Cataracts Symptoms | Do You Have Cataracts?

If you feel you are suffering any eye symptoms below visit a board certified Los Angeles cataract surgeon to find out now. Eye health and eye conditions that are related to general health such as glaucoma should be monitored by  your Los Angeles eye doctor. The typical symptom of cataract formation is a slow, progressive, and painless decrease in vision. Often, vision with cataracts has been described as seeing life through old, cloudy film.

Signs of Cataracts

• Difficulty driving
• Difficulty seeing at night
• Difficulty viewing a computer screen
• Colors appear dim and faded
• Frequent change in glasses prescription
• Double vision

Ironically, as the lens gets harder, farsighted or hyperopic people, may experience improved distance vision and are less dependent on glasses. However, nearsighted or myopic people become more nearsighted or myopic, causing distance vision to be worse. Some types of cataracts affect distance vision more than reading vision. Others affect reading vision more than distance vision. Some types of cataracts cause significant glare, making night vision very poor even in the early stages.

Eye Zone Medical offers free consultations in Los Angeles for cataract surgery, laser eye surgery and LASIK in Los Angeles, Orange County and Pasadena.