A cataract is an eye disorder in which the lens of the eye becomes cloudy and obscures vision, according to the National Eye Institute. The risk of developing cataracts increases as a person ages and by age 80, more than 50 percent of Americans...
Senile cataracts are a clouding of the lens in the eye that develops with aging. More than 70 percent of people over age 75 have some degree of lens clouding, according to Richard Lindstrom, M.D., of ImproveYourVision.com. Senile cataracts can...
People with diabetes are at high risk of eye complications, from minor to severe, reports the Diabetes Teaching Center at the University of California, San Francisco. A severe complication of diabetes is blindness; however, most eye disorders are...
Ominpred ophthalmic drops are steroid drops used in the eye to decrease or prevent inflammation. The active ingredient in Omnipred is prednisolone acetate. Omnipred is used to treat a number of ophthalmic conditions including infection and...
A cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye, caused by proteins on the surface. Under normal circumstances, the proteins in the lens allow light to pass through. As we age, the proteins clump together and cloud an area of the lens. Damage and...
Cataracts are defined as a clouding of the eye. The lens that covers the human eye is made mostly of water, which keeps it soft and flexible. As the body ages, the lens dries out and hardens, becoming dense. This makes it more difficult for light...
Prednisolone is a corticosteroid used to treat a number of diseases processes, including asthma, autoimmune disease and severe allergic reaction or inflammation. Prednisolone is given by mouth in pill or liquid form or as an ophthalmic drop....
A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye. The lens, found behind the iris and the pupil, focuses light on the back of the retina. Cataracts differ by type and cause. More than 50 percent of people over age 80 either have a cataract or have...
A clouding of the natural lens of the eye is called a cataract. There are three types of age-related cataracts---nuclear, cortical and posterior subcapsular---that can develop as people get older, according to The Eye Digest. Each type of cataract...
Cataracts, a clouding of the lens of the eye, develop for many reasons. There are several types of cataracts: nuclear cataracts, which form in the center of the lens and are most often associated with aging; posterior subcapsular cataracts (PSC),...
The corticosteroid medication prednisolone--which is also sold as Pred Forte--is an ophthalmic medication that can be used to treat a variety of eye conditions, says the Macula Center. Because Pred Forte can reduce inflammation or irritation in...
Steroid (corticosteroid) eye drops are commonly prescribed to reduce inflammation after eye surgeries, to relieve conjunctivitis and dry eye, and to reduce retinal swelling or other inflammation caused by infection, allergies, or irritants in the...
The sun produces ultraviolet (UV) light that is well known for causing sunburned skin. Damage to the eyes often gets second-class status in discussions on tissue damage from the sun. The immediate and visible effect of skin damage often...
Although the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis primarily affects the bones and joints, it frequently causes eye problems. Autoimmune disorders can impede tear production and produce inflammation that causes discomfort and vision loss. In...
An old cliche says that the eyes are "windows to the soul," but sometimes those windows can become problematic. Bacterial or viral infections can seep into the mucus membranes of the eyes. Sometimes the lenses in the eyes become cloudy, which...
