What is cataracts?

A cataract is a congenital or degenerative opacity of the lens. The main symptom is gradual, painless vision blurring. Some cataracts appear in infancy or in childhood, but most develop in older individuals. Treatment is surgical removal and placement of an intraocular lens.

How do members experience cataracts?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with cataracts*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for cataracts*

Who has cataracts on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 5
30s 18
40s 34
50s 90
60s 178
70+ 188

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 126
Female 380

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What is cataracts?

A cataract is a congenital or degenerative opacity of the lens. The main symptom is gradual, painless vision blurring. Some cataracts appear in infancy or in childhood, but most develop in older individuals. Treatment is surgical removal and placement of an intraocular lens.



Common symptoms reported by people with cataracts

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for cataracts

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Compare treatments taken by people with cataracts

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have cataracts through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with cataracts? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has cataracts on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 80 say cataracts is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 5
30s 18
40s 34
50s 90
60s 178
70+ 188
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 16
20-29 years 15
30-39 years 18
40-49 years 38
50-59 years 68
60-69 years 43
70+ years 7

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 126
Female 380

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 311
Not Diagnosed 6

These charts show data from cataracts patients who have completed their condition history
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