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Health Encyclopedia: Cataracts Treatment

Treatment


Although surgery is the only remedy for cataracts, it is almost never an emergency. Most cataracts cause no problem other than reducing a person's ability to see, so there is no harm in delaying surgery.

Early cataracts may be managed with the following measures:

  • Stronger eyeglasses or contact lenses
  • Use of a magnifying glass during reading
  • Strong lighting
  • Medication that dilates the pupil. (May help some people with capsular cataracts, although glare might be a problem with this treatment.)
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Prostate Cancer, Robotic Prostate Surgery & Erectile Dysfunction Rehabilitation
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Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence): Other Treatments
Other TreatmentsVacuum devices, or external management systems, are effective, safe, and simple to use for all forms of impotence except when severe scarring has occurred from Peyronie's... Read more »
Erectile Dysfunction (Impotence): Lifestyle or Psychological Causes
Lifestyle or Psychological CausesOver the past decades, the medical perspective on the causes of erectile dysfunction has shifted. Common wisdom used to attribute almost all cases of impotence to... Read more »
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Surgical Procedures
Surgical ProceduresSurgical procedures for emphysema are still investigative. They are all very expensive and often not covered by insurance. The great majority of patients cannot be helped by... Read more »
Physical Causes of Erectile Dysfunction: Impotence Causes
Physical CausesA number of conditions share a common problem with erectile dysfunction--the impaired ability of blood vessels to open and allow normal blood flow. Such conditions include diabetes,... Read more »
Brain Tumors: Primary: Surgery
SurgerySurgery is usually the first step in treating most brain tumors. In some cases, however, such as most brain stem gliomas, it may be too dangerous to perform surgery. The object of most brain... Read more »

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Hip Replacement Surgery -- Hip Surgery due to arthritis

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