When you have a clear vision, you can do everything, from driving on the road to reading traffic signs. However, blurred vision can make your daily routine more difficult and can quickly become overwhelming. Blurred vision forces you to live a life where there is no clear focus for anything, you may feel like someone […]
It can be startling to see the white part of your eye turning red, but that’s actually the harmless condition of your eyes known as broken or popped blood vessel in eye or subconjunctival hemorrhage. There has been a rupture of small blood vessels just beneath the surface of your eye. Popped, Burst, or Broken
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The most common symptom of itchy eyelids is itchiness or scratchiness at the edges of the eye near the eyebrows or at the top of the nose. The itch may be worse in certain environments such as in air conditioning or when reading in low light conditions. Why Is My Eyelid Itchy? Eyelid itching is
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Have you ever seen someone with two different colored eyes? This interesting trait is called heterochromia. Potential causes of multi-colored eyes include heredity, eye injury, some medication, eye cancer, and several syndromes. Most cases of heterochromia do not require treatment, while few cases that are associated with the diseased conditions of the body should go
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While looking at the mirror you might have noticed a single row of multiple hair-like structures at the margin of both upper and lower eyelids. These hair-like structures in the eyelid margin are known as eyelashes (or eyelid hairs). What are Eyelashes? The eyelash is also known as lash (derived from the Latin word Cilia).
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Why does my eyelid keep twitching? What causes eyelid twitching? Is there any treatment to stop twitching eyelids? Keep on reading to find out answers to these questions related to eyelid spasms. An eyelid twitch is a general term for the muscle spasms that happen, usually without the control of the person. Either upper or
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Radial keratotomy (RK) is a type of eye surgery that is used to correct nearsightedness and was developed in 1974 by a Russian ophthalmologist, Svyatoslav Fyodorov. In the 1980s and early 1990s, radial keratotomy was a popular refractive surgical procedure that served to correct nearsightedness. In total, several hundred thousand procedures were performed worldwide to
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Photorefractive keratectomy or PRK eye surgery is a type of laser vision correction in which a surgeon removes the surface layer of the cornea with a laser and reshapes it to correct any refractive errors. For people with a thinner cornea, PRK is a recommended alternative since these people are at risk to create the
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Night blindness or nyctalopia is the common name for a symptom of an underlying disease usually characterized by difficulty seeing in dark environments or at night. It means you are not able to see as well at night, not it means you are blind altogether. Night blindness can be caused by many different factors and
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Corneal collagen cross-linking eye surgery is the new treatment for people with keratoconus. When nothing else was able to stop this corneal disease from getting worse, cross-linking eye surgery provides hope for patients with keratoconus. Corneal collagen cross-linking is a surgical procedure that strengthens the cornea. The process involves inserting riboflavin drops into the eye
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