Cataracts are a disease of the eye that results in the clouding of the lens of the eyeball, which is located directly behind the pupil. This lens acts as a “window” for your vision. Cataracts prevent clear images from appearing on the eye’s retina; causing mild, moderate, even severe blurred vision.
Typically an eye disorder associated with aging (over half of the people in America over age 80 have either had a cataract or cataract surgery), cataracts generally occur later in life as the lens structure within the human eye changes and gets older. In diabetic patients or patients with more exposure to UV light over the years, cataracts can onset at a much earlier age.
