Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disorder characterized by persistent elevated blood glucose level in the body which leads to various secondary complications like cataract. The understanding of mechanisms exerts its toxicity utmost importance for rational pharmacological interventions treat diabetic Plants have always been an exemplary source drugs and many currently available derived directly or...

BACKGROUND In this study, we aimed to compare age-specific cortical, nuclear and posterior subcapsular (PSC) cataract prevalence in two surveys 6 years apart. METHODS The Blue Mountains Eye Study examined 3654 participants (82.4% of those eligible) in cross-section I (1992-4) and 3509 participants (75.1% of survivors and 85.2% of newly eligible) in cross-section II (1997-2000, 66.5% overlap w...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence and risk factors of secondary cataract. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective study involving a review of medical records in the ophthalmology unit of the Yaoundé Gynaeco-obstetric and Paediatric Hospital in Yaoundé, Cameroon, was carried out. All patients who had cataract surgery between January 2006 and September 2010 were included. Variables included ag...

BACKGROUND To report the risk of cataract progression among primary angle closure suspects (PACS) 6 years after they underwent laser peripheral iridotomy (LPI). METHODS In the Chennai Eye Disease Incidence Study, 6 years after their baseline evaluation, 4421 subjects were examined again. As part of a detailed evaluation cataract was graded using the Lens Opacities Classification System II; pr...

OBJECTIVE To estimate and compare the incidence of operable cataract and the desired cataract surgery rates required to eliminate cataract-related visual impairment in several Latin American settings. METHODS We obtained raw data on age-specific cataract prevalence from standardized population-based surveys. We used the data in a previously described model to estimate the incidence of operable ...

OBJECTIVE To determine, from the existing literature, cataract surgical coverage rates by sex and the proportion of cataract blindness that could be eliminated if women and men had equal access to cataract surgical services. METHOD Methodologically sound population-based cataract surveys from developing countries were identified through a literature search. Cataract surgical coverage rates we...

BACKGROUND Driving a car is the most common form of transport among the older population. Common medical conditions such as cataract, increase with age and impact on the ability to drive. To compensate for visual decline, some cataract patients may self-regulate their driving while waiting for cataract surgery. However, little is known about the self-regulation practices of older drivers throug...

The epidemiology of cataract has attracted little attention. The definition of cataract is difficult enough to make surveys of its prevalence in populations of doubtful value. One partial solution is to consider only cataract of a degree sufficient to be operated upon. Fuchs (1960) has published figures showing a very wide variation in the proportions of patients with cataract admitted to vario...

cataract has a long history and was known about 2500 bc in egypt. in the medieval times, physicians and surgeons used surgical approaches to ease cataract (āb morvārid). albucasis, as a great spanish muslim surgeon (936-1013 ad) has a detailed and accurate description of cataract surgery procedure and patient care in his manuscript, al tasreef. his description can show surgical development to e...

purpose : to report a rare case of a patient with hypoparathyroidism presenting with bilateral disc swelling and near mature cataract as her first clinical manifestation case report : a 23-year-old woman presented with complaint of worsening vision since one year ago and a history of refractory seizures and headache for several years, being under treatment with lamotrigine 50 mg/daily. slit-lam...