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Cataract (unilateral)

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Unilateral cataracts occur in only one eye. In general the symptoms are the same, but the presentation may be different and there are additional problems. Features are as follows:

  • apparent sudden loss of vision after covering the good eye
  • gradual loss of vision following trauma. Sometimes this may have seemed trivial at the time for example something flying into the eye, but there may be an intraocular foreign body.
  • the blurred vision and dazzling may interfere with the good eye
  • loss of stereopsis - difficult to judge distances
  • squint - this can occur if there was a pre-existing latent deviation.

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