What are cataract symptoms?

Question

My right eye feels like there is a film over it. What are the symptoms of cataract?

Answer 1

Visual decline: Cataracts cause a blurring of vision, dimming of color and glare in bright lighting.

Answer 2

Many: Can have many symptoms. Most common are decreased in vision with activities of daily living. Reading small print, street signs, glare from lights, halos or star-bursting at night, reading the sports score on tv, etc.

Answer 3

Cataract symptoms: Blurry vision, glare at night with street light or oncoming headlights on vehicles, trouble focusing clearly to read.

Answer 4

Cataract symptoms: Cataracts cause halos/glare especially when driving at night, blurry vision, loss of contrast sensitivity (decreased contrast between objects & background ) & decreased vision: even on; these symptoms worse with time. Cataract is leading cause of preventable blindness in world. More info: eyedoc2020@blogspot.com

Answer 5

Poor vision: Depends on density and type of cataract but often: decreased vision, dim, cloudy, hazy, blurry, smudged, loss of sharp edges, glare from lights, haloes around lights, loss of color, difficulty seeing at night, more nearsightedness, can't do regular activities because of vision, etc.

Answer 6

Constant decreases: Almost any type of decreased or distorted vision can be caused by cataracts. It is important to note that whatever deficit occurs, it is constant. That is, it is not better one day and worse the next, but rather slowly progressive.

Answer 7

Glare, halo, blurry: Cataracts (a white lens change): most often due to/made worse by (most common first): aging, genetics predisposition, excessive sun exposure, smoking, diabetes, steroid medication, previous trauma, inflammation, infection in the eye causing inflammation; previous intraocular eye surgery; other genetic conditions; can be congenital; Symptoms: glare especially at night; cloudy vision, decreased VA.

Answer 8

Blurry vision: Cataracts, a cloudiness in the natural lens of the eye, can cause different types of blurry vision syimptoms such as glare, fuzziness, haze, loss of clarity. This can lead to difficulty in driving, reading and other daily tasks.

Answer 9

Blurry vision: There are many symptoms of cataracts from early ones like glare, poor night vision, blurry vision at extremes of vision. Eventually the cataracts will progress and a film will seem to cover the vision, more light will be needed, color vision changes, and finally a loss of best corrected vision. Cataracts are a leading cause of vision loss in the world where cataract surgery is not as available.

Answer 10

Cataract symptoms: Cataract symptoms include blurred vision, glare and haloes, decreased reading or computer vision, difficult performing visual tasks.

Answer 11

May be: May not have symptoms but performance of daily activities showed be monitored for subtle impairment.

Answer 12

Sometimes: Blurring of vision. But early onset has rare symptoms in my personal experience.

Answer 13

No: At the beginning stages there is typically no symptoms!

Answer 14

Symptoms: Cataracts cause halos/glare especially when driving at night, blurry vision, loss of contrast sensitivity (decreased contrast between objects & background ) & decreased vision: even on; these symptoms worse with time. Cataract is leading cause of preventable blindness in world. More info: eyedoc2020@blogspot.com

What are cataract symptoms?

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