Editing Cataract (section)

===Trauma===
[[File:Rosette cataract.jpg|thumb|Post traumatic rosette cataract of a 60-year-old male]]
Blunt trauma causes swelling, thickening, and whitening of the lens fibers. While the swelling normally resolves with time, the white color may remain. In severe blunt trauma, or in injuries that penetrate the eye, the capsule in which the lens sits can be damaged. This damage allows fluid from other parts of the eye to rapidly enter the lens leading to swelling and then whitening, obstructing light from reaching the retina at the back of the eye. Cataracts may develop in 0.7 to 8.0% of cases following [[electrical injury|electrical injuries]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Reddy SC | title = Electric cataract: a case report and review of the literature | journal = European Journal of Ophthalmology | volume = 9 | issue = 2 | pages = 134–138 | year = 1999 | pmid = 10435427 | doi = 10.1177/112067219900900211 | s2cid = 45814684 }}</ref> Blunt trauma can also result in star- (stellate) or petal-shaped cataracts.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ram J, Gupta R | title = Images in Clinical Medicine. Petaloid Cataract | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 374 | issue = 18 | pages = e22 | date = May 2016 | pmid = 27144871 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMicm1507349 }}</ref>