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Sunglasses, sugar control, no smoking and annual checks after 50 delay cataract - and free surgery programs prevent the blindness.
You cannot fully prevent an age-related cataract - but you can push it years later, and you can completely prevent the worst outcomes. Both matter.
Newborn and toddler eye checks: a white pupil reflex in photos, a wandering eye, or a baby who does not track - same-week pediatric eye evaluation. Preventing lifelong lazy-eye blindness is a months-wide window, once.
Classical netra-raksha (eye protection): shield the eyes from heat, smoke and glare; triphala and ghee in the diet; regular routine; do not overstrain. Add sunglasses and diabetes control, and the two lists converge.
Sunglasses, no smoking, sugar control and the antioxidant plate delay the clouding - and annual checks after 50 plus using India's free surgery programs prevent the blindness entirely.
Written By
Dr. Daksh
BDS
Reviewed By
Dr. Varun Gupta
MD Pharmacology, MBBS
Last updated on
27 Sep 2022 • 06:23 PM (IST)
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