Watch out for danger signs with your eyes!

When certain eye conditions become severe and lead to sight problems, help is at hand from both the NHS and the private sector. Here, consultant ophthalmologist at the University Hospital of Wales and Nuffield Health Cardiff & Vale Hospitals gives his ex

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We also offer premium lens surgery, which involves removing cataracts and the need for wearing glasses at all.

Cataract surgery presents an excellent opportunity to get rid of the need for glasses altogether.

Using premium, multifocal and toric intraocular lenses, built to the individual measurements of the patient’s eye and placed at a specific angle to counter astigmatism and provide help with reading, patients can now achieve near-perfect vision for near and distance without glasses.

Clear lens replacement surgery is also an alternative treatment to laser eye surgery, particularly for middleaged people and those with extreme short or long sightedness who do not want to wear glasses or contact lenses.

Once these lenses are in place there is no visual deterioration over time, but occasionally the capsular bag which the plastic lens sits in becomes cloudy, requiring a simple laser treatment to clear it, which can be performed in the clinic setting.

If you have clear lens replacement surgery you will never require cataract surgery because the natural lens is replaced and an artificial lens cannot become cloudy in the same way that a natural lens can.

Nuffield Health Cardiff Bay Hospital provides a dedicated hospital eye service for diagnosis, treatment and surgery for cataract and other eye conditions including glaucoma, agerelated macular degeneration, diabetic eye disease, squints, corneal diseases, refractive conditions and thyroid eye disease surgery.

Its Ophthalmology Clinic is a leading provider of specialist eye care, including cataract surgery, eyelid surgery, eye examination, diagnosis and treatment of all eye conditions.

The Nuffield Health Cardiff Bay Hospital is also a Bupa-accredited site for ophthalmology.

Nuffield Health Cardiff & Vale Hospitals accepts all major forms of health insurance, and for those paying directly themselves average prices at Nuffield Health Cardiff Bay Hospital are: Consultation fee £150 Cataract surgery per eye: £2,500

For more information, see www.nuffieldhealth.com/hospitals/cardiff-and-vale