In speaking of Cataract we should mention two approaches, one of them are monuments of nature, which are huge drops of water; In the world there is a great variety, we find among them in Venezuela the Santo Ángel or the Auyantepuy, located in the Canaima National Park, Bolívar state, which would be the highest waterfall in the world with an elevation of 1,283 meters and the very well-known Niagara Falls that are between the United States and Canada, 51 meters with a water flow of 2,400 cubic per second.
The second approach refers to an involvement of the eye, creating a partial or total ocular opacity of the crystalline lens, which is the part that forms the human lens found in the iris, which, lacking it, makes it impossible to focus on objects and that the light scatters making vision difficult to a greater degree; The main cause is age or old age, making vision blurred or weak, losing the appreciation of colors and their brightness, it is progressive, so the symptoms go unnoticed and are taken lightly, since they appear gradually. little, decreasing daily actions such as reading or driving and the insecurity of tripping while walking.
When this disease is diagnosed in time, it is possible to avoid losing vision completely, although it is part of old age we can combat it with surgery, the only way to remove it and disappear it, if it is not very advanced there is the option of an intraocular lens, introducing a lens into the eye with the perfect graduation to improve vision, it is not high risk and is done on an outpatient basis and without any hospitalization, it has been shown that some diseases can cause cataracts such as diabetes, recurrent infections in the eyes, as well as family genetics and smoking.
Cataract appears in people over 65 years of age, that is why it is called senile cataract, very unfortunately many patients after treatment end up being more serious the condition when they become glaucoma.
