Understanding Cataracts

Understanding Cataracts

What causes cataracts?

What causes cataracts?

Besides seniors, who else is more likely to develop cataracts?

Besides seniors, who else is more likely to develop cataracts?

What are the symptoms of cataracts?

What are the symptoms of cataracts?

How are cataracts treated?

How are cataracts treated?

Do treatments always improve vision?

Do treatments always improve vision?

What are the risks involved with cataract surgery?

What are the risks involved with cataract surgery?

What can I do to prevent cataracts?

What can I do to prevent cataracts?

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Recognize & Treat Pink Eye

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Understanding Cataracts

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Protect Your Eyes from the Sun

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Diabetes Information for Older Adults

Signs & Symptoms of Diabetes in Older Adults

Signs & Symptoms of Diabetes in Older Adults

Living with Diabetes as an Older Adult

Living with Diabetes as an Older Adult

Diabetes Treatment Options for Older Adults

Diabetes Treatment Options for Older Adults

Managing Diabetes Complications as an Older Adult

Managing Diabetes Complications as an Older Adult

Expectations For In-Home Care

Expectations For In-Home Care

Tips To Reduce The Risk Of Falling

Tips To Reduce The Risk Of Falling

10 Safety Tips For Medicine Management

10 Safety Tips For Medicine Management

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How To Change A Wound Dressing

How To Flush Your IV

How To Flush Your IV

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Handling Holiday Depression

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Managing Food Allergies In School

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Laura D. Cook

Assistant Professor of Opthalmology, University of Virginia-Department of Opthalmology

www.healthsystem.virginia.edu  

434-924-5485

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.

What are the risks involved with cataract surgery?

Laura D. Cook, M.D., Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, explains how cataracts affect your vision including the risks involved with cataract surgery.

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Host: What are the risks involved with cataract surgery?

Dr. Laura D. Cook: Even though cataract surgery is great, now it's very fast, it's quick, it's slick. People go home after surgery, they are not admitted and that there are very small risks associated. It is still surgery and that inherent in any type of surgical procedure, I like to tell patients that there is a risk and that's why, conservatively, I also tell patients that unless it's bothering them or unless if there is some medical indication that they really need to think about whether this is a procedure that they want to undergo. On the flip side, the risks are very small. The most devastating risk is vision loss or blindness from bleeding or infection and that's something that they need to discus with their doctor.

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Glaucoma Symptoms

Diabetes Complications

Diabetes Complications

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How To Choose The Best Eye Glasses

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