More than half of all Americans over the age of sixty-five have cataracts. A cataract is a clouding of the lens in your eye that can impair your vision. For you to see, light must pass through your cornea, pupil, and the fluid inside your eyeball (called aqueous humor) before it hits the lens. The lens takes the light rays and bends them into focus onto the retina at the back of the eye. From the retina, the optic nerve takes the information and sends it to the brain as images. A buildup of protein in the lens creates a … Continue reading →