2006-09-05 05:40:42 · 2 answers · asked by jj.jr. 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
You can develop another cataract at any time. It would all depend on your age too. Older people do develop cataracts, they are slow growing. The odds that an older person would develop another one are high.
If a younger person has a cataract, that is unusual. The chances of a younger person developing another one would depend on why they had the first one. Usually the doctor is able to help with information on cataracts in younger people.
2006-09-05 05:45:14 · answer #1 · answered by Patti C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cataract is the opacity of the lens, usually seen in oldage (senile cataract), younger people its uncommon
Cataract surgery is the removal of the lens of the eye that has developed a cataract. The natural lens is then replaced with an artificial intraocular lens.
The two main types of cataract extraction are intracapsular cataract extraction (ICCE) and extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE).
ICCE involves removal of lens with capsule, ECCE the lens capsule is left intact.
Cataract operations are mostly performed under a local anaesthetic and the patient will be allowed to go home the same day. Complications after cataract surgery are uncommon. Many people (up to 50%) can develop a posterior capsular opacification (PCO) after initial cataract surgery. This is a thickening and clouding of the lens capsule (which was left behind when the cataract was removed) and it can be easily corrected using a Nd-Yag laser to make holes in the capsule for the person to see through.
This Posterior Capsular Opacification is known as recurrence of cataract in lay-man's terms, there is no such catact after cataractous lens extraction in the same operated eye, cataract may be seen in the un-operated eye after operation in one eye.
2006-09-05 06:08:33 · answer #2 · answered by Sherlock H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋