If you have any of these symptoms, check with your eye doctor. For an early cataract, vision may improve by changing eyeglasses, using a magnifying lens, or increasing lighting. Beyond these measures, surgery is the only effective treatment. To detect a cataract, an eye doctor examines your lens. To learn more about the structure and health of your eye.
Surgery consists of removing the lens and replacing it with an artificial one.
Three different types of surgery can be used. Your doctor will discuss options with you. Together you will decide which type of lens replacement is best. A doctor makes a slightly longer incision on the side of the cornea and removes the hard center of lens and then removes the remainder of the lens by suction. A doctor makes a small incision on the side of the cornea the clear, dome-shaped surface that covers the front of the eye.