Presentation
Cataract Surgery in Diseased Eyes presents different surgical techniques to remove cataracts in patients with other pre-existing ocular disorders. [books.google.com]
Distance vision impairment: Mild – presenting visual acuity worse than 6/12 Moderate – presenting visual acuity worse than 6/18 Severe – presenting visual acuity worse than 6/60 Blindness – presenting visual acuity worse than 3/60 Near vision impairment [who.int]
CASE 2 A 12 year old girl presented in 1979 with a one year history of polyuria, polydipsia, and weight loss. Her blood glucose concentration was 44 mmol/l and HbA 1 21.2%. [adc.bmj.com]
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Entire Body System
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Weakness
I actually GOT glasses in a very very weak prescription simply because I thought they might be good to have when I am driving at night on unfamiliar roads, but I had to laugh when I got them as they made almost no difference. [city-data.com]
& Israel families; 4 patients Genetics Inheritance: Recessive Mutations: Homozygous frameshift (c.51_64delAGGTGGGGGTCCCC) or Missense (c.146G C) Allelic disorder: SPAX1, Dominant Clinical Onset age: Birth Early motor: Hypotonia; Developmental delay Weakness [neuromuscular.wustl.edu]
[…] sensory, motor and cognitive impairment, medications and alcohol consumption, infections, and dehydration. [8] [9] [10] [11] Illness [ edit ] People who have experienced stroke are at risk for falls due to gait disturbances, reduced muscle tone and weakness [en.wikipedia.org]
[…] video) (14:20) Convert to ECCE (10 minute video) (10:26) ECCE conversion (short), small pupil incision (1:53) Open-sky extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) during penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) "Triple Procedure" (1:58) Complex situations Zonular weakness [webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu]
Zonular weakness predisposes to this condition. [8] [6] Surgical Technique The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends several techniques for minimizing complications in the operating room: Ensuring adequate pressurization of the anterior chamber [eyewiki.aao.org]
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Chills
I was pretty proud of that since I was chill through the whole procedure. Really, I barely felt any effect from the anesthesia... [healdove.com]
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Pallor
Developmental delay: Global; Hypotonia Upper motor neuron Spasticity: Legs Tendon reflexes: Brisk in Arms & Legs Plantar: Extensor Cerebellum: Nystagmus; Dysarthria (30%); Other usually normal Cognition: Mild mental retardation or Normal Eye: Optic pallor [neuromuscular.wustl.edu]
Eyes
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Blurred Vision
The more complete answer is to watch for these cataract symptoms… Cloudy or blurred vision Only a limited area of your visual field may initially be affected by the development of a cataract. [northfloridavision.com]
Blurred vision Night blindness and difficulty driving at night Increased sensitivity to sunlight and glare Loss of seeing vivid colors Cataract surgery is a procedure where the natural, cloudy lens is removed and a new implant (IOL) is positioned in it [volusiaeye.com]
People with astigmatism often also have myopia or hyperopia, which further blurs vision. 4. Presbyopia: The loss of the ability to change focus from distance to near. [angieslist.com]
Depends on location in the lens: Blurred vision with sensation of a veil in front of the eyes. Glare, especially bothersome for night-time driving or for major sunlight. [quantel-medical.com]
Psychiatrical
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Fear
Implementation of our recommendations should go some way towards tackling the substantial, and growing, level of unmet need for the treatment of cataract which we fear may exist in Scotland. 20 C&AG's report (HC 275 of Session 1997-98), para 2.38 Back [publications.parliament.uk]
And now, with my vision in one eye so bad that it unnerves me constantly, i’m kind of afraid to make an appointment with my ophthalmologist because i fear she’ll finally say, “It’s time.” [agardenforthehouse.com]
coughing, sneezing, spitting and shaking during the operation and thereafter should observe the restrictions as after intake of sneha [oil]. v.68: Eye should be washed with vāta-[wind-]alleviating decoctions after every three days and to eliminate fear [en.wikipedia.org]
Neurologic
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Nystagmus
[…] disc chondrocytes Arnold-Chiari Malformation Autosomal Recessive or Sporadic With Syringomyelia Nosology: Chiari malformation Type 2 Anatomy: Cerebellar tonsils herniate through foramen magnum Clinical Onset: Childhood & Adult Brainstem signs Downbeat nystagmus [neuromuscular.wustl.edu]
Treatment
الصفحة 58 - TREATMENT OF CATARACT. It does not seem improbable to me that in the course of time, we may find some reliable remedy, the administration of which before the lens-fibre has become degenerated, may restore its transparency. [books.google.com]
Further, with a view to avoid duplication of entries of beneficiaries i.e. patients in two records of treatment, Aadhaar number should be made essential for the cataract patients being operated free of cost," said Dr Jagdish Prasad, director general of [livemint.com]
We are, nevertheless, concerned that the Executive are unable to explain some of the wide variations in treatment rates between different areas and general practitioners, and about inequality of access to treatment. [publications.parliament.uk]
Awareness of The Disease and Treatments - Finally, most cataract patients are undereducated and have low-income. Many don’t have knowledge about the disease itself, and don’t know how it can be treated or where they can get treatment. [cbichinabridge.com]
Prognosis
The prognosis of capsular cataract is more favourable... الصفحة 5 - ... explain the formation of the optic commissure. [books.google.com]
Prognosis The success rate of cataract extraction is very high, with a good prognosis. A visual acuity of 20/40 or better may be achieved. [encyclopedia.com]
Prognosis of eye complications caused by phenothiazines. Dis Nerv Syst. 1968;29(3): Suppl:26-8. [ Links ] 22. Shahzad S, Suleman MI, Shahab H, Mazour I, Kaur A, Rudzinskiy P, Lippmann S. Cataract occurrence with antipsychotic drugs. [scielo.br]
Furthermore, the AL of CC patients is not only a crucial indicator of eyeball development and treatment prognosis, but also a vital contributor to intraocular lens (IOL) power calculation 11. [nature.com]
Prognosis [ edit ] Postoperative care [ edit ] Slit lamp photo of anterior capsular opacification visible a few months after implantation of intraocular lens in eye, magnified view A South African woman experiences newfound eyesight after a patch was [en.wikipedia.org]
Etiology
The findings provide suggestions for etiology of CC, improvements in screening techniques and development of public health strategies. [nature.com]
No etiologic relationship established between this new group of antipsychotics and cataract formation is known. [scielo.br]
[…] exposure to UV radiation, smoking, genetic predisposition, diet, body mass index, systemic diseases, medications, ocular trauma and secondary ophthalmic disease. 4-13 While age-related cataracts are an asymmetric phenomenon, cataracts of non-age-related etiologies [reviewofoptometry.com]
PLoS ONE. 2008; 3(8): art.2867 [Pubmed] 3 Childhood blindness in a rural population of southern India: Prevalence and etiology Dorairaj, S.K., Bandrakalli, P., Shetty, C., Vathsala, R., Misquith, D., Ritch, R. [ijo.in]
CONCLUSION: This case shows the importance of considering the diagnosis and determining the specific etiology of interface fluid syndrome, even years after the laser in situ keratomileusis surgery, when endothelial cell function has been compromised with [lasikcomplications.com]
Epidemiology
Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting. Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group. Jama 283, 2008–2012 (2000). 26. Tham, Y. C. et al. [nature.com]
Recessive Epidemiology: Most Caucasian; 10 patients Clinical Onset age: 8 months to 7 years Extrapyramidal Dystonia Rigidity Choreoathetosis Cerebellum: Ataxia; Nystagmus Spasticity Mental development Poor speech Mental deficiency: Mild to Severe Other [neuromuscular.wustl.edu]
Weekly Epidemiological Record 1982;57:397-8. Disclaimer All MMWR HTML documents published before January 1993 are electronic conversions from ASCII text into HTML. [cdc.gov]
Sunlight and other risk factors for cataracts: an epidemiologic study. Am J Public Health. 1988;78(11):1459-62. [ Links ] 38. [No authors listed] Epidemiology of cataract. Lancet. 1982;1(8286):1392-3. [ Links ] 39. [scielo.br]
Structure and function of the lens Epidemiology Your browser doesn't support video. Please download the file: video/mp4 Video 5.1: Opacification of the lens Structure and function of the lens The natural lens that is present inside the eye. [quantel-medical.com]
Pathophysiology
[…] incidence of RLF, which may be related to surgical complexity and a steeper learning curve. 6–8 In addition, certain types of cataract may be associated with increased risk for RLF, such as posterior polar cataracts and hard nuclear sclerotic cataracts. 1,9 Pathophysiology [touchophthalmology.com]
Prevention
[…] for Disease Control and Prevention Preventing Falls: What Works―A CDC Compendium of Effective Community-based Interventions from Around the World US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (PDF) Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall [en.wikipedia.org]
The Problem Preventable blindness and vision impairment. Worldwide, 36 million people live with blindness, and another 217 million are visually impaired, yet three out of four of these cases are preventable. [thelifeyoucansave.org]
75% of sight loss can be cured or prevented What we do What we do We treat and prevent eye conditions such as cataracts, trachoma and refractive error. [sightsavers.org]
Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of antioxidant vitamin supplementation in preventing and slowing the progression of age-related cataract. [cochrane.org]
Cataract is the leading blinding condition in the 116 countries covered by the Blindness Data Bank* in the WHO Program for the Prevention of Blindness. [cdc.gov]