{"id":91596460177,"date":"2020-10-06T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augenarzt-banyai.de\/?p=91596460177"},"modified":"2026-06-24T15:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T13:31:32","slug":"prevention-of-cataracts-adjust-lifestyle-avoid-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augenarzt-banyai.de\/en\/blog\/cataract-en\/prevention-of-cataracts-adjust-lifestyle-avoid-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevention of cataracts \u2013 adjust lifestyle, avoid risks!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A veil that covers one’s eyesight and a milky-gray discoloration of the eyes<\/a> are typical features of one of the world’s most common signs of aging. “The cataract is a real widespread disease and the most common cause of visual impairment worldwide,” explains Professor Dr. Thomas Kohnen, President of the German Ophthalmological Society (DOG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to longer life expectancies, this visual phenomenon affects almost everyone in old age today. In Germany alone, one in eight Germans suffers from cataract symptoms<\/a>. Nevertheless, there are options for prevention, for example through a healthy diet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cataracts – learn more!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

A healthy lifestyle can counteract cataracts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The eye center B\u00e1nyai informs: What applies to the rest of the body also applies to the eyes! Because those who rely on a healthy and balanced diet also do something good for their own eyes. Recent studies even prove that a healthy diet has an enormous influence on the time of opacification of the eye lens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always on the move<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In addition to a healthy and varied diet, regular physical activity also supports natural vision. Active everyday life and regular exercise have been shown to have a positive effect on general health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the fact that eye diseases can also be prevented in the course of this is a finding that has so far received little attention in public perception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Severe obesity and nicotine consumption promote cataracts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The B\u00e1nyai Laser Eye Centre repeatedly warns its patients against an unhealthy lifestyle. If the health conditions are not optimal, the likelihood of developing cataracts at a very early age also increases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Above all, being very overweight, but also consuming nicotine, can accelerate the natural clouding of the eye lens. Other diseases, such as metabolic diseases such as diabetes, can also have a negative effect on the eyes. To protect the eyes, diabetics should therefore always pay attention to a good blood sugar control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genetic factors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Genetic factors can also be decisive for the expression of cataracts. Thus, the likelihood of developing opacity of the eye lens at a comparatively early stage increases if similar cases are already known in the direct relatives. So the causes of cataracts<\/a> can be very different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cataract: Gentle procedure allows quick recovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Slight eye clouding is normal from the age of 60. Surgery only needs to be carried out if there is a real impairment in everyday life. “Only when the opacity increases to such an extent that it severely impairs vision must cataracts be treated<\/a> and the opacified lens replaced by an artificial lens,” confirms Thomas Kohnen, head of the Clinic for Ophthalmologists at the University Hospital Frankfurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this purpose, the B\u00e1nyai Eye Centre offers a blade-free implantation of artificial lenses using\u00a0the modern LENSAR laser<\/a>. Cataract surgery<\/a> can be performed on an outpatient basis and under local anesthesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In southern Germany, the procedure used here is unique, as it can be carried out completely without a scalpel and allows a correspondingly rapid healing process. Blindness can thus be prevented in a gentle and painless way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cataract surgery – learn more!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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