Dr. Gary Sewell, M.D.  B.Sc.

Unicity Eye Clinic

P  (204) 953-5560

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Caring For Your Eyes For Over 30 Years

copyright 2022

 

Dr. Gary Sewell

710 Pembina Highway

Winnipeg, MB

R3M 2M6

P 204 953 5560

F 204 949 1143

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Cataracts

 

A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision. Cataracts are very common in older people. By age 60 to 65 most Canadians will have some cataract.

KEY POINTS

­•   Cataract is a clouding of the lens just behind the iris (the coloured part of the eye).

 

   Everyone will get cataract if they live long enough.

 

   Everyone will require cataract surgery, for some in their early fifties, for others in their nineties.

 

   The most common cause of cataract is age. Some people are born with cataracts. Other common causes are trauma, radiation, infections, certain drugs, and systemic diseases like diabetes.

 

   Cataract surgery is one of the great success stories of modern medicine.

 

­•   Cataract surgery is still a delicate surgical procedure and as with any surgery complications are possible including in rare instances blindness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch this explanation of cataract by the National Eye Institute.

 

 

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