What Causes Cataracts?
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3. Medical Conditions
Sometimes cataracts are more likely to develop when a person has an existing medical condition, such as diabetes. Obesity is another risk factor related to the development of cataracts.1‘Cataract.’ Cataract | Kellogg Eye Center | Michigan Medicine, www.umkelloggeye.org/conditions-treatments/cataract.
Cataracts may appear in people with galactosemia, an inability to break down the sugar galactose. Toxocariasis, a parasitic infection acquired via exposure to animal feces, may lead to cataracts. During pregnancy, if a woman contracts infections, such as toxoplasmosis, rubella, chicken pox, herpes simplex and cytomegalovirus (CMV), the baby may be born with cataracts.4‘Childhood Cataracts.’ NHS Choices, NHS, www.nhs.uk/conditions/childhood-cataracts/causes/.
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