dimanche 7 juin 2015

What You Should Know About Cataract Surgery San Antonio

By Tammie Caldwell


When you experience frequent change in your prescription for glasses and despite changing prescription if you still feel your vision is blur and poor then you must go to an eye doctor to get it checked. Usually this happens when you are affected by cataract in your eyes. You will find a number of good eye clinics for cataract surgery San Antonio and most of these clinics are situated in the prime locations of San Antonio TX.

If the doctor detects your cataract at a very early stage, then he might prescribe you to wear glasses instead of undergoing any other treatment at that time. Surgery is recommended when the cataract gets mature and it begins affecting your vision in a way that even glasses cannot correct it. Many people feel worries about undergoing such treatment because they lack information and think it is a very painful and difficult procedure.

Although the surgery itself might sound painful and complicated when the doctor explains it to you but in reality, it takes just a couple of minutes to perform. Furthermore, because you are given pain relief therefore you hardly find any discomfort in your eye. Also, afterward you will be prescribed some ointments and pain killers so it can be assured that its more or less a pain free procedure.

It is a very simple surgical procedure where with the help of a microscope the surgeon makes a small incision on the surface of your eye. The incision is made in order to removed the clouded lens by dissolving it. Afterwards, a new lens is put inside your eye to improve the eye vision.

In the event that the lens is too thick or too difficult to break up then some other strategy is utilized to dispose of it. This technique is known as Extracapsular surgery. In this strategy, as opposed to making a little entry point a touch bigger cut is made so that the lens could be evacuated as it is without dissolving it. On the off chance that you experience such technique, then the recuperation time is likewise somewhat long.

It is your responsibility to discuss everything with your doctor in length and ask all the questions or concerns that you might have in your mind. Your doctor would ask you certain questions regarding your medical history just to ensure you're fit to undergo this sort of surgical treatment. In certain cases, where the patient suffers from illnesses like diabetes the healing process becomes every more slower.

The treatment is done within a couple of minutes time and you are able to go home right away. Only if some sort of complication occurs, you might be asked to stay overnight but that happens very rarely. The very next day the bandage is also removed from your eye.

If both eyes are required to be treated, then the recommended procedure is to treat one eye at a time and give at least twelve days rest before treating the other eye. The gap is given so that the first eye is able to heal in a proper manner.




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