Although usually age-related, cataract surgery is one of the most common eye problems. The disease, which causes a decrease in the patient’s vision, progresses over time and, if left untreated, can lead to almost complete loss of vision. Surgical intervention is essential for treatment. The patient’s dull lens is removed and replaced with an artificial lens. Thus, the patient’s vision is restored. As a result, since this operation is a surgical intervention, patients are also curious about the next process. So how does the healing process progress after cataract surgery?
Recovery after cataract surgery and what happens after the surgery
It should be noted that the healing process may vary depending on the condition of the operation. If your lens is thickened and the intervention was performed at a late stage, the operation will take longer and the doctor will have to work harder, resulting in a longer recovery period.
Immediately after the operation, a protector is put on your eye. When it is removed, you will initially experience hazy and blurred vision. This is possible and expected after the surgery. It may also occur with deterioration in your vision. Again, this is expected immediately after the surgery.
In the following process, it is expected that vision will gradually start to improve. In this process, it may be necessary to give some time for the artificial lens to replace the natural lens of the eye, that is, for the intraocular lens to adapt.
During the adaptation process, you may experience temporary complaints such as wavy vision and reflections in lights. However, this is usually temporary and vision is expected to improve over time.
Apart from this, let’s list below the additional points we can say about the recovery process after surgery and the events you may encounter.
- Due to temporary damage to the blood vessels in the sclera, the white part of your eye during surgery, you may experience a reddened appearance in the eye for a while. As the healing process progresses, this red appearance will be removed.
- If anesthesia injection is performed under the lower part of your eye, slight bruising may occur under the eye and this is defined as temporary during the healing process.
- Within one to two weeks at the latest, the patient begins to regain clear vision to a large extent.
If you have problems with clear vision for a long period of time or if your vision does not improve, do not forget to consult your doctor. Most of the effects mentioned above are an effect of the healing process after cataract surgery. However, for complaints that do not go away, doctor controls are essential.
