The Top 6 Reasons To Have Your Cataracts Removed
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If you have been recently or, even more pertinently, some time ago diagnosed with having cataracts in either one of your eyes or both, then you should really seriously consider booking your operation to have your cataracts removed. 

There are a host of advantages to biting the proverbial bullet and choosing to have the surgery, not least the incredible effects and positive improvements to your vision and eyesight moving forward. 

With that in mind, continue reading to learn of the top six reasons to have your cataracts removed. 

1. To Be Able To Drive At Night

If you have had one or more cataracts for a while now, or moreover have only just noticed you have them, either way, you will detect a difference in the level and quality of your eyesight and especially your vision when you are driving at night. 

After cataract surgery, not only will you likely see a marked difference in how much you can see when night-driving, but it is also possible that you will no longer need glasses to drive. 

2. For An Improved Quality Of Life In General

Cataracts can cause a host of uncomfortable and even often painful symptoms that can be hard to ignore. 

As soon as your eye has begun to heal, you will see an improvement in terms of reduced blurry vision and less halo-like circles around objects that emit light, but you will feel significantly less uncomfortable when carrying out daily activities resulting in an improved quality of life in general. 

3. To Not, Have To Wear Glasses

This is entirely dependent on the individual, but in many cases, patients who undergo cataract removal surgery which used to wear glasses for reading no longer need them, or conversely, those who used to wear glasses while driving simply do not need to any longer.

4. To Protect Your Eyesight In Future

Perhaps a scary thought but entirely avoidable, if an individual has cataracts on one or both of their eyes for a long time and are left entirely untreated, it may actually lead to total and complete blindness in the future. 

Blindness that is caused by cataracts is entirely preventable, which is one of the top reasons to book your appointment today. 

5. Cataract Surgery Only Takes Approximately Thirty Minutes

Before cataract surgery, you will naturally be feeling slightly disconcerted or even slightly nervous, so when this time comes, constantly keep in mind that the entire cataract removal operation only lasts around thirty minutes from start to finish. 

6. You Do Not Need To Be Put To Sleep For Cataract Removal

Contrary to popular belief, during the thirty-minute cataract operation, you will be entirely awake throughout, although you will not feel any pain or discomfort. 

Just before the operation begins, a local anesthetic will be applied to the eyeball and the area surrounding the eye, and throughout the half-hour, more anesthetic will be applied by the surgeon as and when required.