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Cataracts
What is a Cataract?
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the eye work?
I think I have a cataract what do I do?
I have been told I have a cataract what do I do?
My vision is blurred, what can I do?
I am due to have cataract surgery, what sort of pre-operative assessment will I have?
What will happen on the day of surgery?
I am on Warfarin – can I still have surgery?
What does the actual procedure involve?
I cannot lie flat very easily - can I still have the operation?
What can go wrong? What are the risks?
Do I have to wait until the cataract is ripe?
Who will do my operation?
Will my vision definitely be better?
What sort of lens do you put into my eye and do I have a choice?
Will I need spectacles after the operation?
What sort of anaesthetic will I have and do I have a choice?
Can I be knocked out/asleep for the operation?
What treatment do I need post-operatively?
Can I drive after my surgery?
What sort of aftercare do I require?
Can cataracts come back?
Can you do both eyes at the same time?
I have had cataract surgery and I’m getting problems, what do I do?
Posterior Capsular Opacification - additional information
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Cataracts
What is a Cataract?
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the eye work?
I think I have a cataract what do I do?
I have been told I have a cataract what do I do?
My vision is blurred, what can I do?
I am due to have cataract surgery, what sort of pre-operative assessment will I have?
What will happen on the day of surgery?
I am on Warfarin – can I still have surgery?
What does the actual procedure involve?
I cannot lie flat very easily - can I still have the operation?
What can go wrong? What are the risks?
Do I have to wait until the cataract is ripe?
Who will do my operation?
Will my vision definitely be better?
What sort of lens do you put into my eye and do I have a choice?
Will I need spectacles after the operation?
What sort of anaesthetic will I have and do I have a choice?
Can I be knocked out/asleep for the operation?
What treatment do I need post-operatively?
Can I drive after my surgery?
What sort of aftercare do I require?
Can cataracts come back?
Can you do both eyes at the same time?
I have had cataract surgery and I’m getting problems, what do I do?
Posterior Capsular Opacification - additional information
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Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO)
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Background Diabetic Retinopathy
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Entropion
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Normal Tension Glaucoma (also normal pressure glaucoma)
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Posterior Capsular Opacification
Posterior Vitreous Detachment
Pseudophakic Bullous Keratopathy
Pterygium
Recurrent Erosion Syndrome
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Subconjunctival Haemorrhage
Watering Eye / Blocked Tear Duct
Wet Age-Related Macular Oedema (Also: subretinal choroidal neovascular membrane, subretinal membrane, choroidal neovascularisation)
Amsler Grid eye examination
Wet Age-Related Macular Oedema
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Gradual blurring of vision
Cataract
Posterior Capsular Opacification
Sudden Blurring of Vision
Is this central serous retinopathy?
Is this wet AMD?
Sudden Loss of Vision (Bilateral)
Partial loss of vision
Sudden blurring of vision
Total loss of vision
Sudden Loss of Vision (Unilateral) affecting whole field of vision
Is this amaurosis fugax?
Is this ocular migraine?
Sudden Loss of Vision (Unilateral) - Central Field Defect
Is this optic neuritis?
Is this wet/haemorrhagic age-related macular degeneration (AMD)?
Referals to you from optometrists and what we do
I have seen a retinoschisis
Flashes and floaters
I have seen an atrophic patch/scar in the retina
This baby has a cataract
This baby has a squint
Your diabetic patient has new vessels at the disc or elsewhere
Your patient had a high-pressure rise after the optometrist dilated their pupils
Your patient has a cataract
Your patient has a corneal opacity/scar
Your patient has a corneal ulcer
Your patient has a diabetic maculopathy
Your patient has a haemorrhage in the macula
Your patient has a latent squint (phoria)
Your patient has a ptosis
Your patient has a squint
Your patient has a suspicious optic disc
Your patient has a swollen disc
Your patient has a visual field defect
Your patient has an ectropion
Your patient has an entropion
Your patient has dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
Your patient has flashes and/or floaters
Your patient has haemorrhages in all quadrants/one quadrant of the retina
Your patient has high pressure
Your patient has posterior capsular opacification
Your patient has shallow anterior chambers
Your patient has vascular changes
Your patient has wet age-related macular degeneration
Your patient is already on treatment for glaucoma but the pressure is still high
Eye Disorders and How to Treat them
Amaurosis fugax
Amblyopia
Angle recession
Anterior Ischaemic Optic Neuropathy
Argyll Robertson Pupil
Branch Retinal Artery Occlusions
Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
Carotid-Cavernous Fistula
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO)
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
Chemical Injury
Choroidal Melanocytic Lesions (also: Choroidal naevus, indeterminate melanocytic lesion, benign choroidal naevus, suspicious choroidal naevus)
Choroidal Naevi
Clinically Significant Macula Oedema (CSMO)
Episcleritis
Holmes-Adie Pupil
Horner’s Syndrome
Hypertensive Retinopathy
Hyphaema
Inflammatory Iritis (also anterior uveitis)
Myopia
Optic Neuritis
Orbital Cellulitis
Orbital Wall Fracture
Papilloedema
Pseudopapilloedema
Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect (RAPD)
Retinal Detachment
Retinal Macroaneurysm
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Scleritis
Sympathetic Ophthalmia
Thyroid Eye Disease (also: thyroid ophthalmopathy, dysthyroid eye disease, Graves’ disease)
Traumatic Mydriasis
Vitreous Haemorrhage
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