Experiences with

Cataracts

Anyway during the appointment the optician told me I should be having annual tests as steroids can do something to the lens and cause a higher risk of glaucoma and cataracts.... Dunno if anyone else has heard that & obviously I dont want to scare anyone, but I had no idea!!!!

I Started Getting Blurred Vision Last Year After Being On Pred For 4 Months So Got Refered To a Specialist, And I Got My Results Today... ...I Have Cataracts From The Long Term Use Of Steroids, The Cant Do Anything Just Yet As It Isnt Bad Enough, But The Warned Me That If Thisngs Get To Bad, I Could

He says it is the steroids but i believe i have been told before that the atrovent can cause cataracts, as anyone else heard this! I know it can cause glaucoma!

Equally, although my consultant was keen to get me on the accuhalers he has never mentioned the risk of cataracts and no one else has either. Am I making a fuss over nothing? My mum had her cataracts done and now has perfect vision although she was 79 when she had the op.

I have some new drops to use - Systane Gel Drops - these are very new but better than anything else I've tried but even then my eyes are awful and deteriorating in other ways (ie some macular degeneration and cataracts). If anyone can help ....

Because of their association with elevated blood sugar, AGEs are an important aspect of complications relating to diabetes including cataracts and heart disease.73,81,82,83,84 Even in non diabetics, AGEs have still been associated with retina damage89,90 and heart disease91,92,93,114 as well as strokes

Just asking as I'd cataract op just over year ago at age of 44. I regularly attend my opticians and 2yrs ago was told I'd perfect vision yet within 3mths I was experiencing severe problems with my left eye. I was told I'd cataract growing at rate they had never seen b4. Apartently most take between 5

I am going through the unfortunate process of redundancy & consultation (as are thousands of others!). When I looked over the consultation papers, the statistics offered are 25% of employees are declared disabled. I know who I work with: I have RA & my friend has retinitis pigmentosa and is going blind

Hi Guys, Had my cataract surgery a week ago and the double vision post-op has finally settled so that I can use a keyboard again - yay! Had some complications during surgery - 'normal' for me I'm afraid - excessive bleeding that they had difficulty stopping so I ended up being kept in overnight:-( Pleased

He told me that I didn't have methetrexate cataracts -yet. I was also checked in the UK to see if the methetrexate had been in anyway involved in the pneumonia I had.

I dont know if I have scleroderma but I experience this, Have seen 2 opticians and opthamolgist at local hospital (waiting for cataract surgery there) who all said nothing to do with eyes. One optician said it might be an image from the brain I have been dabbling on Inspire (an american site for scleroderma

But it cannot be taken for long periods because it has serious side effects, like osteoporosis, cataracts, facial swelling, weight gain, muscle wasting, early atherosclerosis and diabetes. The simplest and safest treatment is the anti-malarial drug hydrocholor quinoline.

At the moment mainly that of chronic steroid use...so I've developed cataracts, become osteoporitic and have struggled with my weight for years. However, despite all the problems that lupus has thrown at me, I've fought to overcome them. I've had pulses of chemo to knock it back.

hi i am sure that the stress aggravates some of hte Psp symptoms in my ca s e my balacne and fallign my partner had to have an emergency op for a detached retina after cataract surgery 2 months ago and i fell over 26 times hyest erday (insid e and out)withn ot knowing how he was at the op

Sunday:- 84 year old Father-in-law phoned.He had to go to hospital on Monday to have his eyes examined for cataracts. Would I go with him? WeekTwo. Monday:-Went with Father-in-law to hospital As he has macular degeneration he s not sure what to do about cataract operation.

Most websites talk about cataracts affecting older people (80ish) so wondered if they might be related to auto immune.

Anyone else had this "early onset" cataracts????

I thought it was her eyes so I had her cataracts removed. This didn't help. Her dizziness persisted. After a few months, my mom’s personality began to change. Little, nasty slurs were whispered as asides to my kids about their behavior. .She started to forget things.

I have had RA for 37 years, on Remicade, mtx, nsaids, all the rest. I have developed RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA. Has anybody else had any experience with this disease_