Cataracts

ConditionsDiseases List

crystaline lens/anterior chamber becomes opaque decreasing vision

Fundamentals:

• Clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye
  • If galactose 1-phosphate uridyl transferase is not active
  • Aldose reductase converts Galactose into Galactitol
    • Galactitol is osmotically active, water will difffuse into the lens forming cataracts

Causes:

• Aging process
• Trauma
• Glaucoma
• Medications

Genetic:

• Genetic
• Congenital anomaly Galactosemia

Route Of Transmission ROT:

LOC:

Pathogenesis:

Symptoms:

Diagnosis:

Treatment:

• Cataract Extraction

Prevention:

• Milk Moderation: NOTE THERE IS A HIGH INCIDENCE OF CATARAC FORMATION WITH AGE POPULATIONS THAT CONSUME SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF MILK INTO ADULTHOOD
  • Too much of ANYTHING IS BAD theory 

Additional Information:

• Lactose and Cataracts 

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