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20 years old has the disease of the elderly – cataract, the doctor warns the mistake many people make

Cataracts in young people tend to increase, there was once a case of 20 years old who had a cataract that had to be replaced.

In Vietnam, refractive errors (nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism) are increasingly common among adolescents, with a prevalence of about 30-40% nationwide. These are alarming numbers of eye diseases in recent years, especially after the time of implementing the Covid-19 prevention and control distance.

Notably, there are currently about 2 million people who are blind and have low vision, in which the leading cause is cataract; In addition, diseases of the fundus such as diabetic retinopathy, high blood pressure, macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusion, retinal detachment… also increased rapidly, MSc Dang Thi Nhu Quynh – Associate Director of the disease DND International Eye Institute said.

Causes of cataracts can be congenital, aging – over the age of 50, cataracts begin to occur. The condition of the disease depends on each person, whether it is fast or slow, trauma, inflammation in the eye. Cataract is a condition where the lens loses its transparency. It is the most common disease in the elderly, and is the leading cause of blindness worldwide.

In addition, people with diabetes, high blood pressure, people who are often exposed to the sun, people who work in welding … are also the causes that promote the cataract process earlier.

Common symptoms of cataracts are blurred vision, double vision, and bright light. The most obvious manifestation when the patient goes out into the sun, at night with the opposite headlights shining on, he will see a mist in front of his eyes, the patient always feels like there is a cloud in front of his eyes.

“There is currently no drug that prevents cataracts, but only slows the progression of the disease. For patients who have not yet reached the point of needing a lens replacement, there are two methods of treatment: monitoring and medication. However, the most radical measure is surgery at the right time, said Dr.

20 years old has the disease of the elderly – cataract, the doctor warns the mistake many people make
BSCKII Nguyen Dang Dung (right photo) performed surgery on a patient

Recorded at the hospital in recent years, doctors noticed a marked increase in the number of cataract surgery cases.

According to BS, cataracts often appear in people over 60 years old, the level of opacity will gradually increase. In which, from 65 years old accounts for 70%, at the age of 70 about 80% have cataracts.

Professionally divided into 5 levels. In which, the level of need to replace cataract is vision 1/10. Accordingly, to be able to determine the right time to change, the family member raised their finger at a distance of 5m but the patient still saw clearly, the eyesight was 1/10 or higher. If you raise your finger and it’s not clear, your eyesight is less than 1/10. This is a warning sign that you need to see a doctor. In addition, the elderly, with reduced vision is also an indicator of cataract.

Notably, Dr. Quynh also warned that the trend of cataracts in young people is very common, especially in people who self-medicate with drugs to treat conjunctivitis, or people with itchy eyes who use eye drops containing corticosteroids. . These are very common causes of early cataracts.

“Some people have a disease- chronic kidney disease, nephrotic syndrome, have to take corticosteroids for a long time, then they are cloudy at the age of 20. I once received, operated for such a case when I came to the hospital with Cushing’s syndrome, round face – water retention, poor eyesight, forced cataract surgery.

In addition to this case, there are also many patients, especially in rural areas, who do not go to the doctor because they only have mild itching and then arbitrarily use eye drops containing corticosteroids for a long time. This causes the patient to have cataracts.

In these cases, the light in the room is not very dim, but outside in the sun it is very dim, very bright, very uncomfortable, people can’t stand going to the hospital, “said Dr. Nhu Quynh.

However, this doctor also said that young people who unfortunately have cataracts should not be too worried because the effect of cataract surgery is better for the elderly.

N. Huyen

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