Variable lighting to reduce glare in persons with unoperated cataracts. Lighting should be from behind to reduce glare. Children with cataracts caused by maternal rubella usually do not have surgery until at least age 2, since the live virus is present in ocular tissues many months after birth. Such children have less favorable prognoses for good acuity following surgery, since the period for retinal stimulation has passed. Genetic counseling may be indicated.
Magnification is helpful in some cases.