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What Are Cataracts And How Do You Prevent Them
By J Schipper
As the population ages, cataracts are becoming a growing health concern.
A cataract is a clouding of the eye lens to such an extent that it affects vision. The majority of cataracts develop due to the aging process, and by age 80, more than half of all Americans have them. However, there are also other type of cataracts: secondary cataracts, which form after surgery for other ophthalmic diseases such as glaucoma; traumatic cataracts, which can develop after an eye injury; congenital cataracts; and radiation-inducted cataracts. Cataracts can occur in just one eye, or bilaterally.
Age-related cataracts can develop in two ways. Protein clumping in the capsule of lens causes poor...
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