What Causes Cataracts?
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6. Eye Surgery or Trauma
Previous inflammation or trauma to the eyes is a risk factor for the development of cataracts. Impacts to the eye, burns, foreign objects in the eye and corneal abrasions are examples of injuries that may cause damage that leads to cataracts.7‘Eye Injury: Symptoms, Treatment, Causes.’ Cleveland Clinic, my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16988-eye-injuries.
Certain eye surgeries may increase the likelihood of cataracts developing. A vitrectomy, which is removal of the vitreous body from the eye in an effort to correct issues in the back of the eye, is one such procedure.8Do, Diana V, et al. ‘Surgery for Post-Vitrectomy Cataract.’ The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 19 Dec. 2013, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258709/.
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