When Can I Drive After Cataract Surgery – Most patients are legal to drive within 24 hours of their cataract surgery, if you’re feeling comfortable and confident with your new vision, there’s no reason why you couldn’t drive a day after your cataract surgery.
How long after cataract surgery can you drive?
Usually after an uncomplicated cataract surgery, the revision recovery is immediate, if general health condition and general eye conditions are normal. Usually a cataract surgeries nobody is done by what is called as a frequent multiplication or what is called as a micro incisional cataract surgery but the opening made is less than two point two millimeters. So vision require after a cataract surgery is immediately immediately after removing the eye bandage a person be able to see our stream clearly. Vocationally a person may complain of blurred vision, hazy vision, or may complain of wavy vision, so this because of intraocular lens that is implanted in the eye.
Take some time for the brain to adjust and start seeing clearly, because cataract is a gradual decrease in vision it is not a sudden loss of vision. So brain has got used to seeing everything dull. Suddenly when it is replaced by a clear intraocular lens. It takes some time for the brain to adjust occasionally the lens that is implanted in the eye may take some time to adjust settle down in the normal position. Usually the recovery after cataract surgery should be within a week, but the final vision require usually takes at least five to six weeks after a uncomplicated cataract surgery. If the general health of the eye is normal.
Post cataract surgery there is no restriction as such except for, no head bath for a week, no sleeping on the operated side, for at least a week or more needs to use the protective glasses for at least a week. As regards driving usually it is not recommended to drive, especially for a week after cataract surgery because of the dust and pollution, and better to avoid two-wheel driving for at least a month. But after a week one can safely start driving we safely drag driving a four-wheeler. One needs to use protective glasses and one needs to use up wear drops as prescribed by a doctor.So usually a visual record after an uncomplicated cataract surgery, should take anywhere between one week to five weeks to complete recovery of the vision. And driving as for the driving is concern is better to avoid for a week, after a week one can start going to normal Drive.
Is it safe to drive after refractive cataract surgery?
It’s perfectly safe to drive, after refractive cataract surgery and refractive lens exchange surgery. As long as the patient can meet the legal requirements for the driving standard, then it’s completely safe to drive, and in fact one of the most common reasons patients come to see the doctor is that they have been taught by their optometrist that their vision is borderline for meeting the driving standard or has fallen below the driving standard. And because cataracts come on very slowly of a prolonged period of time, patients get used to the that just did reduced level of vision they don’t really notice, that the vision has suddenly crashed or deteriorated. And it comes as a real shock or surprise to some patients when the optometrist at a routine test even, will tell them the their borderline for driving or that they fall below the standards and shouldn’t drive anymore.
So it’s a very common reason the patients come to see the doctor, and actually it’s very distressing for these patients. many patients are the sole driver in the household need to drive in order to take a partner or parent or spouse to hospital appointments, and for some it’s just simply maintaining their independence. Were in South Wales so some people live in the countryside, we need to get in and out just to get daily provisions. So it’s a very common reason patients come for refractive cataract surgery. And it’s one of the biggest joys for patients after the surgery has been completed. That they’re back to driving they’re back to being independent and they almost feel like they have their life back again.
When can I drive after surgery?
When questioned patients always ask after surgery, is when can I get back to driving they want to get their life back, they want to be able to take the kids to school things like that. It depends on what surgery was done. How well you’re recuperating and whether or not you’re still on the pain medications. Because obviously you can’t drive when you’re on drugs. So um most people depending on the surgery typically are at least tapering off the pain medicines, or I’m pretty close to off by the time they’re five to seven days after surgery. But that doesn’t always mean that you’d be limber enough to do the things that you need to do to drive a car. And we don’t want you getting in an emergency situation and not being able to turn left, so it doesn’t work.
And so what doctor always tell people is once you’re off the pain medicines hop in the car drive around the block a couple times just make sure that you’re able to do the things you need to do, to be able to manage the car appropriately. Also there comes in another aspect with it too that if you’re driving, short drives are probably fine at first but longer drives that going for two or three hours can get you in trouble with blood clots in the legs too, because you’re not moving like you normally would and early after surgery that’s always a risk. So the best answer for this is consult with your doctor, talk to them about the specifics of your surgery. The things that you need to do or want to do and just make sure that it’s compatible with a good result.