Recognizing and Treating Eye Injuries
When an eye injury does occur, have an ophthalmologist or other medical doctor examine the eye as soon as possible, even if…
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How Can I Tell What’s Causing My Dry Eye?
The feeling of dry eyes is often caused by a problem in the eye’s tears. The tear problems can be caused by the…
What Are Floaters and Flashes?
What are floaters? Floaters look like small specks, dots, circles, lines or cobwebs in your field of vision. While they…
Pterygium
A pterygium is a triangular growth of abnormal tissue that invades the cornea. Its development is not related to injury…
Laser Surgery
The problem with spectacles Whenever the light focusing system in front of the eye (mainly the cornea, also the lens)…
Retina
What is a retina? The retina is the thin inner lining of the eyeball. It acts like the film in…
Glaucoma
What is glaucoma? In the normal eye a watery liquid is constantly produced and drained away through tiny drainage canals.…
How Can I Tell What’s Causing My Dry Eye?
The feeling of dry eyes is often caused by a problem in the eye’s tears. The tear problems can be caused by the…
What Are Floaters and Flashes?
What are floaters? Floaters look like small specks, dots, circles, lines or cobwebs in your field of vision. While they…
Pterygium
A pterygium is a triangular growth of abnormal tissue that invades the cornea. Its development is not related to injury…
Laser Surgery
The problem with spectacles Whenever the light focusing system in front of the eye (mainly the cornea, also the lens)…
Retina
What is a retina? The retina is the thin inner lining of the eyeball. It acts like the film in…
Glaucoma
What is glaucoma? In the normal eye a watery liquid is constantly produced and drained away through tiny drainage canals.…