cataract operation due to sensitive eyes and now he has
a 'kink' in his vision. Because of this, the specialist is now
reluctant to operate on his right eye, which also has a cataract.
Can you tell me more?"
Daily
Mirror's response:
I think what you have in mind is a eye-drop treatment that claims
it could save thousands of people from having to undergo cataract
surgery each year.
Although
cataract surgery was originally invented in Britain, doctors
in Russia and China have been offering patients eye-drops that
painlessly dissolve the cataract over a period of months.
The
natural chemical in the eye-drops is called L-carnosine, an
amino acid present in most muscles and in the eye itself. Professor
Steven Gallant, who is a biochemist at St. Bartholomew's Hospital
in London, was the first British scientist to discover the properties
of L-carnosine.
The
success rates in clearing cataracts is almost 100 per cent over
a three to six-month period. By doubling the daily dose, some
patients have eradicated their cataracts in less than seven
weeks.
Results
aren't instant but they are quick compared to the length of
time patients are waiting for cataract surgery on the NHS.
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