We all know that high blood pressure, or hypertension, is detrimental to our health. Not treating and managing elevated blood pressure can cause harm to various parts of the body, most notably heart, brain, kidneys, and eyes. Because the pressure of the blood flowing...
Dry eyes are among the most common public complaints eye health practitioners get from patients during the winter months, especially in the cooler climates. That’s why we’d like to talk about some advice on ways to relieve dry eye discomfort and the way to...
It’s crucial to look closely at the signs and causes of disabilities and ailments that directly involve our eyes, like glaucoma or higher eye pressure. As it is important to keep a healthy blood pressure for good health, it’s equally important to maintain...
Age-related macular degeneration is a serious eye condition and also one of the major causes behind significant loss of vision in people of age 50 years or more. So, what is this condition? Macula refers to a small part of your retina that is responsible for rendering...
Glaucoma and Diabetes are two distinct complex diseases. Although these two diseases affect human eye and insulin respectively but a person suffering from the latter one is at high risk of developing the former one. Let’s understand the relationship between diabetes...
The brain and the eyes work together to provide us with the most valuable thing of all time i.e. ‘vision’. Human eye focuses light rays onto the back portion of the eye known as the retina. Cells of this retina subsequently trigger nerve signals which travel along the...
In open-angle cataract, the angle on your eye where the iris meets the cornea is as wide and open as it needs to be, however, the eye’s drainage canals become clogged over time, causing an increase in internal eye pressure and causing damage to the optic nerve....
Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) impacts the center of the retina, which is also referred to as macula. The macula is the part of the eye responsible for our profound vision, which we use while reading, driving, and executing other tasks that demand precise,...
Cataracts are one of the major causes of blindness in the older generation. In fact, the onset of cataracts can be a problem not just for the older population, but for younger people too. The cataracts cause the vision to get cloudy or blurry thus severely impacting...
