"Optometry – A Medical Science BranchIntroduction: Optometry is the branch of medical science whose prior focus is on eye care; todiagnose, treat and manage diseases and disorders related to our visual system and thedoctors of optometry are known as optometrists. Optometrists are widely spread acrossthe world and United States contributes to major part when it comes to counting.Optometrists provide information to their patients’ regarding surgical and non-surgicaloptions that will fulfill their visual requirements according to their lifestyle. They areactually the first health doctors to investigate and diagnose people with cataracts. Due tothe immense spread of visual diseases; the profession of optometry is growing in manycountries and gaining popularity because of its effective clinical care, research, andeducation in order to cure visual disabilities. (American Optometric Association)Optometric Clinical Practice Guidelines are suggestions for patient care which areconstructed through a formal process. They combine the best available informationalong with present scientific evidence and research to guide optometrists withappropriate steps in the administration, diagnosis and treatment of patients variousdiseases related to eye and vision conditions. This guideline helps optometrists inidentifying patients with risks of developing cataracts and improves the quality of carebeing provided to patients with cataracts. It assists them in diagnosing cataract veryprecisely and in informing and educating patients about the effects, complications andvisual disabilities that are developed through cataract and also about the availability oftreatment for it. (American Optometric Association)Cataract is the major cause of blindness in which the bottom lens becomescloudy causing visual disturbance. Due to this cloudiness, the rays of light which helpsus to see are not able to enter into the eye. The images become very blur and colorless;which seems like looking through a dusty or foggy window of your room. Your eyesbecome extra sensitive to light. You are not able to see things properly at night andbright color seems faded.People with visual disability through cataracts are said to bemore than 8million.One of the reasons of cataract is aging. This is when the normal protein in the lens startsbreaking down after around the age of 40. It appears gradually but in people withyounger age it appears quickly. So, there’s no as such prediction made by doctors thathow quickly a cataract appears. Besides aging, it is inherited or maybe caused due topoor medical conditions such as diabetes. Other cause of cataract can be the Ultravioletrays of the sun or some radiation treatment on the upper body. If a person has gonethrough a cataract diagnosis, he should have his eye exam once a year if he is aged andtwice a year if he is younger in age. He should quit smoking and use brighter lights forhis daily activities. He should take care of his medical conditions especially if he is apatient of diabetes and avoid driving at night. Get the right lens or eyeglasses in order tomake your vision stable and if you are still facing difficulties with your vision then gofor a cataract surgery. Because surgery is the only way to remove these cataracts only ifthe problem has become really intense. (American Academy of Ophthalmology)There is a Federal Government lead agency of vision research known as The NationalEye Institute whose main focus is to search for treatments for impairing visual blindness.This institute has conducted a number of researches whose main focus is to study the "