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A cataract is a cloudy area that develops in the eye's lens and makes vision blurry or faded, often affecting one or both eyes. Cataracts matter because they're the leading cause of blindness worldwide, and they can make everyday activities like driving and reading difficult while increasing the risk of falls and depression.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Cataract
- Medical condition.image
- Cataract in human eye.png
- Medical condition.caption
- Magnified view of a cataract seen on examination with a slit lamp
- Medical condition.field
- Ophthalmology, Optometry
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Faded colors, blurry vision, halos around light, trouble with bright lights, trouble seeing at night
- Medical condition.complications
- Falling, depression, blindness
- Medical condition.onset
- Gradual
- Medical condition.causes
- Aging, trauma, radiation exposure, following eye surgery, genetic
- Medical condition.risks
- Diabetes, smoking tobacco, prolonged exposure to sunlight, alcohol
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Eye examination
- Medical condition.prevention
- Sunglasses, proper diet, not smoking
- Medical condition.treatment
- Glasses, cataract surgery
- Medical condition.frequency
- 60 million (2015)
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Research
95,769 papers- Age-related cataract.ReviewLancet (London, England) · 2005Asbell PA, Dualan I, Mindel J et al.DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)17911-2
- Enzymatic and biochemical properties of lens in age-related cataract versus diabetic cataract: A narrative review.ReviewIndian journal of ophthalmology · 2023Mishra D, Kashyap A, Srivastav T et al.DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1784_22
- Surgery for postvitrectomy cataract.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Do DV, Gichuhi S, Vedula SS et al.DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006366.pub4
- [Steroid (glucocorticoid)-induced cataract].ReviewYakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan · 2006Nishigori HDOI: 10.1248/yakushi.126.869
- Cataract surgery following penetrating keratoplasty in children.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2023Janani R, Sneha PDOI: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_3124_22
- Lanosterol reverses protein aggregation in cataracts.Nature · 2015Zhao L, Chen XJ, Zhu J et al.DOI: 10.1038/nature14650
- Calcium and the physiology of cataract.ReviewCiba Foundation symposium · 1984Duncan G, Jacob TJDOI: 10.1002/9780470720875.ch8
- Identification of spontaneous age-related cataract in Microtus fortis.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024He T, Zhou J, Wen Y et al.DOI: 10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2024.230534
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- clinical sign
- Subclass of
- eye disease
- Image
- Cataract in human eye.png
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- Commons category
- Cataracts
- health specialty
- ophthalmology
- symptoms and signs
- diplopia
- has cause
- ageing
- possible treatment
- cataract surgery
- medical examination
- eye examination
- ICPC 2 ID
- F92
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000518
- different from
- Catarata
- afflicts
- fish
- ICD-9-CM
- 366.8
- genetic association
- GJA8
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Medicine
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C26713
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Article · Español
La catarata es la opacidad parcial o total del cristalino. La opacidad provoca que la luz se disperse dentro del ojo y que no se pueda enfocar en la retina, lo que crea imágenes difusas. Es la causa más común de ceguera tratable con cirugía. Las cataratas se atribuyen más comúnmente al envejecimiento. Con el tiempo, se depositan partículas de un color café-amarillo que poco a poco van volviendo opaco el cristalino. También pueden deberse a otros factores, como un trauma, la exposición a la radiación ultravioleta, la toma de ciertos medicamentos o la enfermedad celíaca no diagnosticada. Las cataratas generan problemas para apreciar los colores, cambios de contraste y actividades cotidianas como conducir, leer, etcétera.
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