Cataract and steroid eye drops

[Kari55]

Cutting long story short, my husband has Graves’ disease and had suspected TED. He has seen a well known consultant who gave him steroid drops to use for 4 weeks. He can’t say that they made much of a difference however his inflammation went down and the ophthalmologist was no longer sure whether he has got TED or not. His thyroid is now within range but the eye is still blurry and his optician suspected a cataract and referred him to the ophthalmologist. He has seen a different consultant who diagnosed him with mild cataract on one eye and said it’s possible that steroid drops caused this. Has anyone had similar experience? Is it possible that his cataract is caused by the thyroid rather than the drops? My husband is only 38.

[LouiseRoberts]

Sorry you had no replies - this may have been because your post was missed or because people simply had no information that was helpful.

If you still need information it may be worth posting again.

Louise

[Kari55 in reply to LouiseRoberts]

Thanks Louise, I have posted again and got some replies.