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Cataracts

Cataracts: Introduction

Cataracts: A condition which is characterized by opacities of the lens of the eyes. See free access online books about Cataracts below. See detailed information below for a list of 230 causes of Cataracts, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Cataracts:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Cataracts. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Cataracts:

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Diagnostic Guides for Cataracts

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  • Cataract
  • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
 

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Causes of Cataracts listed in Disease Database:

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- (Source - Diseases Database)

Medications or substances causing Cataracts:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Cataracts as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

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Article Excerpts about Cataracts

A cataract (KA-ter-act) is a cloud over the lens of your eye, which is usually clear. The lens focuses light onto the retina. A cataract makes everything you look at seem cloudy. (Source: excerpt from Keep your eyes healthy: NIDDK)

Cataracts are common among older people. Cataracts are cloudy areas in part or all of the eye lens. The lens is usually clear and lets light through. Cataracts keep light from easily passing through the lens, and this causes loss of eyesight. Cataracts often form slowly and cause no pain, redness, or tearing in the eye. If a cataract becomes large or thick, it usually can be removed by surgery. (Source: excerpt from Aging - Women Getting Older: NWHIC)

Cataracts are cloudy areas in part or all of the eye lens. The lens is usually clear and lets light through. Cataracts keep light from easily passing through the lens, and this causes loss of eyesight. Cataracts often form slowly and cause no pain, redness, or tearing in the eye. Some stay small and don’t change eyesight very much. If a cataract becomes large or thick, it usually can be removed by surgery. (Source: excerpt from Aging and Your Eyes - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

A cataract (KA-ter-act) is a cloud over the lens of your eye, which is usually clear. The lens focuses light onto the retina. A cataract makes everything you look at seem cloudy. (Source: excerpt from Keep your eyes healthy: NIDDK)

Cataracts are common among older people. Cataracts are cloudy areas in part or all of the eye lens. The lens is usually clear and lets light through. Cataracts keep light from easily passing through the lens, and this causes loss of eyesight. Cataracts often form slowly and cause no pain, redness, or tearing in the eye. If a cataract becomes large or thick, it usually can be removed by surgery. (Source: excerpt from Aging - Women Getting Older: NWHIC)

Cataracts are cloudy areas in part or all of the eye lens. The lens is usually clear and lets light through. Cataracts keep light from easily passing through the lens, and this causes loss of eyesight. Cataracts often form slowly and cause no pain, redness, or tearing in the eye. Some stay small and don’t change eyesight very much. If a cataract becomes large or thick, it usually can be removed by surgery. (Source: excerpt from Aging and Your Eyes - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)

Definitions of Cataracts:

Partial or complete opacity of the crystalline lens of one or both eyes that decreases visual acuity and eventually results in blindness. Some cataracts appear in infancy or in childhood, but most develop in older individuals. (Diagnostic Surgical Pathology, 3rd ed.) --2003
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Detailed list of causes of Cataracts

The list below shows some of the causes of Cataracts mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Cataracts?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Cataracts. Of the 230 causes of Cataracts that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 1 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "common" diseases
  • 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 2 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 9 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 220 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 230 causes of Cataracts

Conditions listing symptoms: Cataracts:

The following list of conditions have 'Cataracts' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Symbols

  • 18p minus syndrome ... cataracts
  • 2q deletion ... cataracts

    A

  • Absent corpus callosum - cataract - immunodeficiency ... cataracts
  • Acanthocytosis ... cataracts
  • Adolescent cataract and infertility syndrome ... cataracts
  • Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy ... cataracts
  • Alport Syndrome ... cataracts
  • Alport syndrome with leukocyte inclusions and macrothrombocytopenia ... congenital cataracts
  • Andogsky's syndrome ... cataracts
  • Arachnodactyly - ataxia - cataract - aminoaciduria - mental retardation ... congenital cataracts

    B

  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 1 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 10 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 11 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 12 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 2 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 3 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 4 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 5 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 6 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 7 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 8 ... cataracts
  • Bardet-Biedl syndrome, type 9 ... cataracts
  • Bhaskar-Jagannathan syndrome ... cataracts

    C

  • Cat Eye Syndrome ... cataracts
  • Cataract - aberrant oral frenula - growth delay ... cataracts
  • Cataract dental syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Cataract, alopecia, sclerodactyly ... cataracts
  • Cataract, autosomal recessive congenital 2 ... congenital cataracts
  • Cataract, congenital, with microcornea or slight microphthalmia ... congenital cataracts
  • Cataract, microphthalmia and nystagmus ... congenital cataracts
  • Cataract-glaucoma ... cataracts
  • CCFDN ... congenital cataracts
  • Cennamo-Gangemi syndrome ... cataracts
  • Cerebellum agenesis - hydrocephaly ... cataracts
  • Chemical poisoning - Dinitrophenol ... cataracts
  • Chondrodysplasia punctata ... cataracts
  • Chondrodysplasia punctata, non rhizomelic type ... cataracts
  • Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Rhizomelic type ... cataracts
  • Chondrodystrophia calcificans congenita ... cataracts
  • Chondrodystrophia punctata, autosomal dominant ... cataracts
  • Chorea, remitting with nystagmus and cataracts ... cataracts
  • Chromosome 1, 1p36 deletion syndrome ... cataracts
  • Chromosome 10p deletion syndrome ... cataracts
  • Chromosome 11, deletion 11p ... Congenital cataracts, Cataracts
  • Chromosome 12, Isochromosome 12p Mosaic ... cataracts
  • Chromosome 12p tetrasomy syndrome ... cataracts
  • Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome ... cataracts
  • Chromosome 15q, trisomy ... Cataracts
  • Chromosome 2, monosomy 2q ... Cataracts
  • Chromosome 21q, partial deletion ... cataracts
  • Chromosome 6p partial duplication ... cataracts
  • Classic galactosemia ... cataracts
  • Cockayne syndrome type 1 ... cataracts
  • Congenital Toxoplasmosis ... cataracts
  • Conradi-Huenermann Syndrome ... cataracts
  • Conradi-Hunermann syndrome ... cataracts
  • Crome syndrome ... congenital cataracts

    D

  • Deafness - cataracts - skeletal anomalies ... cataracts
  • Deafness progressive cataract autosomal dominant ... cataracts
  • Deletion 11p ... Congenital cataracts, Cataracts
  • Deletion 2q ... Cataracts
  • Disorder of Cornification 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type) ... cataracts
  • DOC 12 (Neutral Lipid Storage Type) ... cataracts

    E

  • Ectodermal dysplasia ... cataracts
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Beasley Cohen type ... cataracts
  • Emanuel syndrome ... cataracts

    F

  • Fabry's Disease ... cataracts
  • Fechtner syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Flynn-Aird syndrome ... cataracts
  • Francois dyscephalic syndrome ... cataracts

    G

  • Galactosemia I ... cataracts
  • Galactosemia III ... cataracts
  • Gottron's syndrome ... cataracts

    H

  • Herpes, Neonatal - Mucocutaneous and Ocular Infection ... cataracts
  • Hornova-Dlurosova syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Hypoparathyroidism familial isolated ... cataracts

    I

  • IBIDS syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Ichythosiform Erythroderma with Leukocyte Vacuolation ... cataracts
  • Inborn amino acid metabolism disorder ... cataracts

    K

  • Kniest dysplasia ... cataracts
  • Krause syndrome ... cataracts

    L

  • Lanzietri syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Low-level radiation exposure ... cataracts
  • Lowe oculocerebrorenal syndrome ... cataracts

    M

  • Marshall syndrome ... cataracts
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Armfield type ... cataracts
  • Mental retardation, X-linked, Seemanova type ... cataracts
  • Microcephaly, hiatal hernia and nephrotic syndrome ... cataracts
  • Microphthalmis, isolated, with cataract 1 ... congenital cataracts
  • Microphthalmis, isolated, with cataract 4 ... congenital cataracts
  • Monosomy 1p36 ... cataracts
  • Mucoepithelial dysplasia, Witkop type ... cataracts
  • Muscle-eye-brain syndrome ... cataracts
  • Myotonic Dystrophy ... cataracts
  • Myotonic dystrophy, type 2 ... cataracts

    N

  • Nathalie syndrome ... cataracts
  • Nephrosis neuronal dysmigration Syndrome ... cataracts
  • Neu-Laxova Syndrome ... cataracts

    O

  • Oculocerebral syndrome with hypopigmentation ... cataracts
  • Oculodentoosseous dysplasia recessive ... cataracts
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita, microcephaly, and cataracts ... cataracts
  • Osteopetrosis lethal ... cataracts

    P

  • Pallister Killian Mosaic Syndrome ... cataracts
  • Pallister Mosaic Syndrome Tetrasomy 12p ... cataracts
  • Pena-Shokeir syndrome Type 2 ... cataracts
  • PIBIDS syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Plasmalogenes synthesis deficiency isolated ... cataracts
  • Plasmalogens synthesis deficiency isolated ... cataracts
  • Premature aging, Okamoto type ... cataracts
  • Proximal myotonic dystrophy ... cataracts

    R

  • Refsum Disease ... cataracts
  • Refsum disease with increased pipecolic acidemia ... cataracts
  • Retinis pigmentosa - deafness - hypogenitalism ... cataracts
  • Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, type 1 ... cataracts
  • Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, type 2 ... cataracts
  • Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, type 3 ... cataracts
  • River Blindness ... cataracts
  • Rubella congenital syndrome ... Cataracts
  • Rubinstein-Taybi like syndrome ... cataracts

    S

  • Schäfer syndrome ... congenital cataracts
  • Siegler-Brewer-Carey syndrome ... cataracts
  • Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome, type 1 (SGBS1) ... cataracts
  • Spastic paraplegia 9, autosomal dominant ... cataracts
  • Spinal muscular atrophy - Dandy-Walker complex - cataracts ... cataracts
  • Storm syndrome ... cataracts

    T

  • TORCH Syndrome ... cataracts
  • Trichothiodystrophy - sun sensitivity ... cataracts
  • Triglyceride storage disease with impaired long-chain fatty acid oxidation ... cataracts

    U

  • Unusual facies, osteosarcoma and malformation syndrome ... cataracts

    V

  • Van Bogaert disease ... cataracts
  • Van Bogaert's disease ... cataracts
  • Van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein Disease ... cataracts
  • Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis - Teratogenic Agent ... cataracts
  • Verloes Van Maldergem Marneffe syndrome ... Cataracts
  • Vitreoretinal degeneration ... Cataracts
  • Vitreoretinochoroidopathy dominant ... Cataracts

    W

  • WAGR Syndrome ... congenital cataracts, cataracts
  • Walker-Warburg Syndrome ... cataracts
  • Warburg Sjo Fledelius syndrome ... Cataracts
  • Wellesley Carmen French syndrome ... Cataracts
  • Wellesley-Carman-French Syndrome ... cataracts
  • Werner syndrome ... cataracts
  • Whitaker syndrome ... Cataracts
  • Wilkie Taylor Scambler syndrome ... Cataracts
  • Wilms tumor - aniridia - genitourinary anomalies - mental retardation ... congenital cataracts

    X

  • Xanthomatosis cerebrotendinous ... cataracts
  • Xeroderma pigmentosum, type 7 ... cataracts

    Z

  • Zellweger Syndrome ... congenital cataracts

    Conditions listing complications: Cataracts:

    The following list of conditions have 'Cataracts' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Aging ... cataracts
  • Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome ... Cataracts

    B

  • Brain cancer ... cataracts

    C

  • Chemical poisoning - Titanium ... cataracts

    D

  • Down Syndrome ... Cataracts

    F

  • Familial Granulomatosis, Blau type ... cataracts
  • Familial, Systemic, Juvenile Granulomatosis ... cataracts

    G

  • Granulomatous arthritis of childhood ... cataracts

    M

  • Marfan syndrome ... cataracts

    P

  • Pediatric granulomatous arthritis ... cataracts

    S

  • Sarcoidosis ... cataracts
  • Synovitis granulomatous with uveitis and cranial neuropathies ... cataracts

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  • Causes of Cataracts Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Cataracts based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    What are the alternative names for Cataracts:

    Lens opacity
    - (Source - Diseases Database)

    Classifications of Cataracts:

    Medical Conditions associated with Cataracts:

    Eye symptoms (4112 causes), Cloudy vision (189 causes), Vision changes (1965 causes), Blurred vision (729 causes), Visual problems (1962 causes), Impaired vision (1238 causes), Vision distortion (1651 causes)

    Symptoms related to Cataracts:

    Blurred vision (729 causes), Eye symptoms (4112 causes), Double vision (131 causes), Peripheral vision loss (23 causes), Blindness (240 causes), Senile cataract, Diabetes mellitus (183 causes), Steroid induced cataract, Hypermature cataract, Galactosemia, Haloes, Phacoemulsification

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