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Can a concussion cause a cataract?
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Yes: Trauma from blunt force trauma can cause cataract
Answered 5/31/2015
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Yes: If there is trauma to the eye
Answered 6/1/2015
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Trauma to eye: Cataracts can be caused by direct eye trauma, steroid medications (orally or topically): these would be the key ways a concussion would cause a cataract.
Answered 8/28/2019
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