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If you look closely, you can see stitches in the eye after surgery for a congenital cataract.
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A cataract is a general term describing the opacity & loss of sight associated with the denaturation of the proteins in the eye’s lens. Treatment is often the surgical removal or replacement of the eye’s lens. The eye takes 1 month to heal.