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Is Cataract Curable?

hi, im 47 y.o. i will be 48 few days from now . yesterday i had my eyes check ...i always visit an eye doc few days before or after my birthday since i started wearing eye glasses. my father lost his eyesight due to glaucoma on his 51st birthday. my elder brother was diagnose that he too has glaucoma, thank God he had it treated through laser 2 yrs ago. yesterday my doctor told me i have cataract on my left eye. this curable? i cataract heriditary?
Wed, 26 Nov 2014
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Cataract means opacifiaction of your clear crystalline lens... Its normal aging phenomenon just like greying of hairs with age... Each & every individual including me will have cataract one day... So nothing to worry about it... Its not dreadful condition... It can be easily treated by simple surgery followed by lens insertion... But ya what's worse in your case is glaucoma... Which is hereditary... N since your brother too diagnosed with same I suggest you to get glaucoma work up done... Sometimes if cataract is more dense then glaucoma work up may not be possible properly. In that case you need to get operated... Glaucoma won't have any effect on cataract surgery so you can get operated without any tension... N then get glaucoma work up done... But don't neglect it...
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Is Cataract Curable?

Cataract means opacifiaction of your clear crystalline lens... Its normal aging phenomenon just like greying of hairs with age... Each & every individual including me will have cataract one day... So nothing to worry about it... Its not dreadful condition... It can be easily treated by simple surgery followed by lens insertion... But ya what s worse in your case is glaucoma... Which is hereditary... N since your brother too diagnosed with same I suggest you to get glaucoma work up done... Sometimes if cataract is more dense then glaucoma work up may not be possible properly. In that case you need to get operated... Glaucoma won t have any effect on cataract surgery so you can get operated without any tension... N then get glaucoma work up done... But don t neglect it...