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Common Associations Symptoms Types Cataracts Nuclear Sight Greater

Front What are the common associations and symptoms of the different types of cataracts?
Back ● Nuclear: second sight, greater impairment of distance than near vision; seen after hyperbaric oxygen therapy ● PSC: decreased vision with near more than distance; seen after prednisone usage ● PSC/Cortical: glare ● PSC/cortical/nuclear: monocular diplopia ● Cortical: common in African Americans, cortical clefts occur with extreme glucose shifts ● Sunflower: seen in Wilson’s disease ● Christmas tree: Myotonic dystrophy

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