Help for cataracts

[Debp]

From YouTube doctors...I found out too much sugar causes cataracts so need to cut down on that. Sugar causes the oxidation.

This video mentions an eye drop that this doctor says can help reverse cataracts. Has anyone heard of it or used it? I was looking for it just now and can't find it.

Later today I see my opthalmologist about my Glaucoma so will ask him about the eye drops for cataracts. But it seems most doctors don't tell you much about prevention or natural cures. I go in and he just keeps taking my eye pressure and taking pictures inside of my eyes.

 

 

[Deborah_]

As a doctor, I've never heard of eye drops being used to treat cataracts before.

I did a quick google, and it seems that there is some research going on. But eyedrops at best may slow down the progression of cataracts - they're not a cure. And it's not a good idea to put drugs and things into your eyes without medical advice.

And when cataract surgery is (relatively) cheap and very successful, why not have the surgery and have done with it? I had both mine operated on last year.

[Debp]

1 hour ago, Deborah_ said:

As a doctor, I've never heard of eye drops being used to treat cataracts before.

I did a quick google, and it seems that there is some research going on. But eyedrops at best may slow down the progression of cataracts - they're not a cure. And it's not a good idea to put drugs and things into your eyes without medical advice.

And when cataract surgery is (relatively) cheap and very successful, why not have the surgery and have done with it? I had both mine operated on last year.

My cataracts aren't too bad yet.   My right eye is worse he says.

May I ask what kind of doctor you are?

[Neighbor]

Hi, Might I jump in with a little personal vision experience?

I have learned  that ignoring high blood pressure can lead to blown out blood vessels in the eye.I have had over 200 laser blasts in one eye because of that leaving me with massive holes in  the vision  out of one eye.

Glaucoma leads to absolute blindness the vents in the eyes becoming narrowed and then blocked add pressure inside the eye that in turn  destroys the retina.

Cataracts are defects that form in the lense  of the eye.

Macula degeneration is yet another issue causing doubled vision and eventually loss of sight, injections of meds into the eye can retard that progress, but not restore lost sight. Wet Maula degeneration is  an expanding bump in the retina while dry is one that is not growing. Injections can slow wet macula but cannot resore or remove dry macula bump. So far there is no surgery that can do that.

In general double vision in one eye is a eye problem whereas double vision in both eyes is a brain function problem.

Far as I presently know eye drops will only moisten the outer surface of the eye. relieving some pain maybe but not doing a thing to alleviate the cause- glaucoma.

Best I can recommend is do not ignore any eye problems, listen to and adhere to eye specialists instructions. 

And when it comes time for eye surgery do it! Changing diet isn't going to be a substitute for saving eyesight or what is left of it. IMO, sharing  only as a long term sufferer and patient  who is most appreciative of what doctors have done to salvage my own vision. They have been at it some 45 years now.

May God led to the best care and excellent medical treatment.

 

 

[Deborah_]

4 hours ago, Debp said:

My cataracts aren't too bad yet.   My right eye is worse he says.

May I ask what kind of doctor you are?

My specialty was sexual health. but cataracts are so very common that any major developments in their treatment would be big news in the general medical journal that I still read. 

And as I said, I had mine dealt with a year ago - and surgery was the only option. An additional benefit is that the artificial lenses they put in have made my vision better than it was before - I only need glasses for reading small print now.

[ladypeartree]

still waiting for mine to be seen at least another two years I have been told making a total of 4 years IF they get to them then 

[Sower]

9 hours ago, Debp said:

I go in and he just keeps taking my eye pressure and taking pictures inside of my eyes.

A number of years ago I was driving my truck down the road and I saw a large reddish dark floater in my right eye, followed by a huge mass of more till my entire eye was covered, and suddenly it busted up into a dark cloud of hundreds of tiny black dots. Found out I had a retinal tear and the blood it released into the vitreous fluid , the floaters, was what obscured my vision. I elected non surgery using a laser to "weld" up the tear. Took a year before all the vitreous fluid was clear. Happened again 1 yr later and after informed surgery would cause a cataract, I still went with surgery so as to have clear sight immediately.

A few years later I received surgery for the cataract when the 'darkness' could not be adjusted with glasses. Instant 20/20 in one eye vision. Few yrs later had the other eye cataract removed, now 20/20. When I finally removed the eye patch and walked outside and looked, it was as if I had been born again with brand new eyes. I could see the sharpness of bark on an old oak hundreds of feet away, no blurring anymore.

My eye doctor was a good friend of my son in law, and when I had wanted the second eye cataract replaced he told me the insurance companies would only pay for surgery if glasses could not help enough to drive a car.  The eye with the cataract was considerably darker, and blurry,  but now knowing what I did about insurance companies policies, I didn't squint and try so hard on the next annual eye exam when they gave me the pre doctor eye exam, and that's when I finally qualified for surgery. Glasses could not help anymore.

Having my cataracts removed and inserting new lenses was the neatest blessing. I once was getting almost blind, but now I see!

Good fortune, Debp

[missmuffet]

9 hours ago, Deborah_ said:

As a doctor, I've never heard of eye drops being used to treat cataracts before.

I did a quick google, and it seems that there is some research going on. But eyedrops at best may slow down the progression of cataracts - they're not a cure. And it's not a good idea to put drugs and things into your eyes without medical advice.

And when cataract surgery is (relatively) cheap and very successful, why not have the surgery and have done with it? I had both mine operated on last year.

Have you attended medical school?

[Deborah_]

2 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Have you attended medical school?

Why on earth do you ask this question? 

[missmuffet]

Because you said you were a doctor.

"As a doctor, I've never heard of eye drops being used to treat cataracts before."

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