if you have cataracts you’re not alone
by age forty over twenty point five million Americans will have started to
develop cataracts but a lot of people don’t know much about cataracts here’s
how they develop cataracts are a normal part of life you start off with a clear
lens that focuses light for clear vision but over time protein builds up then
keeps getting denser until it eventually clouds the lens making it more difficult
for light to pass through and clearly focus this causes symptoms like cloudy
blurry or dim vision and sensitivity to light and glare cataracts can even make
colors appear dull and faded symptoms like these slowly develop over time and
can end up making everyday activities more and more difficult the good news is
you can correct it with surgery which replaces your old cloudy lens with a new
artificial lens cataract surgery is one of the most common surgeries in the
country nearly four million of them are performed in the US every year and based
on a Johns Hopkins report 95% of cataract surgery patients in the u.s.
experienced improvements in their vision so it’s a really successful surgery are
you ready to get on the path to better vision talk to your eye doctor today
about cataract surgery and your procedure options you