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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
History and Symptoms
Visual problems may include the following changes:
- Cloudy, blurry, fuzzy, foggy, or filmy vision
- Loss of color intensity
- Double vision or multiple images in one eye
- Difficulty seeing at night
- Problems seeing shapes against a background or the difference between shades of colors
- Seeing halos around lights
- Being sensitive to glare
- Cataracts generally lead to decreased vision, even in daylight. Most people with cataracts have similar changes in both eyes, although one eye may be worse than the other. Many people with this condition have only mild vision changes.
Other symptoms may include:
- Frequent changes in eyeglass prescription