Author: Dr Asif Khokhar
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How cataract operation is performed? Eye is taken out of the body?
How cataract operation is performed? Eye is taken out of the body? The eye is not removed out of the body during surgery. How is the patient laid down? And how do doctors sit and operate? Positions are visible in these photos Photographs taken from different angles during the operation
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When should cataract surgery be performed? Right now I see enough. Why should I be operated?
With regard to the timing of the operation, it is now a general rule that the operation will be decided on the basis of the patient’s disability. Therefore, a young patient who has to drive a car and work on a computer will be advised to have an operation immediately, even in the presence of…
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What is difference between phaco operation and operation with stiches?
What is the difference between phaco surgery and operation with stitches? In the older technique to remove cataract, a large incision is made, then a rigid artificial lens is inserted through the large incision. After the procedure, the incision is closed with fine stitches. This method is even now used but only when there is…
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Which weather is better for cataract operation?
The realities of the weather, although it is a bitter fact, are reality. In most people cataract surgery is not an emergency operation. Then there is the fact that the standard treatment for cataract is an expensive treatment that requires a considerable amount of money, and obviously the income of many of our people is…
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What are types of lenses? Which lens is better?
There are two types of lenses which are implated after removal of cataract: Foldable IOL Non-foldable IOL NonFoldable lens These lenses are made up of hard material. A large incision is made to insert them. Most are now becoming obsolete. As the incision is very large so the wound is closed by stitches. Foldable IOL…
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I have heard that there are many problems due to lens after operation
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It is not that lenses cause a lot of problems. Many people get into trouble after removing the lenses. Is that true? Most of the problems that arise after the operation are usually associated with the lens. However, this is actually a huge misunderstanding. Probably only one in a thousand problem may be related…
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Astigmatism
These are those patients who wear glasses with plus cylinder numbers having specific angles. This type of defect may not be very high but creates much discomfort and headache. These glasses may be plus number or may be minus number or even mixed. Typically they are always trying to see without glasses and squeezing their…
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Hypermetropia
These are those patients who wear glasses with plus numbers. Some of them have lenses with very high numbers as seen in the pictures below The eyes of the person wearing such type of glasses appear slightly bigger These patients naturally have an eye defect that develops during the period from childhood to adulthood. Actually…
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Mypia
These are those patients who wear glasses with negative numbers. Some of them have lenses with very high numbers as seen in the pictures below. These patients naturally have an eye defect that develops during the period from childhood to adulthood. Actually the length their eyeball is longer than normal as seen in the picture…
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What is the reason of weakness of vision? Why people wear different types of glasses?
You must have seen different people wearing different types of glasses. Some have difficulty in near work and some have difficuly in far vision. This is due to the types of defects which are different in different people. Mostly the reason is variation in growth of eyeball. Some people’s eyeballs are smaller than normal they…
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Preventive measure from developing squint
?Are there any precautionary measures to prevent squint It is possible to avoid it by focusing on the reasons that underlie it. For example Many children develop high fever with seizures that damage a part of the brain that precipitates squint. If the fever can be prevented from going very high, it is possible to…
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What are risks if squint is not treated?
?What are the risks of not treating squint Disgrace Squint often causes psychological complications, especially in children and women. Abnormal positions of the head and face are subconsciously adopted in children who have muscle paralysis. This position can damage the neck vertebra for a lifetime. Headaches, dizziness, and difficulty due to moving words while reading…
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Retinitis pigmentosa
Retinitis pigmentosa is not uncommon in our society. Main problem due to this is night blindness. Although the basic etiology of this disease is not yet treatable but its complication can be treated. In near future we expect a revolution in the treamrnt of this disease due to gene therapy.
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Optic Nerve
Many patients suffer from visual problems due to damage in the optic nerve. Manytimes this damage can be prevented and manytime it can be treated but main thing is in-time diagnosis. Then treatment should not be delayed.
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CSCR
In many people vision is suddenly deteriorated due to swelling of macula. Fluid accumulated under the central part of the retina. In many patients it results as side-effect of some drugs but in most of the patients cause cano’t be identified.
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Retinal detachment
Retina is like a lamination on the inner surface of the eye. Small nerve fibers arise from throughout thr retina nad converge in the center at the point which is called optic disc. When we examine with different instruments, retina looks like the pictures below: The innermost layer seen in the picture is retina: Holes…
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Laser treatment of retina
many of the retinal problems can be treated with laser therapy. Especially laser therapy have vital role in diabetic retinopathy. Some of the details have been discussed in this post.
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How can I know that my eye has retinal damage due to diabetese?
Dibetes mellitese is a dangerous disease for eyes. The most dangerous and common damage is which is to retina. Diabetic retinopathy has been discussed in this post.