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Cataract

A cataract is a cloudy area in the lens of the eye that impairs vision. How fast a cataract develops depend on the type and one or both eyes may be affected by the condition. Symptoms may include faded colors, blurry or double vision, halos around light, trouble with bright lights, and difficulty seeing at night. This may result in difficulty driving…

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Causes
Aging, trauma, radiation exposure, genetic
Complications
Falling, depression, blindness
Diagnostic method
Eye examination
Frequency
17.2% across all ages
Risk factors
Diabetes, smoking tobacco, prolonged exposure to sunlight, alcohol
Specialty
Ophthalmology, Optometry

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Cataract

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Avg. degree1.99
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Cataract

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related to Further reading · 19
Cataract → Disease Study, Eye, Global, Global Burden, Han, ISSN, Jia, Jiang, Li, Ma, PMC, PMID, Song, Tang, Vision, YLDs, Zhang, Zheng, Zhou
related to Society and culture · 15
Cataract → Asian, Black, East Asia, Hispanic, However, In, Indigenous, Middle East, Most, North Africa, Oceania, South Asia, Southeast Asia, These, United States
related to history · 12
Cataract → According, Ancient Greek, BC, Celsus, Couching, English, French, Greek, In Latin, It, Latin, The Greek
related to Classification · 9
Cataract → Age-based, Cataracts, Congenital, Cortical, Nuclear, Other, Posterior, There, They
related to Outlook · 7
Cataract → Cataracts, CDVA, European, If, Other, The, When
related to Research directions · 6
Cataract → Another, For, However, N-acetylcarnosine, Researchers, The
related to External links · 5
Cataract → March, Physicians, Retrieved, Surgeons, Vagelos College
related to Mechanism · 5
Cataract → Anything, As, Many, The, These
related to Surgical · 5
Cataract → General, Measurements, Other, Pre-surgery, The
has prevention · 4
Cataract → Antioxidant, As, However, UV

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CataractCausesAging, trauma, radiation exposure, genetic1.00infobox
CataractComplicationsFalling, depression, blindness1.00infobox
CataractDiagnostic methodEye examination1.00infobox
CataractFrequency17.2% across all ages1.00infobox
CataractRisk factorsDiabetes, smoking tobacco, prolonged exposure to sunlight, alcohol1.00infobox
CataractSpecialtyOphthalmology, Optometry1.00infobox
CataractSymptomsBlurry vision, difficulties with night vision, sensitivity to light, decreased contrast and color vision, visual distortions (halos)1.00infobox
CataractTreatmentGlasses, cataract surgery1.00infobox
CataractUsual onsetGradual1.00infobox
Cataractis acloudy area in the lens of the eye that impairs vision0.90text
Cataractis aclouding of the eye's natural lens that can be present at birth0.90text
alcohol useinstance ofrisk factors0.80text

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