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All About Cataract Surgery San Antonio

By Tammie Caldwell


When you experience frequent change in your prescription for glasses and despite changing prescription if you still feel your vision is blur and poor then you must go to an eye doctor to get it checked. Usually this happens when you are affected by cataract in your eyes. You will find a number of good eye clinics for cataract surgery San Antonio and most of these clinics are situated in the prime locations of San Antonio TX.

When cataract is detected at an early stage, usually the vision is improved by wearing prescription glasses but after a while the only option left to you is to undergo surgery. The surgery is only recommended when the vision starts to get blur and prescription glasses could no longer be recommended. Its a common fact that people feel confused as mostly they have very limited information about such surgery but you can always ask your doctor before undergoing any sort of surgical treatment.

Although the surgery itself might sound painful and complicated when the doctor explains it to you but in reality, it takes just a couple of minutes to perform. Furthermore, because you are given pain relief therefore you hardly find any discomfort in your eye. Also, afterward you will be prescribed some ointments and pain killers so it can be assured that its more or less a pain free procedure.

The surgery is very straightforward and it is done by utilizing a magnifying instrument, the specialist would make a little cut on your eye's surface and afterward the blurred lens is broken down and and then completely removed. After that, another lens is embedded keeping in mind the end goal to improve your vision.

If the lens is too thick or too hard to dissolve then some other procedure is used to get rid of it. This procedure is known as Extracapsular surgery. In this procedure, instead of making a small incision a bit larger incision is made so that the lens could be removed as it is without dissolving it. If you undergo such procedure, then the recovery time is also a bit long.

You should discuss your case in detail with your eye doctor so that you exactly know what is going to happen during and after the treatment is done. You will have to give correct records of your medical history as the doctor will assess whether you are fit and well enough to undergo such treatment or not. Usually, patients are declared well and fit as it is a minor procedure but certain health conditions like diabetes could slow down the healing process.

The treatment is done within a couple of minutes time and you are able to go home right away. Only if some sort of complication occurs, you might be asked to stay overnight but that happens very rarely. The very next day the bandage is also removed from your eye.

Usually both eyes have to be treated but they cannot be treated at the same time. It is recommended that one should give at least twelve days gap between the two surgeries so that the first eye is given ample amount of time of time to heal properly.




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