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Cataract

Updated October 09, 2007

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Cataract

Cataract

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A scene as it might look to a person with cataract. A cataract is a clouding of the eye's lens. Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness among people older than 55. Cataracts make your visual field appear fuzzy or blurry.

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