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...
Many parents would not believe that an mild sports such as softball could lead their child to a medical state, however recreational and sports activities cause more than 40,000 eye injuries each year, according to the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Kids often lack...
Eye twitching is mostly referred to as ‘eyelid twitching’ by people, however, its also referred to as “myokymia” in physician lingo. These annoying twitches usually affect only the lower eyelid of a single eye; however, the top eyelid also can twitch. Many...
Amblyopia is commonly known as lazy eye. It occurs whenever there is a lack of vision in one eye because the eye and the brain are unable to work together. The brain may start to ignore the image from the amblyopic eye. Amblyopia normally only affects one eye –...
Color vision deficiency is the inability to distinguish certain shades of colors under normal lighting conditions. The expression “color blindness” is more commonly used to describe this visual state, but not many men and women are totally color blind....
