High blood sugar can be used for cataract surgery

High blood sugar is a very common disease nowadays. High blood sugar will cause considerable pressure on the patient's body. First of all, it will cause cataracts. Cataracts and high blood sugar can occur at the same time. Patients need to undergo surgery to restore their sight to eliminate the risk of cataracts. However, everyone needs to pay attention to whether cataract surgery can be performed during high blood pressure. It depends on the doctor's arrangement.

Indications Cataract surgery has a wide range of indications. All types of cataracts that are suitable for vision restoration surgery can be treated surgically:

1. Those with lens opacity and visual acuity less than 0.3, including corrected visual acuity.

2. Regardless of vision, as long as the patient has high requirements for vision or has special occupational requirements.

3. Lens dislocation and subluxation.

4. High myopia combined with cataract.

5. Congenital cataracts in all age groups.

6. For cataracts caused by inflammation, the intraocular inflammation must be controlled for more than six months.

7. Traumatic cataract.

8. Patients with cataract and glaucoma who can undergo combined surgery to control intraocular pressure.

There are no absolute contraindications to cataract surgery. Some cataract patients with systemic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension can undergo cataract surgery as long as the primary disease is controlled within the normal range.

Most cataract patients are tall and weak, with multiple diseases co-existing. In order to ensure the success of the operation and prevent complications, some necessary local and systemic examinations should be carried out before the operation.

1. Routine inspection

The eye examination before cataract surgery should include visual function (light perception, light localization, color vision). Routine slit-lamp examination of the eye and measurement of intraocular pressure. For suspected fundus lesions, electrophysiological examination, B-ultrasound examination of the eye, macular function examination, etc. can be performed. For patients who have undergone eye surgery, corneal endothelial cell count can be performed as needed.

Based on the above examinations, the condition of the eye to be operated on can be roughly evaluated before surgery, the recovery of visual function after surgery can be estimated, and preparations can be made for possible complications and risk factors that may arise during the operation.

There are no specific rules for the timing of cataract surgery. In the past, it was believed that cataracts could only be treated surgically after they matured. However, with the development of surgical techniques, immature cataracts can also be treated surgically. For patients with nuclear cataract who have high vision requirements, surgery can be arranged if the vision is above 0.3 or 0.5.