I went for an eye test today and was told I now have tiny cataracts

I went for my biennial eye test today and was informed that I don't need new glasses but that I now have a tiny cataract in each eye. Cataracts are one of the many adverse side-effects that can result from taking prescribed steroids. I am a steroid victim and I am confident that the steroid medication I took for many years is the main reason I now have these very small cataracts. 

I'm not at all worried about this development because I am confident that my long avoidance of added salt and salty food, and my present low carbohydrate/high fat way of eating (sometimes called a ketogenic diet) will greatly reduce the likelihood of the cataracts growing to become big problems.

Update: 5th July 2014. Sadly I was mistaken in what I stated in my second paragraph. My confidence was misplaced. The cataracts are now much bigger and are making it much more difficult for me to see clearly. The optometrist told me yesterday that they will inevitably continue to grow.

If it's some time since you visited the optician, you may like to consider going for an eye test.

Finger on the Pulse
from the Sunday Telegraph: article by Dr Max Pemberton

Extract:

"The eyes act as little windows into the body. By looking at the blood vessels on the back of the eye you can assess the state of the cardiovascular system and see the damage caused by high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol. As the eyes are so close to the brain and supplied by a nerve coming straight from it, a host of neurological conditions are also evident from simply looking into them. Multiple sclerosis, for example, is often first detected by an optician."

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Millions of Britons are risking their sight by not having regular eye tests, experts have warned.

Millions putting sight at risk by not having regular eye tests
Article in the Telegraph

Extract:

"An eye test is the only way to diagnose glaucoma, the leading cause of blindness in Britain.

Around 500,000 people in this country currently suffer from the condition, in which the eyes optic nerve becomes damaged over time.

Sufferers can lose up to half of their peripheral vision before they realise something is wrong.

Experts at the Moorfields Eye Hospital, in London, the International Glaucoma Association, the Eye Health Alliance, the Royal National Institute for Blind people, warn that early detection of the disease is crucial to preventing sight loss."