About CATARACT..?

What is "Cataract"? What are the symptoms? Why does it occur? What are the treatments and precautions for this disease? Can it be cured?

Cataract- An opacity of the the crystalline lens or its capsule. It may be congenital, senile, traumatic or due to diabetes mellitus. Hard cataract , contains a hard nucleus, tends to be dark in colour and occurs in older people. Soft cataract, one without a hard nucleus, occurs at any age, but particularly in the young. Cataract usually develops slowly and when mature is called a "ripe cataract".
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Overview

A cloudiness or opacification of the lens is called a cataract. Derived from the Latin word meaning "waterfall," the term cataract arose from the ancient misconception that cataract symptoms were caused by evil liquids that mysteriously flowed into the eye. Cataracts can occur at any age--in fact, babies can be born with them--but they are most common later in life.

About 50 percent of people ages 65 to 74 and 70 percent of those 75 and older have cataracts. In 2004, an estimated 20.5 million Americans over 40 (approximately 17 percent) had a cataract; that number is expected to reach 30.1 million by 2020. However, not all cataracts affect vision significantly or require treatment.

About 1.5 million cataract surgeries are performed each year in the United States. Surgery is the only way to cure cataracts

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