Video: How can I be sure that I have a cataract and not some other eye disease?

In this video, I answer the question of how you can know if you have a cataract and not another eye disease.

That’s a good question. It could be some other disease and that’s probably why you should get a full eye check with a qualified ophthalmologist like myself; partly because blurred vision can be a symptom of many other conditions and we need to do a full examination to exclude those other conditions.

Hopefully, if you just have a cataract, you can get quick effective treatment for that and get back to your daily living.

But you do need to have an examination by a qualified person like myself to ensure that you don’t have any other conditions, possibly affecting the retina, if you are elderly.

The best way to do that is ring the number in the end of the video and we can arrange an appointment to see me.

About Jaheed Khan

My name is Jaheed Khan and I am a Consultant Eye Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital and Clinica London.

My special expertise is in cataract surgery and conditions affecting the back of the eye, the retina, including AMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration), diabetic retinopathy, and various other diseases of the retina.

I have over 15 years experience in treating people with eye problems just like you, and have published extensively in scientific journals about treating eye conditions.

In my NHS practice, I am responsible day-to-day for the training of the eye surgeons of the future.