What Is The Retina? Symptoms & Treatment Of Retinal Problems What Is the Retina? Symptoms and Treatment of Retinal Problems The majority of the population has some kind of visual impairment, if glasses are considered a kind of visual impairment. They could be totally or partially blind, use glasses, or use readers. People may have…

Revitalizing Your Vision: Vision Therapy and Its Impact Understanding Vision Therapy  – Vision therapy is a branch of eye care that aims to rehabilitate an individual’s vision.  – It differs from Visual Acuity, which quantifies the sense of vision.  – Vision therapy includes a spectrum of visual skills such as contrast sensitivity, depth perception, color…

Swollen Eyelid: Causes, Treatment & Home Remedies Although the eyelids appear to be part of the rest of our skin, they have quite complex anatomy compared to other skin structures. It has multiple sebaceous glands, additional tear glands, sweat glands, cilia and other cutaneous and subcutaneous muscle tissues. Since these are soft tissues, any inflammation…

Diminished Vision During Pregnancy While most cases are short and mild, keep in mind that some pregnancy-related visual changes may indicate more serious conditions such as preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, or high blood pressure. Although there is no specific pattern of blurred vision associated with pregnancy and it is associated with hormonal changes; the peak of…

5 ways to control Myopia Myopia, commonly referred to as short-sightedness or near-sightedness, is a refractive error that is increasing in prevalence. Here a person can’t see distant objects clearly. Myopia is a very common problem that can be corrected and even managed. Affecting 21.15% of school-going children (aged between 5-15 years) in urban India,…

What is double vision? While some instances of double vision can be cute, some can be anything but, and rather disturbing. Double vision (diplopia) is an unfortunate, and sometimes frightening condition, where you can distinctly see two images of a single object. This can occur either some, or all, of the time. Both images are…

Avoid water getting in your eyes You should avoid getting tap water in your eyes for the first week after your laser eye surgery. This is because water can contain particular bacteria and parasites which pose a risk to your eye health. In the first few days after eye surgery, your eyes can be a little…

Very often people with a red eye will use over the counter medication when the eye turns red. This is to avoid a “cumbersome” visit to the Eye Doctor. However very often the chemist will offer a formulation containing an astringent (like Visine or Andre I kul) to cause rapid “whitening” of the eye. This…

Can Children Get Eye Numbers Due To Excessive Tv/ Computer/ I Pad / Gadget Viewing Once a child is diagnosed with having a refractive error necessitating the use of spectacles, parents often chide the child saying it could have been avoided if they had been more prudent in their usage of electronic devices and phones.…

Very often when one is diagnosed as having a cataract, the next question is “How long can I wait before getting this procedure done?” OR “Doctor is mine an emergency situation? Do I need to get this done immediately?” Most cataract surgeries and procedures are elective ones. In that they can be planned and conducted when…