Patient Testimonials
"My name is Mary Arnold, and I have been coming to Dr. Richardson for about three years. One of my dear friends in the church who has been coming here many years directed me to Dr. Richardson and I'm so glad she did. The minute you come in the office it's very pleasant and the girl that is at the receiving desk is always very pleasant. I sign in, and then I wait until I see Dr. Richardson or his assistant. It's just a very pleasant experience, and the men, I couldn't ask for finer men either in Dr. Richardson or his assistant. They are pleasant, and they just are great. That's all I can say, and it's a pleasure to come here even though I've got eyesight that isn't quite as good as I'd like to have it. I do feel that my eyes are better. I can see better, and it's just wonderful. I don't know what else to say. I know many people come here from our church, and I just hope that Dr. Richardson will be here for many, many years. Of course, as old as I am, which is 91, why I know I don't have too many more years on this earth, but it's wonderful to have wonderful doctors. It's a real pleasure." - Mary Arnold |
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Eye Anatomy: How We See
• The human eye consists of a series of lenses that refract (bend) light rays to focus light images on the retina. These images are then transferred via the optic nerve to the brain where we “see” them.
• The two primary focusing lenses of the eye are the cornea (outside lens of the eye) and the natural crystalline lens (inside lens of the eye).
Cataracts
• A cataract occurs, usually gradually, as the natural lens of the eye becomes clouded or discolored.
• This clouding of the natural lens of the eye causes light entering the eye to scatter prior to reaching the retina. This causes hazy or blurred vision (See image at right).
• If left untreated, cataracts can cause blindness.
• The only treatment for cataracts is removal of the clouded natural lens of the eye and replacing the natural lens with an artificial intraocular lens implant (IOL).
• According to the Eye Surgery Education Council, “About 60 percent of those older than 60 years and 70 percent of those older than 75 years have cataracts.”
• As the Eye Disease Prevalence Research Group reported in Archives of Ophthalmology, an estimated 20.5 million Americans older than age 40 have a cataract in either eye and the total number of persons who have a cataract is estimated to rise to 30.1 million by 2020.2
•Approximately 2.7 million cataract surgery procedures are performed in the United States – 14 million worldwide3 – each year to restore vision loss due to cataracts making it, according to the Eye Surgery Education Council, the most commonly performed surgical procedure.
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