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Diabetic retinopathy screening and treatment are essential for preventing vision loss in people living with diabetes. Diabetic retinopathy affects the eyes and vision and often goes undiagnosed unless there is routine diabetic eye care. It is caused by damage to the tiny blood vessels at the back of the eye due to high blood sugar

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 edges have square edges which prevent the lens capsule from thickening, thus reducing the chances

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 USA in 2005. More than 3,000 people were randomly

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 form”. Chandler himself described the condition as “a form of postoperative glaucoma in which after

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 their use to be bright sunlight and the clear central part of eye had blue

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 an eye examination that included eye pressure test. The doctor informed me that I have

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, the Catalyst for a Cure (CFC) team has identified several possible glaucoma biomarkers. In addition