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Clear conversation on cataracts

Posted on August 08, 2008

By Val WillinghamCNN Medical Producer I come from a family of cataract sufferers. My father had cataract surgery a few years ago. My mother has the beginning of cataracts. So does my husband. Even my dog has a cataract! A cataract is the clouding of the eye s crystalline lens. When we re born, the lens is clear. As we age it begins to build up a film producing a cataract. Doctors say people who are developing cataracts begin to notice that they have glare and halos at night. They don t want to drive in the evening. They might have double vision from one eye. They ...

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