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The lens of the eye is normally clear. When it becomes clouded over by thickened tissue, it is called a cataract.
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- Slowly blurring vision over months or years
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- Developmental disorders
- Prematurity (cataract of Prematurity)
- Intrauterine infections (toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus infection, syphilis, rubella, perinatal herpes simplex virus infection)
- Corticosteroid medications
- Eye injury -- a major cause of cataracts in children
- Diabetes
- Uveitis (an eye disease)
- Metabolic disorders (galactosemia, Hypoglycemia)
- Genetic disease
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- Ophthalmoscope (eye exam)
- Hand held illuminator
- Slitlamp
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- Surgical cataract removal with lens replacement
- Correction of the refractive error
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- Chronic Glaucoma
- Macular degeneration
- Uveitis
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