14th February 2024
What causes retinopathy of prematurity in baby Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is an eye disease that affects some premature babies born before 31 weeks. (A full-term pregnancy lasts about 38
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16th March 2021
Refractive lens exchange, also called lens replacement surgery or clear lens extraction, may be a better option than LASIK, PRK or phakic IOL refractive surgery for people with presbyopia and
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9th March 2021
A corneal abrasion (scratched cornea or scratched eye) is one of the most common eye injuries. The cornea is the clear front surface of the eye. A corneal abrasion disrupts
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27th January 2021
If you have an eye exam and are told you have 20/20 perfect vision, does this mean you have perfect eyesight? Is it possible to achieve even better than 20/20
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19th January 2021
When small, delicate blood vessels break beneath the tissue covering the white of the eye (conjunctiva), resulting eye redness may mean that you have a subconjunctival hemorrhage. A subconjunctival hemorrhage
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29th October 2020
It's a catch-all term for a group of inflammatory diseases that affect mostly the middle part of your eye, called the uvea. The main symptoms are eye redness and an
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8th October 2020
Color blindness occurs when you are unable to see colors in a normal way. It is also known as color deficiency. Color blindness often happens when someone cannot distinguish between
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23rd September 2020
Strabismus is when your eyes are not lined up properly and they point in different directions. One eye may look straight ahead while the other eye turns in, out, up,
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20th August 2020
What is Diplopia? The definition of diplopia is simple: It means double vision — that is, seeing two separate or overlapping images of the same object when you should only
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9th June 2020
What is a stye? A stye (also called a hordeolum) is a small, red, painful lump that grows from the base of your eyelash or under the eyelid. Most styes
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