Taking your colour vision for granted Think about how many times a day we rely on our colour vision. You’re driving to work and you can see when the traffic light turns from red to green, or perhaps you’re cooking chicken for dinner and check inside to see if it’s cooked through. Maybe you’re choosing […]
Category: EyeCare
Does lack of sleep affect your vision?
Feeling tired seems to be an unavoidable part of adult life. You drag yourself out of bed at 6.30am when the alarm sounds, heading bleary-eyed for the bathroom. Fast forward an hour and you’re struggling to keep your eyes open on your commute to the office. Then, you spend the next 8 hours sat at […]
Understanding Lazy Eye Surgery
Lazy eye, also known as amblyopia, is a vision disorder that typically develops in childhood. It occurs when one eye doesn’t develop normal vision due to various factors, such as strabismus (misalignment of the eyes), a significant difference in refractive errors between the eyes (anisometropia), or certain visual obstructions like a cataract or a droopy eyelid.
What to Expect During Cataract Surgery
Cataracts are a common age-related eye condition that can significantly impact your vision. Fortunately, cataract surgery is a highly effective and safe procedure that can restore clarity to your vision and is completed in just 5-10 minutes at Optimax clinics. If you or a loved one are facing cataract surgery, it’s natural to have questions and […]
Eye Clinics Abuja
All 8 clinics that provide Eye Care in Abuja These are Eye Clinic In Abuja That Offers Best Eye Clinics Practice In Abuja 1. Alpha Zone Eye Clinic Providing Total Eye Care Solution Our Eye Clinic is a full-service eye care base, offering the latest surgical procedures, comprehensive eye examinations, contact lens fitting, full service optical […]
Top 5 Most Affordable Eye Clinics In Abuja
Making research on affordable eye clinics in Abuja before making a decision on where to receive treatment is a very necessary step in the right direction. You can try contacting the eye clinics directly to ask about their services and staff, and you can also read online reviews to get a sense of what other […]
Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis
Diabetic retinopathy may present with little or no symptoms in the early stages of disease. Diabetics with more long-term disease may develop symptoms and, eventually, irreversible damage to the retina may occur.
Diabetic eye disease / diabetic retinopathy stages
Diabetic eye, also known as diabetic retinopathy, is a complication of diabetes that involves damage to the blood vessels in the eye, as a result of high blood sugar levels.
Managing and Treating Eye Allergies
Allergies of the eye may affect the conjunctiva, cornea or the eyelids. Clinical signs are important in diagnosing the type of allergy. Additional tests, such as brush cytology of the ocular epithelium or tear mediator analysis, may help in doubtful cases.
Detecting Brain Disease Using the Eye
The human eye shares several vascular and neural similarities to the brain, and hence, our eyes have been found to offer a direct window to brain pathology. The unique characteristics of our eyes allow them to be a relatively affordable biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other illnesses of the brain.