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A cataract is a clouding of our own natural lens. You can be born with cataracts or you can develop cataracts with aging. Now aging is one of the primary causes of cataracts. There are lot of diseases that also can lead to cataracts, particularly diabetes and any type of inflammation within the eye. Cataracts across the globe is a devastating problem. It is one of the leading causes of blindness, but even here in the United States, it is a big problem. Cataract surgery is one of the leading, if not the leading, most common surgery in America.