Auntie Lin from Lianjiang complained, “In recent years, I always feel afraid of light, when the light is low at night, I can see better, but when the light is good, especially in broad daylight, I can’t see clearly, it’s especially uncomfortable.
“My eyesight was 0.6 during my physical examination, and I was told that I have early cataract, but I can’t see clearly and I’m afraid of light. Yan Abo, who lives in Changshan, asked.
Chen, who lives in Gulou District, had a similar question: “Recently, I have been having double vision and fear of light, which has caused me great trouble in my life. Dr. Ye Xiang, director of cataract specialist of Xiamen Eye Center affiliated with Xiamen University, said that we often hear the above complaints in the clinic. Patients’ vision is mostly about 0.5, which seems to be okay again, but due to photophobia, double vision and visual fatigue will obviously affect daily work and life. What is the reason for this?
Dr. Ye explained that cataract form and development will vary from person to person, most people develop slowly from the periphery to the center, but some people’s cataract starts to appear in the center, and these people will see clearly when the light is dark and the pupil is dilated, such as in the evening; while in the daytime, especially in the sunlight, the pupil will shrink, just as the cataract in the center blocks the vision, so there will be vision loss, photophobia and various discomforts such as double vision.
Last Friday, a 56-year-old woman came to the clinic with 1.0 visual acuity, but was found to have a severe intraocular cataract during the slit lamp examination. What happened? It turned out that the woman’s cataract was growing in the periphery, so her vision is still quite good. People with high vision requirements can choose surgery, but they have to pick their doctors Dr. Ye Xiang said that this group of people, who are often fifty or sixty years old, some of them are not yet retired, and some of them still bear a lot of household work, and have high vision requirements, which cannot be solved by eye drops or oral medication, and can only be solved by cataract surgery. However, because of their good basic vision, they must choose a hospital with highly sophisticated examination equipment and surgical instruments, and choose a skilled and psychologically competent chief surgeon, otherwise there is a possibility that the post-operative results will not be satisfactory due to IOL measurement, surgical incisions, and post-operative complications.
The first three patients mentioned above were later operated by Director Ye Xiang at Fuzhou Eye Hospital Cataract Specialist, and all of them had 1.0 vision after surgery and returned home satisfied. And the lady with 1.0 is also considering surgery in the near future.
Dr. Ye reminded that people taking long-term medication due to diabetes, immune diseases, etc. are also the people who are prone to such cataracts, and regular checkups at cataract specialists are recommended. Cataract surgery is becoming more and more demanding and high level Cataract surgery today is not just a sight restoration project, it also requires vision and is part of refractive surgery. The change of patients from “seeing” to “seeing” is not only a social progress, but also a higher requirement for doctors.
“Some doctors are afraid to operate on patients with visual acuity of 0.3 and above if they are not skilled, and will ask them to wait and see because they are afraid that the post-operative effect will not meet the patient’s expectations. Dr. Ye Xiang said, “Our hospital has accumulated rich experience in solving complex cataract surgery based on our equipment and technical advantages, so we are very confident in operating on cataract patients with 0.5 vision. It is no problem for her to operate, mainly according to the patient’s needs”.
It is understood that Fuzhou Eye Hospital has the current international advanced cataract surgery equipment, such as Zeiss operating microscope and AIcon-infiniti ultrasound emulsifier and AIcon-CENTURION ultrasound emulsifier.
High-tech and fine preoperative examination equipment include: French Phototaix A, B ultrasound, corneal curvature meter, IOLMaster from Zeiss (Germany), ORBSCAN retinal grating visual acuity meter from Dr. Lund, etc., which provide patients with accurate preoperative biometry and non-contact technology to make patients pain-free.