Someone with cataracts sees the world as if they were looking
through a pair of foggy glasses in the winter. Everything looks
blurry and doing normal things, like driving, becomes extremely
difficult if not impossible. The description is perfectly
accurate because cataracts are actually the fogging up of the
eyes natural lenses. The lens of the eye focuses light into the
retina and controls the eye’s ability to focus between short and
long distances. The iris and pupil are both in front of the
lens. The lens is clear and composed of both protein and water.
Aging, disease and injury can cause the proteins to mass
together and a small part of the lens to become clouded up. The
cataract can then become larger over time and vision becomes
more and more difficult. Cataracts are not dangerous to your
overall health. They can be extremely frustrating because of the
loss of vision, though. There are rare circumstances when a
cataract becomes white. This is called an overripe cataract, or
hypermature cataract. This ty