What is a cataract and how is it treated?

Michael Smith-Wheelock, M.D., is a comprehensive ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center
To learn more about cataracts and cataract surgery, visit:
www.kellogg.umich.edu/patientc...

[@mukulitamajumder7985]

Thank you doctor

[@empfangwien521]

what about coronal cataracts, where the lens is clear, but the iris is beginning to cloud over?

[@grf15]

I'm sorry that I watched this video. Nothing wrong with the doctor or the explanation. I just found out that cataract surgery is in my future, for both eyes. (Not in the immediate future, but inevitable.) I hated knowing what the surgery involves. A cut to the eye? Too scary to contemplate. I'll try to forget what I learned.

[@rickharvey4728]

doctor will you help me my glasses are a half inch thick and ruins my looks my prescription is a 800+ very thick glasses will you please change my life

[@kelloggeyecenter]

Do you know what a cataract is? Watch as Dr. Michael Smith-Wheelock describes what a cataract is and how it is treated. th-cam.com/video/DVrUgpDuWSw/w-d-xo.html
#cataract #eyecondition

[@Mindraker1]

Nowhere did you explain WHAT the cataract ACTUALLY WAS. A clouding up OF WHAT