October 14th, 2011

The main reason for the development of Blindness   worldwide is cataract   - Clouding of the eye lens, resulting in the inevitable variety of disorders, including total loss of view . Unfortunately, more than half of the elderly people are familiar with this eye disease. And now create a drug that does not progressing disease, Australian researchers were the first to make a breakthrough in the treatment of diseases of the eye.

Until today, patients with cataracts was only one way to deal with the disease - surgical treatment, which sometimes did not lead to effective results. Replacement lens   an artificial many patients seemed to be something terrible, and for this reason, treatment of the disease was delayed indefinitely, which will undoubtedly lead to a deterioration of the health of the eye.

New drugs can stop the development of cataracts, even when she is in the early stages of development. The creators suggest that the most likely drug will be available in the form of eye drops and ointments that patients should be applied to the eyes before going to bed. According to forecasts, means at least slow down the destruction of the lens, and at best do to stop the disease. Given that the development of a cataract in one eye, often in the future and other eye disease lends itself to the use of new drugs in both eyes at once can lead to the best results.