Can Prescription Glasses Help With Cataracts?

At Arena Eye Care Optometry, we offer a wide range of eye and vision care services to suit your needs, including prescription glasses in Sacramento. We also offer treatment for any number of eye conditions, including cataracts. In fact, if you've recently been diagnosed with cataracts and are experiencing blurry vision symptoms, a new pair of prescription glasses may help.

Prescription Glasses and Cataracts

While prescription glasses cannot directly treat or cure cataracts, the right prescription lenses can help to correct blurry vision and other vision problems caused by cataracts. For example, many people who have cataracts will experience a change in their corrective vision prescription. Specifically, most of these patients will develop nearsightedness, if they don't have it already. If they do have it, cataracts can make nearsightedness even worse.

By wearing the right prescription lenses, you can find the relief you need from blurry vision, foggy vision, and difficulty seeing objects at a distance. Meanwhile, however, our eye doctor will need to take steps to treat your cataracts directly or prevent them from worsening.

Typically, the best treatment for cataracts is the removal of the clouded lens. The eye's lens can then be replaced with an artificial lens, and patients will no longer have to worry about cataracts developing on the artificial lens in the future.

Schedule an Appointment with Our Sacramento Eye Doctor

If you're experiencing signs of cataracts or are simply in need of a new pair of prescription eyeglasses, now is a great time to schedule an appointment with our Sacramento eye doctor. You can reach us to find out more or book your appointment by calling (916) 419-8167.

We look forward to serving your eye and vision care needs.