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AN IMAGE OF CATARACT AND GLAUCOMA
Cataract is the condition of the eyes in which the natural lens becomes cloudy, blurred, foggy or Opaque. Aging causes protein clumping in the lens causing cataract. It looks like a white pearl in the eye that is named like motiabind in hindi. It can be PEADIATRIC CATARACT ( congenital) or by birth a baby has cataract. It can be a TRAUMATIC CATARACT that happens by injury to our eyes. The proteins in our eye lens start to break down around the age of 40 but the symptoms appear at the age of 60s or later.
CAUSES
1 . Aging
2 . Surgery in past
3 . Injury in past
4 . Diabetes
5 . U. V exposure
6 . Pesticides working factory
8 . Genetic mutation or family history
9 . Radiation therapy in the upper body part in past
10 . Obesity
11 . Sometimes environmental factors.
12 . Steroidal medicines
According to WHO 17% of the people around the world have cataracts. And it is very common in the US and globally.
TYPES
There are two types of cataract.
WHITE CATARACT –
white color cloud or fog in the eyes. It can be fully cured by surgery.
BLACK CATARACT –
1 .Black cataract is also called glaucoma.
2. The patients lose their side vision slowly and appear black and they do not get any clue they have it therefore It is also known as “The Silent Thief of Sight” .
3. Their power of vision starts slowly reducing. In this the optic nerves and retina of the eyes get pressure because of the Elevated eye pressure of The aqueous humor .
4. It can lead to permanent loss of sight or blindness.
5 . It is also genetic.
6 . Diabetic, high blood pressure or hypertension Patients are at risk of black cataract.
7 . Glaucoma is not preventable but early detection can help in curation.
8 . The medicine given by the doctor will reduce the Intraocular pressure.
9 . Regular check ups are also helpful in finding the early signs of glaucoma.
10 . According to the NIH ,Africans and Americans are more prone to Glaucoma in comparison to Caucasians. People of Asian descent and Native Alaskans are at higher risk of angle -closure glaucoma.
Japanese descents developed low-tension glaucoma. [ Angle -closure glaucoma and low- tension glaucoma are the types of glaucoma.]
TREATMENT-
Treatment is surgery. In this process the Ophthalmologist removes the foggy lens and replaces it with an intraocular lens which is an artificial and permanent lens fix in our eyes. These lenses are made up of silicone and acrylic because they are biocompatible and designed to be well tolerated for eyes . They look like plastics. But they are not made up of plastics. Because both are polymers. These are suitable for cataract surgery.
SYMPTOMS-
1 .Floaters and flashes appear .
2 . Eyes become sensitive towards the lights.
3 . A halo or shadow around the lights.
4 . Problem in Night vision or dim light.
5 . Blurred vision.
JALNETI AND SUTRANETI
How can we make our eyes healthy?
Eyes are a beautiful gift for us from the Demiurge or supreme Being. Eyes denote a person’s personality, emotions etc.
Eyes are the inner reflection of our mind, beauty, and internal heart.
Without this we can’t feel happiness – sadness, day – night, sunshine, sunrise – sunset etc.
Nature has given us different types of safeties and protection for our eyes. We should keep it clean, healthy and beautiful.
Some of the protection for our eyes are:-
1 . Every morning wash your eyes with normal water. While washing the mouth should be filled with water.
2 . Wash your eyes while bathing with normal water, not with soap.
3 . Rub the mustard oil in the foot sole, palm and nails of legs. From this eyesight increases.
4. Every morning we should walk on green grass with bare feet.
5 . We should not put hot water on our heads or wash our eyes with warm water.
6 . Jalneti and Sutraneti are beneficial for our eyes.
7 . Sirshasan for a long time is not good for eyes if someone has eye problems.
8 . Do not study in the dim lights and in high intensity of light.
9 . Do not study in moving vehicles if he/ she has a problem with reading.
10 . Do not read while sleeping.
11 . We should maintain a proper sitting position while studying or reading.
12 . Not to see high intensity of lights because high intensity of lights can damage our cornea, welding, Bulbs, solar eclipse and lunar eclipse. We can watch it with proper goggles protection.
13 . Do not rub your eyes if dust goes inside. Instead gently wash again and again with normal water.
14 . Do not bend forward while reading.
15 . Maintain at least one foot distance while studying.
16 . Continuing reading may create problems. There in between we should focus on some far objects for some time, then continue reading. It will help in the relaxation of our eye muscles.
17 . Blinking our eyes in between studying is helpful for our eyes.
18 . Do Not use others comb, towel, hanky, clothes,spectacle, goggles, makeup etc. It may be infectious.
19 . Do not use cheap quality goggles
20 . Do not use any type of medicines or eye drops without a doctor’s prescription.
21 . Use good quality goggles while walking in the sun and driving Two wheeler bicycle or bike.
22 . Smoking, alcohol makes our eyes unhealthy.
23. Do not use a hairdryer.
WHEAT GRASS
Foods for Healthy eyes
1 . Proteinous foods
2 . Green leafy vegetables, ghee, milk, butter, vitamin A source foods etc.
3 . Less use of sour food ( eg. pickles) and garam masalas.
4 . Wheat grass juice helps in increasing eyesight.
5 . In old age there is risk of cataract, night blindness, poor eyesight etc. We should do regular eye check ups.
6 . Watching greenery gives pleasure and calmness to our eyes because green color applies less pressure to the eyes.
7 . Wash the hands after eating foods, and put the palm on the eyes.
8 . Good quality kajal / surma can be applied at night. Use of pure honey can also be applied in the eyes as honey kajal at night.
9 . Triphalachurna (50gm) + saptamrit lauh (10gm) + kasibhasma ( 5gm) = Mix
10 gm can be taken with milk or normal water.
How can we improve our eyesight naturally?
1 .Today small aged boys and girls are losing their eyesight and bearing spectacles .Bearings spectacle are not the permanent solution. Because it loses its original power of healing and repairing. Our eyes become slaves of spectacles.
2 . Eyes bathing- wash your eyes after every meal, mouth should be filled with water.
3 . Fill with normal water in a broad utensil. We should try to open or close our eyes in that water.
4 . We should rub our palm with each other and put it on our eyes in such a manner that light does not go inside our eyes for some time. This process is known as Palming. It will help in rest because we never give rest to our eyes. This is helpful for all aged people.
5 . Moving / motion is life – continuous staring habit to any objects is wrong use of our eyes. Because this activity makes our eyes tired. The eyelids should blink .
6 .Sunlight – watching the sunrise is good but after 5-10 minutes.
The white light of the sun falling on our closed eyelids gives calmness.
7 . We should sit facing sunlight or sunrise in the East direction. Rotate our neck left – right and back – forth and then slowly start moving the neck roundly. But the neck moving should be started from the left side in a clock- wise direction. After that do palming for two minutes. From this process we will feel darkness. Then sprinkle some water on the eyes.
8 . Watching moonlight in the sky also gives pleasure.
9 . Watching the sunset or the redness of sunset is also very good because it helps in production of vitamin A and naturally gives vitamin D.
10 . Jalneti and sutraneti should be done with proper guidance.
11 . Do not walk in the heavy sunlight. We can use sunglasses before going in the sun.
WRITTEN BY :- SONI SHARMA
DISCLAIMER:- The article is for educational and information purposes only.
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FAQ….
1 . DO CATARACTS GO AWAY ON THEIR OWN?
ANS . WITHOUT TREATMENT IT DO NOT GO. ULTIMATE TREATMENT IS SURGERY.
2 . WILL I STILL NEED A GLASSES AFTER SURGERY?
ANS . IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF LENS IMPLANTED IN THE EYES. LIKE STANDARD LENS MAY NEED GLASSES BUT MULTIFOCAL OR TORIC LENS DO NOT.
3 . WHAT IS TORIC OR MULTIFOCAL LENS?
ANS . TORIC LENS IS AN ARTIFICIAL LENS USED DURING CATARACT SURGERY TO CORRECT ASTIGMATISM.ASTIGMATISM IS A CONDITION OF EYE IN WHIC BLURRED VISION OR DISTORTED VISION SEEN. WHERE AS MULTIFOCAL LENS IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE VISION AT MULTIPLE DISTANCES LIKE NEAR ,FAR AND INTERMEDIATE.
4 . WILL I GO BLIND FROM GLAUCOMA?
ANS . IF IT IS DETECTED EARLY CAN BE TREATED.
5 . HOW GLAUCOMA IS TREATED?
ANS . BY LASER TREATMENT AND SURGERY IT CAN BE TREATED . IT WILL HELP IN TO REDUCE THE PRESSURE OF THE OPTIC NERVE .
Sources :- NIH
Sources:- other internet sources
Sources:- My study and researches .
