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Will The Vision Come Back After The Cataract Surgery In A Glaucoma Patient?
i am a Glaucoma patient and due to the increased pressure in my left eyes hv lost my left side side vission and now i hv done my cataract surgery last week will my vission come back,my previous doctor had said that my nevers are dead and cannot be rectified ...is there any hope to regain my full eye site by any type of medicine
Tue, 25 Mar 2014
Hello
It seems from the history that you are having glaucoma and cataract. The vision which is decreased because of cataract will come back after cataract surgery, but the vision which is lost because of glaucoma is irreversible and it will not be back with any kind of treatment. The treatment of glaucoma is mainly to prevent progression and to prevent further loss of vision.
Hence you can regain the vision which is lost by cataract but the vision which is lost by glaucoma cannot be reversed.
Thank you
It seems from the history that you are having glaucoma and cataract. The vision which is decreased because of cataract will come back after cataract surgery, but the vision which is lost because of glaucoma is irreversible and it will not be back with any kind of treatment. The treatment of glaucoma is mainly to prevent progression and to prevent further loss of vision.
Hence you can regain the vision which is lost by cataract but the vision which is lost by glaucoma cannot be reversed.
Thank you
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