This type of cataract also occurs more in persons with diabetes, but it is also found in persons with high myopia, adults with retinitis pigmentosa and in people who take steroids. There are other kinds of cataracts not related to the aging process. Traumatic cataracts develop as a result of an eye injury. Others can develop from metabolic blood disorders, eye infections and inflammations and certain types of medications. A nuclear cataract occurs in the center of the lens.
Research continues to look for ways to prevent cataracts.
Until then, useful vision can be restored in 98 percent of all patients who have normal, healthy eyes. Back to top Treatment for Cataracts Cataracts can be removed at any age. A common surgical procedure used today is extracapsular cataract extraction. The lens tissue within the capsule is removed. The sac-like capsule that surrounds the lens remains in place.