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Cataracts develop as part of the ageing process, so everyone is at risk eventually. By age 75 about 70% of people will have cataracts. With age, our eyes lens slowly becomes less flexible, less transparent and thicker. Then areas of the lens become cloudy as protein in the lens begins to clump together.
These factors increase your risk of developing cataracts:
There are many types of cataract, the most common are:
Nuclear Cataract - The most common type of cataract is the one that people get as they become older it is called a nuclear cataract because it affects the central core of the lens. This develops quite slowly sometimes taking many years to affect the vision significantly.
Cortical Cataract – A cortical cataract occurs in the peripheral part of the lens and often looks like the spokes in a bicycle wheel. It takes some time for these ‘spokes’ to grow centrally to affect the vision and doctors often see signs of this cataract before the patient’s vision is affected.
Subcapsular Cataract - A subcapsular cataract occurs at the back of the lens typically afflicting people with diabetes and those on steroid therapy. This causes a fairly rapid deterioration in vision and can progress quite quickly.
Surgery is offered when the cataract becomes visually significant to the patient and the patient feels that the quality of the vision is impacting on their day to day life. If the cataract is not affecting the patients quality of life, then it will be monitored on a six monthly basis and assessed accordingly by Mr. Golchin.
Suite 7/8, Clinic A,
Cork Clinic, Western Road,
Cork, T12 VY83.
Tel: 021 434 1030
Fax: 021 434 1033
Email: bgolchin@corkeyeclinic.ie
Mr. Golchin and his team are wonderful, efficient, very professional and always helpful and kind. I was very nervous about having cataract surgery- I needed both eyes operated on and had them done two months apart. Everyone at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork was reassuring and caring. Mr. Golchin came and spoke to me before each operation and was very understanding. The procedure itself was really straight forward. I can't believe the difference the operations have made to my sight, which is now really clear and sharp- it's like having my young eyes back again! A huge thank you to Mr. Golchin and his staff, I feel very lucky to have such excellent eye care.
M.B. (September 2022)
Mr. Behrooz Golchin