What is the difference between glaucoma and cataracts? Can you tell us about that?

Glaucoma and cataracts are easy to distinguish. Both diseases can cause blindness, but glaucoma is a very acute disease, which is an increase in pressure in the eyeball, which can be acute and cause complete blindness in the eye.

The difference between glaucoma and cataract is that the probability of blindness in cataract is relatively small, especially when glaucoma attacks are very dangerous.

Glaucoma can be very afraid of the night and is less likely to see at night, while cataract is a loss of vision from the inside of the eye; OK.

Cataracts and glaucoma are two different conditions. Cataracts can be recovered surgically, but the type of glaucoma** depends on the type. Surgery cannot be relied upon.

Glaucoma has a headache, bloodshot eyes, significant eye swelling, and a feeling of eye pain.

Cataract can sometimes see obvious white flocculent material in the black eyeball, and the patient will have black spots in front of the eyes, vision loss, deformation, etc., but there is no swelling and soreness in the eyes.

Cataract and glaucoma are two completely different diseases, and the symptoms, prognosis and regimen of the disease are different. Cataract is caused by the clouding of the lens caused by various reasons, which leads to varying degrees of vision loss, and it is a kind of ** decline. Glaucoma is a series of pathological symptoms caused by increased intraocular pressure, including eye pain, ipsilateral headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and rapid loss of vision.

At present, cataract is mainly surgery, and glaucoma needs drugs to lower intraocular pressure in the early stage. In the case of angle-closure glaucoma, after the intraocular pressure drops to normal after the drug**, anti-glaucoma surgery is also required as soon as possible to avoid recurrence of the disease. Therefore, glaucoma and cataract are two different diseases, and if the above manifestations appear, it is necessary to go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.

Precautions for cataract patients are divided into preoperative precautions and postoperative precautions. Cataract patients should pay attention to the changes in their vision before surgery, and if the vision loss is obvious, which affects their lives, or if they feel uncomfortable such as double vision, they can consider surgery**. If the vision loss is only mild and does not affect normal life, you can continue to observe and do not operate for the time being.

For cataract patients, first pay attention to eye hygiene, do not rub the eyes, and do not let dirty water enter the eyes, so as not to pollute the eyes and cause infection. Secondly, do not allow the eyes to be traumatized, and do not engage in strenuous activities. Finally, it is necessary to pay attention to regular medication, and the reduction of postoperative inflammatory response needs to be promoted by some eye drops.

Glaucoma is a lifelong disease, and the disease stops after medication, lasers, or even surgery. This disease is the same as diabetes and high blood pressure and will last for life. Therefore, it is recommended to have at least 2 ophthalmology visits in 1 year to check the current intraocular pressure and check whether the current visual field is improving.

In terms of daily life, it is necessary to pay attention to cold protection and warmth in winter, as glaucoma attacks are easy to occur in winter. Taking eye medicine for a long time according to the doctor's instructions, having a visual field test twice a year, and not reading or reading in a dark room are all areas that glaucoma usually needs to pay attention to.

Glaucoma and cataract are two very common eye diseases, but the two are completely different diseases, glaucoma is due to various reasons that lead to an increase in intraocular pressure, which in turn causes damage to the optic nerve, the patient has a defect in the visual field and a decrease in vision, which is glaucoma, and cataract is due to the lens, which causes turbidity due to various reasons, so that the amount of light outside the eye into the eye is reduced, so that the patient has blurred vision, vision decreases such a disease, It can be seen that glaucoma ultimately affects the optic nerve, that is to say, this part of the photoreceptor system of our eyes is severely damaged, resulting in vision loss, and cataract is a disease that affects our refractive system, that is, it only affects the amount of light entering the eye, and causes vision loss, these two diseases are different, resulting in a great difference in their prognosis.

Glaucoma ** can have drugs**, laser** or surgery**, according to different conditions, different stages of the disease and choose different ** programs, then once the damage to vision occurs, the visual damage of glaucoma is irreversible, because the damage is ultimately the optic nerve, and cataract is different, if you have cataract, although the cataract development is very serious, so that the patient can not see anything, can lead to blindness, but if we go through surgery**, the patient can restore vision, Therefore, cataract vision loss is called reversible vision loss, which is completely different from glaucoma.

It can be distinguished mainly from ** and typical symptoms. Glaucoma** is caused by an abnormal increase in intraocular pressure, and cataracts are caused by opacity of the lens. There are also three major differences in their typical symptoms, firstly, different visual performance, secondly, different pain responses, and finally, different blinding effects.

Both can cause vision loss and blindness, but cataracts can also retain the sense of light.

Cataracts are clouding of the lens, and the main symptom is a gradual decrease in vision. Glaucoma is caused by increased intraocular pressure. His main symptoms are swollen and painful eyeballs, blurred vision, decreased vision, reduced visual field, etc.

Glaucoma and cataract are two very common ophthalmic diseases, but the two are completely different diseases, glaucoma is due to various reasons that lead to an increase in intraocular pressure, which in turn causes damage to the optic nerve, the patient has a loss of visual field and a decrease in vision, which is glaucoma, and cataract is due to the lens, which leads to turbidity due to various reasons, so that the amount of light outside the eye into the eye is reduced, so that the patient has blurred vision, vision loss such a disease, It can be seen that glaucoma ultimately affects the optic nerve, that is to say, this part of the photoreceptor system of our eyes is severely damaged, resulting in vision loss, and cataract is a disease that affects our refractive system, that is, it only affects the amount of light entering the eye, and causes vision loss, these two diseases are different, resulting in a great difference in their prognosis.

Glaucoma **can have drugs**, laser** or surgery**, according to different conditions, different stages of the disease and choose different ** programs, then once the damage to vision occurs, the visual damage of glaucoma is irreversible, because the damage to hail is ultimately the optic nerve, and the source of the field cataract is different, if you have cataract, although the cataract development is very serious, so that the patient can not see anything, can lead to blindness, but if we go through surgery**, The patient's vision can be restored, so the loss of vision in cataract is called reversible vision loss, which is completely different from glaucoma.

When people get old, the function of our body organs will slowly decline, and the body of the elderly is very prone to some diseases, such as cataract and glaucoma. The eyes are the first organ to age, so the elderly have a greater chance of suffering from eye diseases, so is glaucoma related to cataracts? Can glaucoma induce cataracts?

1. The two have nothing to do with each other

Mr. Yin, a reader from Shandong, asked: I am 58 years old this year, and I found a cataract in my left eye 12 years ago, and I had surgery that year and my vision was restored. Not long ago, I had a headache, and the examination found that the intraocular pressure in both eyes was high, and the doctor diagnosed glaucoma.

Now I have binocular vision of one and one, and I always feel foggy in front of my eyes. Is there a relationship between glaucoma and cataracts? What to do**?

Yu Jie, deputy chief physician of the Department of Ophthalmology of Beijing Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University, answered: If the left eye that underwent cataract surgery back then had no other diseases (such as uveitis, etc.), had not been injured, and had no history of special medication, then glaucoma should have nothing to do with cataracts. Now that the intraocular pressure in both eyes is high, it is more likely that primary glaucoma is considered.

At present, there are three categories of glaucoma methods: drugs, lasers, and surgery, and doctors need to give specific rough recommendations after comprehensive consideration of factors such as the type of patient, the severity of the disease, and age. It should be emphasized that glaucoma is a lifelong disease, and patients should have regular check-ups even if they have undergone lasers, surgery, etc.

2. Cataract **

1. Lens trophic metabolism disorders, such as senile cataracts.

2. Endocrine disorders, common diabetes, hypothyroidism, and endocrine disorders are one of the important causes of cataracts.

3. The incidence of cataract in the southern region is much higher than that in the plain area and the northern region.

4. Genetic factors, such as congenital cataracts, are more common in the process of fetal development, and some senile cataracts are also related to heredity.

5. Drugs and poisoning can also cause cataracts.

3. The elderly are cautious with internal cataracts

At present, there is no drug that can effectively prevent and delay the onset and progression of senile cataracts, so when cataracts affect life, surgery** is the only effective method.

The main symptoms of cataract in the elderly include blurred vision, color change, photophobia, black spots in front of the eyes, double shadow when looking at objects, and lens myopia. Late symptoms include vision loss and eventual blindness. Therefore, the sooner the cataract patient **, the better, if it reaches the advanced stage, it is difficult to cure. Wide stool crouching.