Cataract surgery and the baby boomers...the cataract experts at North shore eye care

A cataract is a clouding of the crystalline lens of the eye.  We all develop cataract as we age.  Cataract is the natural aging of the lens of the eye.  As a cataract becomes more advanced, the lens starts to cloud over and this causes visual symptoms such as glare while driving at night, glare with sunlight and generalized blurred vision.  At North Shore Eye Care in smithtown new york in long island, we have three board certified cataract surgeons that are ready to assist patients with visually significant cataracts.  A cataract should be addressed when the symptoms from the cataract are affecting a patients quality of life.  This point is different for different people and younger more active patients tend to want cataract surgery earlier.  If you do not drive at night and you have a symptom of glare when driving at night, you might not feel the need.

The baby boomers seem to be developing cataracts slightly earlier than the last generation.  This may be due to excessive smoking, overexposure to UV light or a generally more toxic environment, but we are seeing more cataract earlier in life.  This might not be an actual trend and our eye doctors have not seen published research about this, but our baby boomers seem to be more bothered by cataract symptoms earlier in life.  It may also be that baby boomers are less willing to tolerate the irritating cataract symptoms.  The cataract surgeons at North Shore Eye Care perform the latest in cataract surgery including small incision cataract surgery without the need for stitches, needles or even an eye patch.

In long island new york in suffolk and nassau counties, we see patients from smithtown, nesconset, saint james, kings park, islip, islandia, hauppauge, lake grove, bohemia, ronkonkoma, holtsville, holbrook, sayville, commack, stony brook, setauket, centereach, and many other towns.