Professional Faqs: What Are The Short And Long Term Effects Of Cataracts?

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Expert opinion from Gustavo Campos

Doctor of Medicine · 9 years of experience · Brazil

In the short-term, cataracts may cause no symptoms. With time the patient may have some mild altered vision like difficulty with vision at night, seeing halos around lights, sensitivity to light, and blurred vision.  If left untreated, the patient has a great chance of going blind.

Expert opinion from Piyush Puri

MBBS · 1 years of experience · India

Vision becomes very blurry and cloudy. In rare cases it can cause glaucoma and cataract. Increased difficulty with vision at night. Seeing halos around lights. Double vision in a single eye is also a long term effect of cataract.

Expert opinion from Ilya Aleksandrovskiy

M.D., MBA · 5 years of experience · USA

Short term effects may include double vision, sensitivity to bright light, a halo effect around the light. The long-term effects include blurry vision, which interferes with daily activities like reading, driving, and near vision deterioration.

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