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My daughter has coloboma. Please advise.
Query: Hi doctor, My daughter has coloboma of the iris, lens and nerve in both eyes. She also has cataracts in both eyes. Is there any treatment? What advice you would like to give to my daughter? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. We can check the size of the cornea and eyeball. Then, we have to remove the cataract with surgery and if possible, the lens must be implanted. We may need to start patching therapy after surgery. All these steps have to be taken under guarded visual prognosis. Do not w... Read Full »
I am a 41-year-old and developed cataract. Please help me with the treatment.
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 41-year-old, and doctors told me it is so early for me to develop a cataract at that age. I recently discovered that I have a cataract in the center of my dominant eye. Most eye doctors I visited told me to wait, and others recommended surgery. Please help me with your best respons... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Please do not worry. Cataract is not a disease, but it is a normal age-related change in the eye. The lens in the eye is made up of proteins, and it is transparent. With age, proteins get denatured, leading to slowly increasing translucenc... Read Full »
My father has complications after cataract surgery. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, My father has undergone cataract surgery in both his eyes. He is fine with his left eye vision but not with the right eye vision. He had cataract surgery twice in the right eye and yet has blurred vision in the right eye. He then underwent another surgery to remove the new toric lens,... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thank you for your query. I understand your concern. The edema could be due to corneal decompensation, which is possible after intraocular surgery due to poor endothelial cell count. Another possibility is damage to the retina by the disease, which causes bleeding i... Read Full »
I had cataract surgery eight years ago, and now I have problems with seeing objects nearby. Why?
Query: Hello doctor,I am 25 years old. I had a cataract with my right eye for about five years without a concrete reason. They theorized that it might be a cause of traumatic cataracts, which then developed into a mature one. I had my operation eight years ago. Since then, my eyes can see with clear and br... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I thoroughly read your query and understand your concern. After IOL (intraocular lens) implantation, a person needs to wear glasses both for distance and near vision. You may need two pair of glasses, one pair which will help you see clearly from a distance and another... Read Full »