Do treatments always improve vision?
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Understanding Cataracts
What causes cataracts?
Besides seniors, who else is more likely to develop cataracts?
What are the symptoms of cataracts?
How are cataracts treated?
Do treatments always improve vision?
What are the risks involved with cataract surgery?
What can I do to prevent cataracts?
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Protect Your Eyes from the Sun
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Signs & Symptoms of Diabetes in Older Adults
Living with Diabetes as an Older Adult
Diabetes Treatment Options for Older Adults
Managing Diabetes Complications as an Older Adult
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Tips To Reduce The Risk Of Falling
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How To Change A Wound Dressing
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Managing Food Allergies In School
Laura D. Cook
Assistant Professor of Opthalmology, University of Virginia-Department of Opthalmology
434-924-5485
led2c@virginia.edu
The Ophthalmology Residency Training Program at the University of Virginia was separated from Otolaryngology in 1947. Since 1978, it has been under the leadership of a full-time academic faculty. The Department currently serves as the ophthalmic referral center for central and western Virginia and parts of West Virginia, North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.
Do treatments always improve vision?
Laura D. Cook, M.D., Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, explains how cataracts affect your vision including if treatments always improve vision.
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Host: Do treatments always improve vision?
Dr. Laura D. Cook: If the cataract is the cause of the decrease in vision or the glare symptoms, removal of the cataract or surgical correction should fix it. However, sometimes we can't see the retina to do a full evaluation or there maybe another ocular diagnosis which is causing the problem with the vision, also, in a patient who has a cataract and so sometimes removing the cataract is diagnostic and you see that the vision isn't improved and we have to look for something else or realize that, that other concomitant diagnosis is causing the problem. However, if there is no other ocular condition, removing the cataract should improve the vision.
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