How Man Got A Star In His Eye. An man who was punched in the eye has developed a cataract shaped like a star.
An Austrian unnamed 55-year-old went to his doctor after the vision in that eye began to deteriorate over the next six months, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The patient said he'd been punched nine months earlier, the doctors from the Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, wrote in their report.
Cataracts are where the lenses in the eye become clouded, causing blurred vision.
"Nature has made a beautiful cataract," said Dr. Mark Fromer, an ophthalmologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, and eye surgeon for the New York Rangers hockey team, after he saw the image. "Most aren't so pretty," he said.
It's very common for cataracts to form after the eye takes a hit, Fromer said. Punches and the balls used in sports are most often the cause, but bumps from air bags and steering wheels have also created cataracts, Fromer said.
When the eyeball is struck, the energy of the blow sends shock waves through the eye that can disrupt the nature of the eye's lens, causing it to become opaque in regions, he explained. In most cases, cataracts look more like a vaguely shaped cloud, and can be white or yellowish.
An Austrian unnamed 55-year-old went to his doctor after the vision in that eye began to deteriorate over the next six months, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The patient said he'd been punched nine months earlier, the doctors from the Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, wrote in their report.
Cataracts are where the lenses in the eye become clouded, causing blurred vision.
"Nature has made a beautiful cataract," said Dr. Mark Fromer, an ophthalmologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, and eye surgeon for the New York Rangers hockey team, after he saw the image. "Most aren't so pretty," he said.
It's very common for cataracts to form after the eye takes a hit, Fromer said. Punches and the balls used in sports are most often the cause, but bumps from air bags and steering wheels have also created cataracts, Fromer said.
When the eyeball is struck, the energy of the blow sends shock waves through the eye that can disrupt the nature of the eye's lens, causing it to become opaque in regions, he explained. In most cases, cataracts look more like a vaguely shaped cloud, and can be white or yellowish.
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