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Options Regarding Cataract Surgery San Antonio

By Tammie Caldwell


After certain age, if you begin to feel that your vision is getting poor, blurry or if you experience your eyeglass prescription is change frequently, then you should consult an eye doctor. There are some good and well reputable eye clinics in the city of San Antonio TX where you could find all the information relevant to cataract surgery San Antonio.

When cataract is detected at an early stage, usually the vision is improved by wearing prescription glasses but after a while the only option left to you is to undergo surgery. The surgery is only recommended when the vision starts to get blur and prescription glasses could no longer be recommended. Its a common fact that people feel confused as mostly they have very limited information about such surgery but you can always ask your doctor before undergoing any sort of surgical treatment.

If you gather information and get to know more about this treatment, you will find out that it is more or less a very short and pain free procedure. You may feel a little bit of discomfort during and afterwards the surgery but there are no other effects you might incur if the procedure runs smoothly. Your doctor would give you pain killers and eye ointments in order to make the pain go away and they work perfectly fine.

The surgery is very straightforward and it is done by utilizing a magnifying instrument, the specialist would make a little cut on your eye's surface and afterward the blurred lens is broken down and and then completely removed. After that, another lens is embedded keeping in mind the end goal to improve your vision.

If the lens is too thick or too hard to dissolve then some other procedure is used to get rid of it. This procedure is known as Extracapsular surgery. In this procedure, instead of making a small incision a bit larger incision is made so that the lens could be removed as it is without dissolving it. If you undergo such procedure, then the recovery time is also a bit long.

You should discuss your case in detail with your eye doctor so that you exactly know what is going to happen during and after the treatment is done. You will have to give correct records of your medical history as the doctor will assess whether you are fit and well enough to undergo such treatment or not. Usually, patients are declared well and fit as it is a minor procedure but certain health conditions like diabetes could slow down the healing process.

As soon as your treatment is done, you are allowed to go home. Its a normal process as you're not required to stay at the clinic or hospital. You might have to visit the doctor every now and then so that he is able to check the progress and ensure your eye is healing without any complications.

Usually both eyes have to be treated but they cannot be treated at the same time. It is recommended that one should give at least twelve days gap between the two surgeries so that the first eye is given ample amount of time of time to heal properly.




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