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Ask The Doctor -- Cataracts |
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To submit a question
please email
askthedoctor@floridaeyecenter.com |
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Cataracts Myths and Facts |
Myth: A cataract is a film over the eye.
Fact: A cataract is the clouding of the
normally clear lens of the eye.
Myth: A cataract can be caused by overuse of
the eye.
Fact: Severe
eye injuries can cause cataracts, but overuse
cannot.
Myth: Cataracts
have to be "ripe," or fully developed, before they
can be removed.
Fact: Cataract
surgery can be performed any time your vision
requires it.
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Cataract Surgery
Question:
I had my eyes examined in a Lasik center in
10/15/2004 and they advice me to go for cataract
surgery in right eye, my vision is real bad, I
would
like to know how much it will cost for the
surgery, I have no insurance.
Answer:
Cataracts are the clouding of your
natural human lens inside your eye and these cloud
your vision. We are Cataract and Lasik Specialists
and you need to know that Lasik will not help
cataracts.
Cataracts can be helped . Over 3 million people a
year have their cataracts treated and their vision
restored.
The treatment is very safe, simple, and very
successful.
You need to see a cataract specialist and be
examined. This will be a comprehensive exam,
including testing for glaucoma, lazy eye, pink
eye, double vision, macula problems, retina
detachment, etc.
The Florida Eye Center works with many agencies
that are available to help with the financial
charges of cataract surgery.
Please call for more help and see our web site for
more information,
Mark A. Sibley, MD, FACS
Lasik and Refractive Specialist
Cataract and Laser Specialist
Board Certified Eye
Surgeon
727-895-2020
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Cataract Surgery
Question:
Can your phacoemulsification procedure of using
ultrasound be performed a 2nd time to break up an
existing IOL and then implant a new IOL ?
Answer:
Phacoemulsification is the safest, new technology
to remove cataracts (the clouded lens). It has been
done for over 25 years and has become very safe,
simple , and successful to allow out-patient,
no-stitch cataract treatment.
Almost 3
million surgeries are done in America each year.
Almost 99% have a lens implant ( IOL) at the same
time.
A lens implant is the new artificial lens put into
your eye to focus for you when the clouded
one (cataract) is removed. This implant is meant to
last forever.
A lens implant is a
medical plexiglas or silicone lens and cannot be
removed by our new phacoemulsication . However, if
the implant ever needs to be removed, it can be
removed or even switched / replaced/ exchanged.
Obviously, you need more information,
comprehensive exam/ consultation, and questions
answered by the ophthalmologist (eye surgeon).
If the Florida Eye Center can help, call us
Contact Us or
come in for your exam/ consultation to discuss
this further.
Our Doctors
Mark A. Sibley, MD, FACS
Lasik and Refractive Specialist
Cataract and Laser Specialist
Board Certified Eye
Surgeon
727-895-2020
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