What are the types of cataracts and their characteristics? - Dr. Sriram Ramalingam

Dr. Sriram Ramalingam | Appointment booking number: 080 2343 1020
Consultant Ophthalmologist | Pradnya Nethralaya Sultanpalya, Bengaluru
Cataract is nothing but clouding of the natural human lens. Cataract can be of various types. It can be congenital, which may be because of uterine infections, inborn errors of metabolism. Developmental cataracts they occur in children and will not progress fast there is traumatic cataracts. As the name suggests any trauma to the eye, a person can develop Cataract following an injury. Any long term use of steroids or secondary to intraoccular infections like uveitis can also cause cataracts. The most common type of cataract is senile Cataract, which occurs with age they are of different types, like nuclear Cataract. As the name suggests that affects the centre type of lens. It is called as sclerotic because it affects the center art of the lens. Such cataracts take a long time to progress initially the persons may be able to see clearly. As the Cataract progress, the distant vision becomes hazy and the person is not able to see near vision clearly and will be able to read books and mobiles easily. Second type of senile cataract occurs in the periphery of the lens they may be in the form of spokes of the wheels these Cataracts progresses fast, capsular cataracts can be anterior and posterior capsular Cataract. Polar cataract affects posterior or anterior pole of Cataract. They have symptoms fast. These patients complaint of haze, halos. The cause of posterior subcapsualr cataract is uncontrolled diabetes. Polar Cataracts affects the posterior part of the lens and it affects the patient during the cataract surgery.