Anne Hathaway secretly battled with debilitating eye condition for 10 years, here are the early warning signs
Rhiannon Ingle
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Anne Hathaway has candidly opened up about a debilitating eye condition she battled with for a decade.
Speaking on an April episode of The New York Times' podcast, Popcast, the Hollywood A-lister confessed to being 'legally blind' in one eye all throughout her 30s following an early-onset cataract diagnosis.
"This is maybe too much information," The Devil Wears Prada actress began. "I was half blind for 10 years."
"It impacted my vision so much that I was basically legally blind out of my left eye, and I wound up getting surgery," she continued. "And I didn’t realise how bad it had gotten until I could finally see the full spectrum."
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Hathaway revealed that, since then, she's 'calmed down' and added: "I didn’t realise it was actually taxing my nervous system."
The Les Misérables star went on to declare her current vision a total 'miracle'.
"I appreciate vision because I literally feel like every day, I wake up and I get to see the way that I do, it’s a miracle," she reflected.
"I actually am like, 'Oh, two generations back, that wouldn’t have been an option for someone like me.' So, I actually do feel very connected to that kind of a miracle."
The NHS explains that cataracts is where the lens in your eye becomes cloudy, causing blurred vision and loss of sight.
It usually affects older adults and can be treated with surgery.
The symptoms of cataracts usually develop slowly.
The Forbury Clinic outlines that 'early signs' include blurred or cloudy vision, increased glare and light sensitivity, the fading or yellowing of colours, frequent prescription changes and poor night vision.
The NHS adds that sufferers will often have cataracts in both eyes, but the symptoms may be different in each eye.
Reiterating the early signs, the key symptoms include:
If you wear glasses, you may notice that you need to change the prescription of your glasses more often than usual.
The NHS outlines that you may be more likely to get cataracts if:
Some long-term health conditions can also increase your risk of getting cataracts, such as type 2 diabetes, severe dermatitis and high blood pressure.