Age-related cataract is a condition that basically everyone gets as we are actually all suffering from it when we’re around the age of 85. When you get older, the lenses in both your eyes get less and less clear. This is because the protein in your eyes gets lumpy, which makes the lenses cloudy, and as a result you get blurred vision.
A frequent age-related condition such as diabetes can speed up this process. What a lot of people don’t know is that the cloudiness that comes with age-related cataract can already manifest itself quite early: around the age of 55. Around three percent of people between the ages of 55 and 65 has age-related cataract. In some cases it’s even sooner than that as there are people who already notice their sight deteriorating from the age of 40.
There are a number of symptoms that can indicate that you are developing age-related cataract. Look out for the following changes:
- Your vision is blurred, both near and far.
- Colours are less bright and sometimes a bit yellow or brown.
- You sometimes have doubled vision when you’re only using one eye to see.
- Your vision is bad at night. You see a halo around streetlights, headlights, and other light sources.
- You suddenly need glasses with a corrective lens that’s very different from the glasses you used to have.
