Protecting your vision is just one of the most important things you can do in order to help maintain your quality of life. Some type of sight-threatening eye problem affects one in six adults of age 45 and older. We also know that the risk for vision loss only grows...
Cataracts are a clouding of the eye lens, leading to changes to a vision. A cataract can develop in one eye at a time or both eyes simultaneously. The lens of an eye usually consists of clear tissue that focuses light on the retina and the outer coating of nerve cells...
Glaucoma is a build up of pressure inside the eye that causes damage to the optic nerve. Anterior chamber is the space in the front part of the eye. Clear liquid flows in and from the anterior chamber, this fluid bathes and nourishes nearby tissues of the eye. If a...
It’s a good practice to get an eye examination once a year to guard the long term health of your eyes, as well as maintain the ideal eyesight as you age, as glasses and contacts prescriptions may change regularly. Additionally, a knowledgable optician or...
Whether you’re a smoker or not, then you know all about the health dangers smoking presents. The reasons are a lot. Add eyesight issues to that list. To be precise and accurate: smoking is an addiction which makes it more likely for a person to come up with eye...
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease that commonly occurs in people over 50. What happens in this condition is that macula, which is a small part of retina, gets damaged. A healthy macula allows us to have a clear central vision. So when there is...
When you hear about glaucoma, many facts and thoughts must cross your mind. It refers to a group of eye conditions that affect millions of people and can be attributed as a major cause of vision loss that can ultimately lead up to total blindness in the absence of...
Antioxidants are a common and frequent part of discussions that involve good health and preventing diseases. These powerful substances, which mostly come from the fresh fruits and vegetables that we eat, prohibit (and in some cases even stop )the oxidation of other...
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye condition that affects the central region of the retina (light-sensitive tissue at the rear end of our eye). AMD leads to a lack of vision sharpness and adversely affects tasks like driving, reading and recognizing...
In medical terms, Glaucoma is referred to as ‘multifactorial optic disorder’ characterized by an acquired lack in retinal ganglion cells at levels beyond ordinary age-related loss and corresponding atrophy of the optic nerve. Too tough to understand! Here’s a simple...