after cataract surgery and iol transplant...my vision is too blurry?what to do now?

[atharali777]

when i was 8 year old by an accident, i got cataract in my right eye.i consulted a doctor which recommended me IOL transplant at that time,and i also have surgery for this...but after the surgery my vision is too blurry so that i can only tell the hand count ,i cannot recognize any faces,i cannot read by that eye kindly tell me what can i do now? is their any cure. now at this time my age is 23 years but still same problem.here in my country doctor says you will not gone have your vision back.but sir i see blurry i am not totally blind of that eye..kindly tell me some good suggestion i am so worried.

[JohnHaganMD]

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[JohnHaganMD]

There is no way I can tell you if anything can be done to make your bad eye better. that requires an actual examination of your eye. I am assuming you see a ophthalmologist and that he/she is competent.  Since they did not think your eye could be helped that is not a good sign. You can consider getting a second opinion from another different ophthalmologist that you have access to. I cannot tell you anything further about your "bad eye"

JH MD

[atharali777]

mean you are saying that there is no cure to my eye? i cannot have any Lasik surgery?

[SoftwareDeveloper]

The problem is the doctor, and others on here who might have dealt with the problem, don't know what the problem with your eye is. You don't give us enough information about the problem to offer suggestions. You could ask another doctor, or try getting more information from your first doctor about what is wrong. It is possible that the power of the lens is off, in which case it may be possible that something like Lasik might help, but we don't know enough to comment on it. Did they offer to give you a prescription for glasses or contacts to correct it? If not, then laser surgery probably won't help, but again you need to provide more information for anyone to help.

[JohnHaganMD]

First let me tell you the most important thing is to preserve your remaining eye from disease, an unhealthy lifestyle or another injury. You should see an ophthalmologist yearly, have a family doctor and live healthy (not smoke, not drink too much alcohol, not be obese, etc).  You should also consider wearing glasses all the time for protection even if your good eye doesn't need a prescription lens. You should avoid activities that have high eye risk (power tools, welding, lawnmowers, weed-eaters, firecrackers, etc). If you must do something that has risk of eye injury you need fully protective industrial goggles or complete face shield

It is not at all likely that anything can be done to help your bad eye if your local ophthalmologist did not give you any encouragement to go to a tertiary eye care referral center.

JCH MD