unhealthy lifestyle such as staying up late, it is easy to have symptoms of dry eyes, so you can take regular eye care, such as gentle eye massage, hot compresses, etc.
Secondly, some eye diseases do not have obvious symptoms in the early stage of the disease, and patients may not be able to find them in the first time, such as chronic glaucoma may be delayed until blindness before seeking medical attention**, at that time can only save the current vision and can not return to the original state, so everyone should check the eyes regularly and check for eye problems in time.
Thirdly, everyone must pay attention to safety in study, work and daily life. Children should be careful not to be stabbed in the eyes by sharp objects such as pencils and scissors while playing. During the Spring Festival, everyone should also stay away from fireworks as much as possible to avoid being injured. In addition to the harm caused by trauma, if you have a ski trip in winter, you should also wear goggles to avoid snow blindness caused by ultraviolet radiation.
The Spring Festival is coming, I hope you will protect your eyes in the new year, and I wish you all a healthy and happy New Year.