In previous years, there was an intensive advertising campaign of so-and-so eye patches or so-and-so eye drops claiming to cure various eye diseases, and then patients would often ask if the advertisements said they could cure cataracts really work. And I had to answer no over and over again, if that were the case there wouldn’t be so many people waiting in line for the surgery. But some people are still very persistent and say, “Then why does the TV still report it and give him publicity? It is really silly, advertising or health programs are commercialized, and that is not all called off? Some have also been punished several times, right and wrong has been self-evident.
Many patients often mention that since cataracts are clouding of the lens, can they be dispersed with medicine? This has to be done by first understanding what happens to the lens that turns into a cataract. The lens is composed of a bag containing the epithelial cells of the anterior capsule and the fibers it produces, similar to a bag containing egg whites, which contains cells. The fibers produced by the cells have no place to be removed, so they concentrate and accumulate, forming the nucleus of the lens. The nucleus of the lens becomes larger, darker, and less translucent, and the most basic nuclear cataract is formed.
This nucleus is in the center of the lens, not to mention whether there are substances that can dissolve it, and even if there are, they cannot reach this part because if the capsule of the lens is broken through by other substances, then water can also break through, and then another form of cataract, cortical cataract, is formed. The posterior subcapsular type of cataract is also due to long-term stimulation of the capsule membrane by metabolic abnormalities.
Therefore, once cataract occurs, it will gradually aggravate. Drugs cannot reverse the development of cataract or even stop it, but can only be to eliminate the unfavorable factors that promote the occurrence and development of cataract and slow down the process of cataract development. For example, if you do not use medication, you will lose your eyesight after 1 year, while you will lose your eyesight only after 3 years if you insist on standardized medication.
The only definite and effective treatment for cataract is surgery. Currently, cataract surgery is one of the most mature surgeries and can already be done under surface anesthesia in a process that takes only a few minutes at the earliest, and you can see again in a few hours after surgery!