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Causes of Cataract?

Cataract  can be seen in children as a hereditary defect, while eye trauma, smoking, diabetes, excessive use of alcohol, prolonged exposure of sunlight or ultraviolet rays, extended use of corticosteroids are few causes of cataract occurring in elderly people.   Dr. Jatin Ashar Eye Specialist In Ghatkopar East and West     Director and Chief Operating Surgeon MD (AIIMS), DNB, FICO (UK),            FAICO & a fellow of L V Prasad Eye Institute Cataract, Cornea and              Refractive surgery specialist Soft-spoken, compassionate and an intellectual man, Dr. Ashar trained at the prestigious ‘All India Institute of Medical Sciences’, New Delhi; one of Asia’s best! After his post-graduation, he completed his fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment from the world renowned L. V. Prasad Eye Institute. Later on, he was appointed as the main cornea consultant at the ‘New Tertiary Care Center’ at the sam...

What is Cataract?

  Cataract is progressive in nature and develops with time you grow older.  Cataract  affects most of people and becomes prominent with age. It can be described as blurry, cloudy or opaque vision. Natural eye lens focuses light on the retina to form clear and undistorted image. Clouding of this lens results in blurred and distorted image. It commonly affects both eyes but in few cases one eye cataract might advances rapidly. If not treated on time, may result is complete loss of sight. Dr. Jatin Ashar Eye Specialist In Ghatkopar East and West     Director and Chief Operating Surgeon MD (AIIMS), DNB, FICO (UK),            FAICO & a fellow of L V Prasad Eye Institute Cataract, Cornea and              Refractive surgery specialist Soft-spoken, compassionate and an intellectual man, Dr. Ashar trained at the prestigious ‘All India Institute of Medical Sciences’, New Delhi; one of Asia’s best! After ...

Mumbai Eye Care Unveils The Bladeless Cataract Surgery

Mumbai Eye Care launched the bladeless cataract surgery. This surgery uses advanced laser technology that gives ultra-fine precision operation, which improves the surgery safety. Mumbai Eye Care, the top  eye clinic in Ghatkopar , always added new and upgraded technology to its eye treatment service. The latest one is this clinic launched the bladeless cataract surgery treatment using Femtosecond LensX Laser, which is approved by the US FDA. This laser is the most advanced laser technology for eye surgery today. As its name implies, the surgeon won’t be using a blade to operate the cataract problem, which reduces the risk of complications. It is also very safe because of its high precision. Moreover, the incision on the cataract part is also very thin, increasing the healing and recovery speed. This new cataract treatment will also be conducted by Dr. Jatin Ashar, the eye specialist in this clinic. Speaking about Dr. Jatin Ashar, he is an experienced and skilful  eye specialis...

Can Diabetes affect My Eyes? - Mumbaieyecare

Diabetes is a multi-organ disease and our eye is one of the organs affected. Diabetes is a complex metabolic condition in which body either can’t produce insulin, or can’t use insulin efficiency. Insulin helps in breaking down food in simple sugars and delivers it to cells throughout your body for energy. The amount of sugar in your blood builds up if you don’t have enough insulin to break it down, is known as hyperglycemia. While low blood sugar is known as hypoglycemia. If diabetes is undiagnosed or left untreated, it can cause damage your eyes that can lead to poor vision or even blindness. But you can take steps to prevent diabetic eye diseases, or keep it from getting worse, by taking care of your diabetes. Simple ways to manage your diabetes are: Monitor blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol. Increase physical activity, like brisk walking, jogging and yoga Consult your eye doctor for a dilated eye exam once a year Common eye conditions associated with diabetes are: Catar...

Excessive Blinking Treatment by Dr. Jatin Ashar - Mumbaieyecare

Excessive Blinking Overview Blinking is an automated reflex of the body. It occurs automatically, but you can also control it. You can blink when you want to. When you blink more than usual, then it is termed excessive blinking. For example, we blink more while talking and when we are nervous or in pain. Opposite to this, we blink less when we sense danger or when we are reading. Babies and children blink only two times per minute, but they blink about 14 to 17 times per minute when reaching adolescence age. It remains constant until you have an eye condition that could increase the blinking frequency. What Is Excessive Blinking? Excessive blinking is referred to a condition in which you blink more than you want to blink. Several things can act as a trigger and can cause excessive blinking. The most common cause in adults is the problem related to the surface of the eye. Excessive blinking might be irritating but rarely can cause any serious issues. Serious issues are caused only when ...

Is Cataract Surgery Safe To Do During Covid? - By Dr. Jatin Ashar - Mumbaieyecare

                                        Introduction In a cataract, the vision of the eyes become blurry due to the opacification of the lens. A cataract is a second major cause of visual impairment and preventable blindness.   Cataract surgery   is one of the most common procedures to improve vision and prevent blindness across the world. Average monthly cataract surgeries performed in India are over 5 lakhs. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sudden cancellation in surgical procedures has created significant backlogs in cataract surgery. Does Cataract Surgery Had A Risk Of Covid-19 Exposure? It is necessary to understand how the coronavirus can infect you. A virus can infect you in two ways. One way is by inhaling the aerosols produced during coughing or sneezing by an infected person. Another way of spreading the virus is when a person touches the nose, eyes or mouth with infected...

Dr. Jatin Ashar Provides the Treatment for Corneal Blindness - Mumbaieyecare

What is Corneal Blindness? Cornea is the transparent, outermost layer of the eye and is used as a refractive medium for image formation. Tears on the other hand nourishes cornea by keeping eyes clean and moist. With age corneal clouding and corneal scar can be caused by inflammatory diseases, trauma or infection and may result in blindness eventually. In general we believe that eye diseases like cataract or glaucoma are more of concern but if we check the facts with WHO, corneal blindness constitutes as much as 5% of total blindness. Ocular trauma and ulcerations are also cause of 1.5 to 2.0 million new cases every year. You may suffer corneal blindness at any age and the common causes are eye trauma, vitamin A deficiency, as an after effect of bacterial, viral, fungal infections and congenital diseases or sometimes home remedies causes more eye damage then benefit. Patients often experience symptoms like tearing, photosensitivity, eye pain, blurred vision, glare, redness and a feeling...