Nature

Intravitreal triamcinolone will cause posterior subcapsular cataract in most eyes with diabetic maculopathy within 2 years

Prospective, non-randomised, interventional cohort case series. A total of 27 eyes of 27 patients with diabetic macular oedema received an intravitreal injection of 4 mg (0.1 ml) of triamcinolone ...
Healio

Intralenticular Ozurdex implant: A rare clinical scenario and timely management

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Intravitreal steroids have been widely used in the treatment of various ocular pathologies including macular ...
The Tuscaloosa News

Allergy sprays can lead to cataracts

Q. As a cataract surgeon, I have seen several patients over the years with posterior subcapsular cataracts that I thought were attributable to steroid nasal sprays. It is quite common to see cataracts ...
Healio

Older age, shallow anterior chamber depth increase risk for primary angle-closure disease

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Late posterior subcapsular cataract appeared to lower the risk. “The lack of longitudinal data on [primary angle ...
Nature

Can we predict which patients are at risk of having an ungradeable digital image for screening for diabetic retinopathy?

We aimed to determine the reasons for, and variables which predicted, ungradeable retinal photographs during screening patients for diabetic retinopathy. Age, duration of diabetes, visual acuity, and ...
Houston Chronicle

Using an allergy spray? Be alert to any changes in your vision

Q: As a cataract surgeon, I have seen several patients over the years with posterior subcapsular cataracts that I thought were attributable to steroid nasal sprays. It is quite common to see cataracts ...
The Herald-Sun

Allergy sprays can lead to cataracts — The People’s Pharmacy

Q. As a cataract surgeon, I have seen several patients over the years with posterior subcapsular cataracts that I thought were attributable to steroid nasal sprays. It is quite common to see cataracts ...
Medscape

Cataract Surgery in Patients With Diabetes and Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Nishal Patel, MBBS, MRCOphth; Gordon Bowler; Tolulope Adeniji; Alex K. Nugent, BSc; Damion Lake, MBBS, MRCOphth; Sobha Seswathi, MBBS, MRCOphth; N. Victor Chong ...
JSTOR Daily

Protracted low-dose radiation exposure and cataract in a cohort of Chinese industry radiographers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 72, No. 9 (September 2015), pp. 640-647 (8 pages) Objectives The aim of this study was to assess the risk of cataract following protracted low doses of ...
Physician's Weekly

Q&A: Reassessing Ocular Comorbidity Risk in Psoriasis

Patients with psoriasis are at increased risk for cataracts, uveitis, dry eye disease, glaucoma, retinal vein occlusion (RVO) ...
TCTMD

Nearly Half of Interventional Cardiologists May Have Pre-Cataract Lesions

NEW ORLEANS, LA—Up to half of interventional cardiologists who are exposed to ionizing radiation in the cath lab may have early evidence of eye changes that could eventually become cataracts, ...