As you age, your organs tend to become weak. Same is the case with your eyes. Your vision becomes weak as you grow older. Cataract is one of the most common reason behind this. If not fixed on time, cataract can lead to permanent loss of vision. There are different cataract surgeries that can fix such situations.
The lens is an important part of your eye. It is responsible to perform two main functionalities. Your eye lens passes light through it, focusing it onto the retina. Also, your lens helps your eye to focus and see objects at various distances clearly. Any issues in your eye lens can affect your vision.
Cataract is an eye disease that affects your eye lens. As you age, there is a protein build up under your eye lens. This formation of proteins obstructs rays of light to enter inside and reach the retina. This is why your vision gets affected.
Your eye specialist will initially provide you with some eye drops to prevent the protein build up in your lens. But, most cataract cases are fixed using cataract surgery only. If your affected lens do not show any signs of improvement with medications, replacing your lens is the only alternative.
Cataract surgery involves replacing your original lens with an artificial one. The type of lens used in this surgery depends of various factors. A unifocal lens can be used to set the focal length at a distance or for near vision. As the name suggests, uni-focal means only one focal point that can be set. Unifocal Cataract Surgery is also termed as Monofocal Cataract Surgery.
Before undergoing cataract surgery, your blood pressure and sugar rates must be normal or else the doctor has to reschedule the surgery. After undergoing cataract operation, follow all the preventive measures to keep problems away. Do not perform any activity that can stress your eye. Get your eye checked by your eye specialist to keep a track of your recovery status.