ʻO ka hana cataract ka hana ʻoi loa i hana ʻia ma ka honua a ma Farani, me kahi kokoke i 700 mau hana i kēlā me kēia makahiki. He hana wikiwiki a haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ia e hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻike ma ke kau ʻana i kahi implant artificial i ka maka.

ʻO ka ʻoki cataract ka ʻoki ʻana e wehe i ka lens mai ka maka i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka maʻi a, i ka nui o nā hihia, hoʻololi iā ia me kahi lens artificial.

ʻO ka mea maʻamau, akaka ka lens (lens of the eye). ʻAe kēia lens i ka hele ʻana o ka mālamalama i ka retina, e hana ana ma ke ʻano he pale a hiki i ka ʻike. Ke ulu ʻia ka maʻi cataracts, lilo ka lens i opaque a pili kēia i ka ʻike maka. He maʻi maʻamau ia e pili ana ma mua o hoʻokahi i loko o ʻelima mau kānaka mai ka makahiki 65 a kokoke i ʻelua i ʻekolu ma hope o ka makahiki 85.

Inā ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka maʻi a paʻakikī ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā a me nā hana maʻamau, hiki i ke kauka ke ʻōlelo i ke ʻoki. ʻO ka ʻoki cataract wale nō ke ala e hoʻihoʻi pono ai i ka ʻike i ka wā i komo ai ka maʻi.

Hana ʻia ke ʻoki cataract e kekahi ophthalmologist. He kaʻina hana wikiwiki ia e mau ana i ka 15 a 30 mau minuke ma lalo o ka anesthesia kūloko, ʻo ia hoʻi ke ala ʻana o ka mea maʻi i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana.

I ka wā o ka hana ʻana, e ʻoki liʻiliʻi ke kauā (incision) i ka maka i hiki ke wehe ʻia ka lens i hoʻopilikia ʻia. Ma hope o kona wehe ʻana, kau ʻo ia i kahi lens plastik liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia he intraocular implant.

Inā pili nā maka ʻelua, pono ʻelua hana kaʻawale a hana ʻia i kekahi mau pule ma kahi kaʻawale. ʻO kēia ka mea hiki ke loaʻa hou ka ʻike maʻamau i ka maka mua i hana ʻia ma mua o ka hana ʻelua.

I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i ke kauka ke ʻōlelo i ke ʻoki kōkua laser. ʻO kēia ka hihia, no ka laʻana, ke ʻimi ʻo ia e hoʻoponopono i ka astigmatism i ka manawa like me ka wehe ʻana i ka cataract. I kēia hihia, hana ʻia ka ʻoki o ka ʻeke i loko o ka lens me kahi laser.

ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo ka hana cataract kahi hana maʻi ma waho. ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki i ka mea maʻi ke hoʻi i ka home i ka lā. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi kanaka e hele pū ana no ka mea e uhi ʻia ka maka i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me kahi kāʻei a hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻike holoʻokoʻa ma muli o ke ʻano o kekahi maka. I ka hapanui o nā hihia, hiki i ka hana ke hoʻihoʻi maikaʻi i ka ʻike i ka lā ma hope o ka hana a i ʻole i loko o kekahi mau lā. Hiki i ka mea maʻi ke hoʻomau i kona ola maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā.

Ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻana, lilo ka lens artificial i ʻāpana o ka maka a ʻaʻole koi i ka mālama hou a i ʻole ka mālama kūikawā. Eia nō naʻe, e ʻike paha ʻoe i ka ʻeha o ka maka ma hope o ke kaʻina hana a e koi ʻia ka mālama anti-inflammatory kūloko no kekahi mau pule.

Kakaʻikahi nā pilikia ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻana. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻeha nui a i ʻole ka emi ʻana o ka ʻike i nā lā a me nā pule e hiki mai ana, pono ʻoe e kelepona i kāu kauka a i ʻole e hele i ka haukapila.

ʻOi aku ka nui o ka pilikia inā loaʻa kekahi maʻi maka a i ʻole kekahi maʻi koʻikoʻi e pili ana, e like me ka glaucoma a i ʻole ka macular degeneration. I kēia hihia, ʻaʻole hiki i ka hana cataract ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike.