What are the symptoms of cataract

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Cataract is a common disease among the elderly, and the incidence rate will increase with age. Cataract can be divided into congenital and postnatal. Let's talk about the symptoms of cataract.

What are the symptoms of cataract

Symptom 1: glare is one of the early symptoms of cataract. At this time, the contrast sensitivity of the patient's eyes will decrease under strong light, and glare will be produced under night light. There will also be the phenomenon of vision loss, and black spots or shadows will appear in our daily life.

Symptom 2: refractive changes are also the early symptoms of cataract, most of which are manifested as the reduction of presbyopia and the increase of myopia. Generally, in the early stage of cataract, the eyes will have monocular diplopia or polyopia, that is, the things they see overlap.

Symptom 3: lens opacity caused by ocular contusion, penetrating injury and explosive injury is called traumatic cataract. Lens opacity caused by radiation is called radioactive cataract. However, lens opacity caused by exposure to certain drugs is called toxic cataract.

matters needing attention

Cataract patients should pay attention to eat more fresh fruits and avoid high sugar diet. To pay attention to the eye sunscreen work, reduce eye contact with UV, but also pay attention to drink more water, do appropriate physical exercise, to avoid eye fatigue.