Cataract surgery can prevent blindness

W hether you’re a young person suffering from signs of early onset cataract, or older and battling with gradually diminishing vision due to cataract then cataract surgery is the best solution to prevent blindness. It may seem like an extreme measure to combat the problem, however the old cliché happens to ring true in this instance, ‘extreme situations call for extreme measures’. To call cataract an extreme situation is not to overstate things, but rather placing the situation in its appropriate context. Cataract is degenerative, which means once the symptoms begin to emerge, it’s only downhill from there. What will start out as cloudy vision will gradually devolve into a much more serious visual impairment that’ll ultimately result in blindness if not remedied timely. And although surgery is never anyone’s first choice, in this situation cataract surgery is the surest way to eliminate the problem. Fortunately cataract surgery has become rather common, which has resulted in higher success rates and lowered risk to the patient. Cataract surgery really is the best gift for the many visually impaired.