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Cataracts refer changes in visibility of the natural lens inside the eye that slowly affects visual quality. This vision disease may come with different symptoms depending on a variety of factors such as age, injury, and diseases. Usually, people at 60s or 70s suffer this disease while some people have cataracts at birth. Dim, blurry, cloudy, and foggy vision are some impacts of a cataract. Cataract symptoms occur gradually and painlessly, so many people do not realize that they have these symptoms.


In fact, the development of cataract is extremely slow but sometimes it goes faster. Cataracts normally affect the visual quality of both eyes, but in some rare cases cataracts may be found in one eye only. Cataracts are regarded as a very popular visual disease and many cataract surgeries are conducted all over the world every year.


It is very important to understand the cataract symptoms. When people suffer cataracts, they start to have difficulties in doing their daily activities. The difficulties include problems when they are driving at night, reading, participating in sports such as golf, and traveling to unfamiliar areas.


A doctor says you suffer cataracts when you are experiencing symptoms like cloudy or foggy vision, blurry or distorted vision, changes in color vision, frequent increases in eyeglass or contact lens prescriptions, poor night vision (especially affected by headlights), progressive loss of vision, halos or glare around lights, double vision, loss of contrast, a white or "milky" spot over the pupil of the eye, cloudy vision, deteriorating vision, and trouble with night vision.


Cataract Symptoms:


Symptoms include blurry vision that is made worse when subjected to bright light (i.e. sunlight or bright headlights when driving). Light may seem to scatter or there may be halos (rings) around light sources.


Others will describe their symptoms as cloudy, fuzzy or foggy vision. Both eyes will typically be affected; however, it is not unusual for one eye to be worse than the other. Symptoms of cataracts tend to develop gradually but overall vision will continue to deteriorate if not treated and can lead to blindness.


Cataracts often occur with aging and are more common over 60 years of age. Risk increases with a family history of cataracts, hardening of arteries, diabetes mellitus, long term use of cortisone drugs, smoking, or exposure to radiation. Cataracts can be present in infants (congenital cataracts).


Cataract Causes:


The lens is made mostly of water and protein. Specific proteins within the lens are responsible for maintaining its clarity. Over many years, the structures of these lens proteins are altered, ultimately leading to a gradual clouding of the lens. Rarely, cataracts can present at birth or in early childhood as a result of hereditary enzyme defects, and severe trauma to the eye, eye surgery, or intraocular inflammation can also cause cataracts to occur earlier in life.


Other factors that may lead to development of cataracts at an earlier age include excessive ultraviolet-light exposure, diabetes, smoking, or the use of certain medications, such as oral, topical, or inhaled steroids. Other medications that are more weakly associated with cataracts include the long-term use of statins and phenothiazines.


Home Remedies For Cataract:


Carrots are said to be great part as cataract home remedy treatment. Eat plenty of raw carrots on a daily basis. If one does not like eating raw carrots then fresh carrot juice will also serve the purpose. Drink it twice a day; in the morning and in the evening.


The best home remedy for cataract also includes consuming 2-3 cloves of garlic everyday. Eat garlic raw and chew them slowly. Garlic aids in cleansing the crystalline lens of the eye but one should be cautious taking garlic if having acidity problem.


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Simple home remedy for cataract includes taking extract the juice of pumpkin flowers and then applying them on the eyelids twice a day.


Using carrots has also been found as useful home remedies for cataract. A person suffering from cataract is to eat plenty of raw carrots daily. Alternatively, he or she should take two glasses of carrot juice everyday, one glass each in the morning and evening.


Some of the health experts suggest is to put a few drops of unprocessed pure honey in the eyes once or twice a day for at least 3 months. This has beneficial results in treating cataract. This is one of the effective cataract treatments.


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