Re: [pyrnet] Pyr eyes

[JGentzel@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/21/00 11:15:48 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
dgg@star-telegram.com writes:


> True late-onset cataracts, like at
> 10 or so, may well not be inherited but a product of the aging of the
> eye.


Don't misunderstand my terminology.  There are too many terms out there for 
the same condition.  Late onset as I use it and is used elsewhere is the 
later than 6 months, to differentiate it from congenital cataracts.  This is 
the really serious problem that can many times be detected at 6 weeks old and 
from what I have read leads mostly to complete blindness.  The after 6 year 
group should be called geriatric cataracts.  I know the literature is not 
consistent with this, so folks must read carefully. 

Joe