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• Luteína: 6 mg/día durante 1 mes, después ■ Cirugía
2 mg/día.
B B 1 • Si los síntomas del paciente persisten o
empeoran a pesar de las anteriores A A 2 2
medidas, es justificado derivarlo a una
■ Fitoterapia
evaluación oftalmológica y un tratamiento
• La cúrcuma es un importante agente con extracción de cataratas utilizando
antiinflamatorio que se utiliza en Asia; hay C 1 facoemulsificación con inserción de
muchos datos en la bibliografía china en cristalino intraocular (un paso).
cuanto a su eficacia en reducir el riesgo de
cataratas.

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