Get Well Soon: ‘If cataract matures, surgery time gets extended’
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By : migrator
Update: 2019-02-18 21:03 GMT
Chennai
I have cataract in one eye is the progress rapid? What are the treatment options?
— Vijayasekar, Peravallur
Most often, cataract affects one eye and the growth is gradual and if the person doesn’t undergo regular check-ups, they may miss it in the beginning. We approach it through a minute hole and with ultrasound energy, it is broken and sucked out. In the capsule where the lens was, we put an artificial foldable lens. There is no need for a stitch and the recovery and healing time is faster. But, if we wait for the cataract to mature, it cannot be sucked in. We have to break it into pieces and this extends the surgery time.
- Dr Niveditha Narayanan, Senior Cornea Consultant
I am 62-years-old and I was recently diagnosed with NASH? I wanted to know more about it. How progressive is it?
— Vinaya Rani, Thiruverkadu
There is a sub-section that has Non-Alcoholic Steato Hepatitis (NASH). It is a more advanced stage of NAFLD, and has a higher risk of progressing to liver cirrhosis as there is degeneration and inflammation in the liver. This is one of the reasons for liver transplant.
Dr B S Ramakrishna, Senior Consultant
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