Special Features of Advanced Optic Lenses
Aspheric Design Most lenses have spherical surfaces which induce spherical aberration. Aspherical lenses ensure aberration free image which gives better vision and enhances contrast sensitivity, thus better night vision and under low light conditions. Square Edge These lenses have square…
2005 Survey of Public Knowledge
What people know about eye diseases? This survey was done 9 years ago but things have not changed drastically. The National Eye Institute (NEI) and the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) conducted a national survey to assess public knowledge, attitudes and practices…
Case Study: Malignant glaucoma
The term malignant glaucoma was originally used by Von Graefe (1869) who described the syndrome as “a new acute glaucomatous process brought about by the surgery, and which is unusual only in the continued failure of the anterior chamber to…
Phacoemulsification for Cataract
This surgery is popularly known as laser cataract surgery. However traditionally ultrasound is used for break the cataract and aspirate. Newer machines are available where laser can be used. However the final outcome remains similar. Phacoemulsification cataract surgery is a…
FAQs for Cataract Surgery With A Monofocal IOL
On the day of Cataract Surgery Is surgery done in a hospital? The entire procedure is generally done on an outpatient basis. Will I be awake during surgery? Is it painful? You will be fully awake, but you will be…
All About Cataract: Causes, Symptoms, Tests and Much More
Thanks to medical and surgical advancements in recent years Cataract Surgery has become one of the most successful, sophisticated & safe medical procedures performed. The Cataract Clinic at Shreeji Eye clinic is widely recognized for excellence in cataract surgery. With successful cataract treatment your…
Primary Congenital Glaucoma
When Mrs. & Mr. Xyz had their first daughter 8 months ago they were very joyous. The baby was very healthy and had a “beautiful large eyes”. The forth day the pediatrician felt that baby is having excessive tearing whenever…
OCULAR HYPERTENSION
Dr. Rajul S Parikh and Dr. Shefali R Parikh (glaucoma specialists) discuss ocular hypertension and its relationship to the development of glaucoma. recently, we got a query by email from a 31 year old male from Pune, “I recently had…
New Biomarker Targets
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. A major obstacle in the treatment and prevention of vision loss is the inability to detect the disease early, or to know which patients are at greater risk of losing vision. Recently,…
HOW COMMON IS GLAUCOMA?
It is a chronic, progressive disease of the optic nerve. Approximately 70 million people around the world are affected by glaucoma. It is the second most common cause of blindness and there are an estimated 7.5 million blind from the…
History of glaucoma
It is fascinating to know how our concepts about the disease have evolved over last 2500 years. In the Hippocratic Aphorisms (approximately 2600 years ago) the term glaucoma was used to describe blindness coming on in advancing years associated…
High Eye Pressure and Glaucoma
I’ve heard that glaucoma is caused by high eye pressure, and that left untreated glaucoma can cause blindness. At what pressure will I go blind? Glaucoma is a multi-factorial, complex eye disease with specific characteristics such as optic nerve damage…
What people know about eye diseases?
This survey was done 9 years ago but things have not changed drastically. The National Eye Institute (NEI) and the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) conducted a national survey to assess public knowledge, attitudes and practices around eye health and disease in…