Name: Camille N.

Libranda
Yr/Sec: CPM-501

Cataract causing night vision clear

A Cataract is the clouding of the eye's natural lens. It is the most common cause of vision loss in
people over age 40 and is also the principal cause of blindness in the world. Normally, the lens of
the eye is clear. However, when you have a cataract, it causes the lens to become cloudy, which
eventually affects your vision causing blurry vision at any distance. Over time, as the cataracts get
worse, less light reaches the retina. People with cataracts may have an especially hard time
seeing and driving at night. To treat cataract, a surgery must be done. Cataract surgery is a
procedure to remove the lens of your eye and, in most cases, replace it with an artificial
intraocular lens (IOL). It is performed by an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) on an outpatient basis,
which means you don't have to stay in the hospital after the surgery. Moreover, it is a very
common and is generally a safe procedure. Colors may seem brighter after the surgery because
you are looking through a new, clear lens. A cataract is usually yellow- or brown-tinted before
surgery, muting the look of colors. No man-made lens is perfect (spectacle, contact lens, IOL). The
optics may be precise at dead center but as you travel towards the outer edge of the lens the focusing
can change dramatically. Spherical aberration (SA) distorts and degrades the visual image. To make
things worse SA is magnified in high-power lenses like an +18 diopter IOL. In dim light the pupil
enlarges and that also exposes the eye’s visual system to more SA. Therefore, if the pupil enlarges,
the clearer the vision would be.