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Cataract

Alternative Names:

Lens opacity
Symptoms:
  • Cloudy, fuzzy, foggy, or filmy vision
  • Loss of color intensity
  • Frequent changes in eyeglass prescription
  • Impaired vision at night, especially while driving, caused by glare from bright lights
  • Problems with glare from lamps or the sun
  • Halos around lights
  • Double vision in one eye
  • Decreased contrast sensitivity

Signs and tests:

Other tests that may be done (rarely) include:

  • Glare test
  • Contrast sensitivity test
  • Potential vision test
  • Specular microscopy of the cornea in preparation for cataract surgery



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