Lula will have cataract surgery this Friday

According to Planalto, pre-operative exams were carried out this Thursday (29)

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Lula had the same procedure in 2020, but on his right eye.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will have cataract surgery on his left eye. According to Planalto, pre-operative exams were carried out this Thursday (29), in Brasília, confirming expectations that the surgery will be carried out on Friday (30).

did the same procedure in 2020but in the right eye. The president arrived early today from his trip to Panama, where he participated in the International Economic Forum – Latin America and the Caribbean 2026. He spent the day at Granja do Torto.

Cataracts are a natural aging process that results in the loss of transparency of the crystalline lens, which is the natural lens of the eyes, leaving it opaque and whitish. It can also occur for other reasons, such as diabetes, use of corticosteroid medications or eye trauma.

The individual who has this problem has the feeling of seeing through fogged glassas if you were in a smoky or cloudy environment.

Through a surgical procedure, it is possible to replace this opaque natural lens with a transparent artificial one.

*With Agência Brasil

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