#cataracts — Public Fediverse posts

Football challenge simulates real-world effect of cataracts

Teams from SpaMedica and Freedom Vision headed for the pitch in an initiative to demonstrate the functional impact…
#Football #Soccer #News #Cataracts #DrAlexSilvester #FreedomVision #OptometryToday #OT #ProfessorChristinePurslow #Real-worldvision #RichardPeric-Matthews #SpaMedica #Visualimpairment #WorldCup
https://www.europesays.com/football/23357/

Switching from cigarettes to vapes linked to higher eye disease risk

US cigarette smoking drops to record low, vaping and nicotine pouch use surges Fox News medical analyst Dr.…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #cataracts #glaucoma #Medicalresearch #stopsmoking #visionandhearing
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/727236/

Switching from cigarettes to vapes linked to higher eye disease risk

US cigarette smoking drops to record low, vaping and nicotine pouch use surges Fox News medical analyst Dr.…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #cataracts #glaucoma #Medicalresearch #stopsmoking #visionandhearing
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/727236/

Our eyes age too: Here’s how to reduce the risks of four common eye conditions
#Health #EyeHealth #VisionCare #HealthyAging #Aging #SeniorHealth #Optometry #Glaucoma #Cataracts #EyeCare #Diabetes #Diabetes #Glaucoma #Eyes #Blindness #MacularDegeneration
https://the-14.com/our-eyes-age-too-heres-how-to-reduce-the-risks-of-four-common-eye-conditions/

Our eyes age too: Here’s how to reduce the risks of four common eye conditions
#Health #EyeHealth #VisionCare #HealthyAging #Aging #SeniorHealth #Optometry #Glaucoma #Cataracts #EyeCare #Diabetes #Diabetes #Glaucoma #Eyes #Blindness #MacularDegeneration
https://the-14.com/our-eyes-age-too-heres-how-to-reduce-the-risks-of-four-common-eye-conditions/

Our eyes age too: Here’s how to reduce the risks of four common eye conditions
#Health #EyeHealth #VisionCare #HealthyAging #Aging #SeniorHealth #Optometry #Glaucoma #Cataracts #EyeCare #Diabetes #Diabetes #Glaucoma #Eyes #Blindness #MacularDegeneration
https://the-14.com/our-eyes-age-too-heres-how-to-reduce-the-risks-of-four-common-eye-conditions/

Our eyes age too: Here’s how to reduce the risks of four common eye conditions
#Health #EyeHealth #VisionCare #HealthyAging #Aging #SeniorHealth #Optometry #Glaucoma #Cataracts #EyeCare #Diabetes #Diabetes #Glaucoma #Eyes #Blindness #MacularDegeneration
https://the-14.com/our-eyes-age-too-heres-how-to-reduce-the-risks-of-four-common-eye-conditions/

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116540812062829077

Not voting, as I was born #disabled

In the #blind community, I was #sighted, although I was born with #cataracts and have always been #LegallyBlind. My dad was blind, and navigated everywhere with his #whitecane. He ws part of an #advocacy #organiztion, and he traveled around the #US by air. His sister, my Aunt Buffy, was a #COBOL #programmer for Sears in #Chicago. She took me to her work once. We rode the #El with her #GuideDog, Ginger.

This meant that it was tough to get away with "Blind kids can't. . ." unless I'd actually *tried*..

#RepresentationMatters.

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116540812062829077

Not voting, as I was born #disabled

In the #blind community, I was #sighted, although I was born with #cataracts and have always been #LegallyBlind. My dad was blind, and navigated everywhere with his #whitecane. He ws part of an #advocacy #organiztion, and he traveled around the #US by air. His sister, my Aunt Buffy, was a #COBOL #programmer for Sears in #Chicago. She took me to her work once. We rode the #El with her #GuideDog, Ginger.

This meant that it was tough to get away with "Blind kids can't. . ." unless I'd actually *tried*..

#RepresentationMatters.

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116540812062829077

Not voting, as I was born #disabled

In the #blind community, I was #sighted, although I was born with #cataracts and have always been #LegallyBlind. My dad was blind, and navigated everywhere with his #whitecane. He ws part of an #advocacy #organiztion, and he traveled around the #US by air. His sister, my Aunt Buffy, was a #COBOL #programmer for Sears in #Chicago. She took me to her work once. We rode the #El with her #GuideDog, Ginger.

This meant that it was tough to get away with "Blind kids can't. . ." unless I'd actually *tried*..

#RepresentationMatters.

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116540812062829077

Not voting, as I was born #disabled

In the #blind community, I was #sighted, although I was born with #cataracts and have always been #LegallyBlind. My dad was blind, and navigated everywhere with his #whitecane. He ws part of an #advocacy #organiztion, and he traveled around the #US by air. His sister, my Aunt Buffy, was a #COBOL #programmer for Sears in #Chicago. She took me to her work once. We rode the #El with her #GuideDog, Ginger.

This meant that it was tough to get away with "Blind kids can't. . ." unless I'd actually *tried*..

#RepresentationMatters.

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

One #accessibility issue I mention frequently is web designers, presumably for aesthetic reasons, making low-contrast colour choices. It also frequently goes along with selecting a #font so small that only people with excellent vision (and no #presbyopia) can read them, even if the #contrast were higher.

Here's an example. I'm not pointing out the software in question, even though you could identify it easily, because this isn't a dunk on that project, specifically.

This is the reference #documentation for an API, a small excerpt from the navigation links that run down a column on the left side of the page. The #text is darkish #grey on a lighter grey background. The contrast is terrible, particularly ignoring the highlighted entry because that's bolded as the current selection.

If you have #cataracts or any other #vision problem, you're going to have trouble with this. But it gets worse.

That text is 7 pixels high. On my monitors, it's 3 mm high. Ridiculous. Note that if you have fine motor-control problems or use alternative input devices, these are also extremely difficult to click on.

Here's the kicker: for this site, I have Firefox set to #scale the text up to 133%. That 7 pixels / 3 mm is *after* enlarging it.

#Web folks, please try to remember that not everyone is a twenty-something able-bodied person with zero accessibility issues.

#WebDesign #WebDesigner #usability #readability #legibility #WebPage

https://www.europesays.com/africa/143955/ Cure Blindness Project Appoints Global Ophthalmology Leader Dr. David Khorram #cataracts #CureBlindnessProject #Ethiopia #eyecare #Nonprofit #Ophthalmology #People

This is fascinating & really educational:

This site allows you to either use a sliding scale or put in hex codes to define #colour for both background and text, as well as determine text font size and thickness, and every combination is graded for #accessibility for people with #cataracts, #glaucoma, and various kinds of #ColourBlindness.

You can 'see' how that person would see your website.

A fail means that the #color combo offers some visual strain and should be avoided if possible.

WhoCanUse.com

#WebsiteDesign

This is fascinating & really educational:

This site allows you to either use a sliding scale or put in hex codes to define #colour for both background and text, as well as determine text font size and thickness, and every combination is graded for #accessibility for people with #cataracts, #glaucoma, and various kinds of #ColourBlindness.

You can 'see' how that person would see your website.

A fail means that the #color combo offers some visual strain and should be avoided if possible.

WhoCanUse.com

#WebsiteDesign

This is fascinating & really educational:

This site allows you to either use a sliding scale or put in hex codes to define #colour for both background and text, as well as determine text font size and thickness, and every combination is graded for #accessibility for people with #cataracts, #glaucoma, and various kinds of #ColourBlindness.

You can 'see' how that person would see your website.

A fail means that the #color combo offers some visual strain and should be avoided if possible.

WhoCanUse.com

#WebsiteDesign

This is fascinating & really educational:

This site allows you to either use a sliding scale or put in hex codes to define #colour for both background and text, as well as determine text font size and thickness, and every combination is graded for #accessibility for people with #cataracts, #glaucoma, and various kinds of #ColourBlindness.

You can 'see' how that person would see your website.

A fail means that the #color combo offers some visual strain and should be avoided if possible.

WhoCanUse.com

#WebsiteDesign

Age-related #cataracts begin when subtle oxidative chemical changes accumulate in eye lens proteins over decades, causing the proteins to stick together and progressively cloud the lens.
#Biochemistry #Biophysics #MolecularBiology #Ophthalmology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/bchm03042602.html

Age-related #cataracts begin when subtle oxidative chemical changes accumulate in eye lens proteins over decades, causing the proteins to stick together and progressively cloud the lens.
#Biochemistry #Biophysics #MolecularBiology #Ophthalmology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/bchm03042602.html

Age-related #cataracts begin when subtle oxidative chemical changes accumulate in eye lens proteins over decades, causing the proteins to stick together and progressively cloud the lens.
#Biochemistry #Biophysics #MolecularBiology #Ophthalmology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/bchm03042602.html

Age-related #cataracts begin when subtle oxidative chemical changes accumulate in eye lens proteins over decades, causing the proteins to stick together and progressively cloud the lens.
#Biochemistry #Biophysics #MolecularBiology #Ophthalmology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/bchm03042602.html

Age-related #cataracts begin when subtle oxidative chemical changes accumulate in eye lens proteins over decades, causing the proteins to stick together and progressively cloud the lens.
#Biochemistry #Biophysics #MolecularBiology #Ophthalmology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/bchm03042602.html

More than 94 million people suffer from cataracts, but half of them do not have access to the surgery needed to fix it, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/world/science-health/cataract-surgery-access-who/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #cataracts #visuallyimpaired #us #who

More than 94 million people suffer from cataracts, but half of them do not have access to the surgery needed to fix it, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/world/science-health/cataract-surgery-access-who/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #cataracts #visuallyimpaired #us #who

More than 94 million people suffer from cataracts, but half of them do not have access to the surgery needed to fix it, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/world/science-health/cataract-surgery-access-who/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #cataracts #visuallyimpaired #us #who

More than 94 million people suffer from cataracts, but half of them do not have access to the surgery needed to fix it, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/world/science-health/cataract-surgery-access-who/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #cataracts #visuallyimpaired #us #who

8 days post-op. Here's what I've notice

Depth perception has greatly improved. I wasn't aware that this was something that was going to happen. Thrilling.

Noticed font size on my phone is larger than I need it to be.

My distance vision is great.

But also- I'm still healing. Yesterday I noticed weird flashes of light as I walked down the hall at work, everytime I passed under a light fixture.

I have a secondary cataract starting in the eye. Already. 🙄

6 days until the left eye.

#cataracts

8 days post-op. Here's what I've notice

Depth perception has greatly improved. I wasn't aware that this was something that was going to happen. Thrilling.

Noticed font size on my phone is larger than I need it to be.

My distance vision is great.

But also- I'm still healing. Yesterday I noticed weird flashes of light as I walked down the hall at work, everytime I passed under a light fixture.

I have a secondary cataract starting in the eye. Already. 🙄

6 days until the left eye.

#cataracts

8 days post-op. Here's what I've notice

Depth perception has greatly improved. I wasn't aware that this was something that was going to happen. Thrilling.

Noticed font size on my phone is larger than I need it to be.

My distance vision is great.

But also- I'm still healing. Yesterday I noticed weird flashes of light as I walked down the hall at work, everytime I passed under a light fixture.

I have a secondary cataract starting in the eye. Already. 🙄

6 days until the left eye.

#cataracts

8 days post-op. Here's what I've notice

Depth perception has greatly improved. I wasn't aware that this was something that was going to happen. Thrilling.

Noticed font size on my phone is larger than I need it to be.

My distance vision is great.

But also- I'm still healing. Yesterday I noticed weird flashes of light as I walked down the hall at work, everytime I passed under a light fixture.

I have a secondary cataract starting in the eye. Already. 🙄

6 days until the left eye.

#cataracts

8 days post-op. Here's what I've notice

Depth perception has greatly improved. I wasn't aware that this was something that was going to happen. Thrilling.

Noticed font size on my phone is larger than I need it to be.

My distance vision is great.

But also- I'm still healing. Yesterday I noticed weird flashes of light as I walked down the hall at work, everytime I passed under a light fixture.

I have a secondary cataract starting in the eye. Already. 🙄

6 days until the left eye.

#cataracts

A sad day. Next #Sunday we were supposed to be going to the #aoarena in #Manchester to see the Gladiators Live Tour. Alas my eyes are that bad now I’d not be able to navigate to my seat or even see the show…. So cancelled and put the tickets up for sale.
I was looking forward to it so much.
#cataracts #PCO #gladiatorslive

A sad day. Next #Sunday we were supposed to be going to the #aoarena in #Manchester to see the Gladiators Live Tour. Alas my eyes are that bad now I’d not be able to navigate to my seat or even see the show…. So cancelled and put the tickets up for sale.
I was looking forward to it so much.
#cataracts #PCO #gladiatorslive

A sad day. Next #Sunday we were supposed to be going to the #aoarena in #Manchester to see the Gladiators Live Tour. Alas my eyes are that bad now I’d not be able to navigate to my seat or even see the show…. So cancelled and put the tickets up for sale.
I was looking forward to it so much.
#cataracts #PCO #gladiatorslive

A sad day. Next #Sunday we were supposed to be going to the #aoarena in #Manchester to see the Gladiators Live Tour. Alas my eyes are that bad now I’d not be able to navigate to my seat or even see the show…. So cancelled and put the tickets up for sale.
I was looking forward to it so much.
#cataracts #PCO #gladiatorslive

A sad day. Next #Sunday we were supposed to be going to the #aoarena in #Manchester to see #giantslive Gladiators. Alas my eyes are that bad now is not be able to navigate to our seats or even see the show…. So cancelled and put the tickets up for sale.
I was looking forward to it so much.
#cataracts #PCO

Not good news over the #eyes. Opthalmist contradicting hospital and says new prescription will not help. Only the #laser treatment. Optician is trying to refer me again to just get the one eye laser treated . Fingers firmly crossed. #maculopathy #diabetes #cataracts

Not good news over the #eyes. Opthalmist contradicting hospital and says new prescription will not help. Only the #laser treatment. Optician is trying to refer me again to just get the one eye laser treated . Fingers firmly crossed. #maculopathy #diabetes #cataracts

Not good news over the #eyes. Opthalmist contradicting hospital and says new prescription will not help. Only the #laser treatment. Optician is trying to refer me again to just get the one eye laser treated . Fingers firmly crossed. #maculopathy #diabetes #cataracts

Not good news over the #eyes. Opthalmist contradicting hospital and says new prescription will not help. Only the #laser treatment. Optician is trying to refer me again to just get the one eye laser treated . Fingers firmly crossed. #maculopathy #diabetes #cataracts

Longing to get back to drawing, I miss it, hopefully not too long now. Cataract op on Friday. This is Sir Lenny Henry.
#lennyhenry #drawing #cataracts #pencildrawing

Longing to get back to drawing, I miss it, hopefully not too long now. Cataract op on Friday. This is Sir Lenny Henry.
#lennyhenry #drawing #cataracts #pencildrawing

Longing to get back to drawing, I miss it, hopefully not too long now. Cataract op on Friday. This is Sir Lenny Henry.
#lennyhenry #drawing #cataracts #pencildrawing

Longing to get back to drawing, I miss it, hopefully not too long now. Cataract op on Friday. This is Sir Lenny Henry.
#lennyhenry #drawing #cataracts #pencildrawing

In some good news, the missus just visited her eye specialist post-second eye op (cataract removal) and she now has 20/20 vision in both eyes; able to read the bottom line on eye charts.

I'm jealous.

#Medical #Eyes #Cataracts

In some good news, the missus just visited her eye specialist post-second eye op (cataract removal) and she now has 20/20 vision in both eyes; able to read the bottom line on eye charts.

I'm jealous.

#Medical #Eyes #Cataracts

In some good news, the missus just visited her eye specialist post-second eye op (cataract removal) and she now has 20/20 vision in both eyes; able to read the bottom line on eye charts.

I'm jealous.

#Medical #Eyes #Cataracts

In some good news, the missus just visited her eye specialist post-second eye op (cataract removal) and she now has 20/20 vision in both eyes; able to read the bottom line on eye charts.

I'm jealous.

#Medical #Eyes #Cataracts

In some good news, the missus just visited her eye specialist post-second eye op (cataract removal) and she now has 20/20 vision in both eyes; able to read the bottom line on eye charts.

I'm jealous.

#Medical #Eyes #Cataracts

Of all the ways I could have taken after my father, cataracts in my early 50s would not have been my first choice at all.

It's VERY hard for me to ask for help and just getting a drive to get checked combined with my general anxiety resulted in putting it off so long that both cataracts are ready, well, past ready, for surgery.

On a similar "hate to ask" point, I've got a coinsurance out of pocket looming. If you want to defray those costs, a print or a digital download from my Etsy would be a great form of support. Or you can message me for other options.

https://marktisdaleart.etsy.com/

#Life #Update #Cataracts #Vision #SupportArtists

Of all the ways I could have taken after my father, cataracts in my early 50s would not have been my first choice at all.

It's VERY hard for me to ask for help and just getting a drive to get checked combined with my general anxiety resulted in putting it off so long that both cataracts are ready, well, past ready, for surgery.

On a similar "hate to ask" point, I've got a coinsurance out of pocket looming. If you want to defray those costs, a print or a digital download from my Etsy would be a great form of support. Or you can message me for other options.

https://marktisdaleart.etsy.com/

#Life #Update #Cataracts #Vision #SupportArtists

Of all the ways I could have taken after my father, cataracts in my early 50s would not have been my first choice at all.

It's VERY hard for me to ask for help and just getting a drive to get checked combined with my general anxiety resulted in putting it off so long that both cataracts are ready, well, past ready, for surgery.

On a similar "hate to ask" point, I've got a coinsurance out of pocket looming. If you want to defray those costs, a print or a digital download from my Etsy would be a great form of support. Or you can message me for other options.

https://marktisdaleart.etsy.com/

#Life #Update #Cataracts #Vision #SupportArtists

Of all the ways I could have taken after my father, cataracts in my early 50s would not have been my first choice at all.

It's VERY hard for me to ask for help and just getting a drive to get checked combined with my general anxiety resulted in putting it off so long that both cataracts are ready, well, past ready, for surgery.

On a similar "hate to ask" point, I've got a coinsurance out of pocket looming. If you want to defray those costs, a print or a digital download from my Etsy would be a great form of support. Or you can message me for other options.

https://marktisdaleart.etsy.com/

#Life #Update #Cataracts #Vision #SupportArtists

Of all the ways I could have taken after my father, cataracts in my early 50s would not have been my first choice at all.

It's VERY hard for me to ask for help and just getting a drive to get checked combined with my general anxiety resulted in putting it off so long that both cataracts are ready, well, past ready, for surgery.

On a similar "hate to ask" point, I've got a coinsurance out of pocket looming. If you want to defray those costs, a print or a digital download from my Etsy would be a great form of support. Or you can message me for other options.

https://marktisdaleart.etsy.com/

#Life #Update #Cataracts #Vision #SupportArtists