How To Prepare For Cataract Surgery

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How To Prepare For Cataract Surgery

13 October 2022
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Finding out that you need cataract surgery can be overwhelming. However, once you get over the fact that you're going to need the surgery you may be excited about the results. You may also want to learn more about the procedure and the steps that you need to take to ensure that your surgery is a success. 

Pre-Surgery

Before your surgery, your doctor will take measurements of the shape of your eyes. This is done so that you can get the right lens. The lens that you get needs to have the proper focus or the surgery will not be a success. Your doctor will also be interested in all the medications you are taking and you may be asked not to take some of these before the surgery. 

Your doctor will give you an antibiotic to take home and eye drops that you will need to put into your eyes before the surgery. All of this is done in an attempt to prevent infection and swelling that can happen after cataract surgery.

During the Procedure

During the procedure, the areas around your eye will be washed. You will again have eye drops placed in your eyes so that your pupils can dilate for the surgery. You will be given medication that will make you feel drowsy, and your eyes will be numbed before the procedure. 

You will still be able to see a few movements that are happening but you will not be able to see what they are doing to your eye. Once the surgery is completed you will be observed for half an hour afterward to make sure that you are okay.

After Surgery Care

When your surgery is completed you will be given something to put over your eye to protect it. This protective covering will be needed for a few weeks. Make sure that you have someone ready to drive you home as you will not be able to do so.

This covering will protect your eye and prevent it from getting infected while it heals. Your doctor will ask you to come in for follow-up visits so that they can see if the surgery is successful.

Be Prepared

There are a lot of things you will need to bear in mind when you are going in for cataract surgery. Once you are aware of what will happen before, during, and after the procedure you will be well on your way to experiencing success and clearer vision in no time. 

Contact a local ophthalmologist to learn more about cataract procedures.