news slp The Secretary of Health will offer free cataract surgery

San Luis Potosí, SLP.- The majority of cataracts are related to aging, but there is another type that may appear after surgery, injury or injury; There are even babies born with this problem. This occurs when the lens becomes cloudy and affects vision and can occur in one or both eyes and is not transmitted from one to the other.

This was stated by the Secretary of State Health, Monica Liliana Rangel Martinez, who explained that according to the National Council for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Diseases, this condition is the main cause of blindness in Mexico.

"We have the extramural surgery program, where we offer free operation of this condition, which can cost up to 10 thousand pesos in the private sector, so we will organize a new day of business. cataract extraction and placement of intraocular lenses in Ciudad Valles in July, "added Liliana Martínez Rangel.

He said that statistics indicate that in Mexico, between 40 and 50% of cases of blindness are generated by cataracts, mostly senile, followed by accidents and diseases that trigger a lack of vision like diabetic retinopathy (20-30%). , glaucoma (15 to 25 percent), retinal detachment (6 percent), degenerative myopia (5 percent) and congenital malformations (4 percent), among others.

It is a disease that can be diagnosed and treated effectively. Cataract is a disease cured by surgery, but it affects 200,000 people, of whom 100,000 are operated each year. It is estimated that more than 50 percent of this population of older adults have this condition to varying degrees. 98% of cataract surgeries are successful and uncomplicated and 95% of patients improve their vision.

The symptoms of a cataract are:

1. Blurred or diffuse vision In some cases, double vision or multiple images in one eye

2. Changes in the way you see the colors. They look discolored or dull

3. Vision with flashes or with white spots. Sometimes the sunlight or lamps are too bright.

4. Loss of night vision Especially when, driving in the headlights of a car, there is a kind of halo around them

5. Frequent changes in the prescription of glasses or contact lenses

From July 24 to 27, the second annual cataract extraction and placement of the intraocular lens will take place at the outpatient surgery unit "Dr. Everardo Barojas Weber "from Ciudad Valles. 200 patients from 58 municipalities will be intervened by a multidisciplinary team of health services in collaboration with the Heritage of Public Prosperity. To date, 220 patients have been evaluated.