Showing posts with label Eye doctor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eye doctor. Show all posts

Friday, 7 June 2019

10 Pink Eye Facts and Symptoms

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Pink eye, medically known as conjunctivitis, is a fairly common eye infection caused either by bacteria or by viruses that causes the conjunctiva to have an irritated reaction. The conjunctiva is a clear membrane that is in your eyelids as well as on the white parts of your eyeballs. Pink Eye causes are abundant around us leading to an average person’s familiarity with this disease. Yet, there might still be things you may not about it.

Here are some facts for you about Pink Eye:

1. You can be born with Pink Eye:-  Some babies are born with Pink Eye, here known as neonatal conjunctivitis. It can be caused either by bacteria, viruses, irritation in the eyes blocked tear ducts, etc.

2.   Not all redness is actually, Pink Eye:- Redness of the eye is a symptom of many types of problems in your body ranging from high blood pressure to uveitis, thus not all redness is conjunctivitis.

3.  There is no immunization to Conjunctivitis:- Whatever may be the cause of your Pink Eye, nothing actually immunizes your eye against it. If you’ve had conjunctivitis, it does not affect your chances of having it again in any way.

4.   Pink Eye doesn’t always fix itself:- While it commonly goes away on its own in a few days, Pink Eye treatment doesn’t always follow this pattern. Sometimes professional medical intervention is required before it permanently affects vision.

5.    Different types of Pink Eye exist:- There are different types of Pink Eye like bacterial, viral, allergic, chemical, etc. Only the bacterial and viral conjunctivitis out of these are contagious by nature, while others are not.

6.  Conjunctivitis doesn’t always spread from rubbing eyes:- While eye-to-hand touch is one of the easiest ways by which conjunctivitis is spread, it is not the only one. Other objects near infected eyes can also spread like make-up, lenses, specs, goggles, lotions, etc.

7.   Pink Eye is not limited to children: - Conjunctivitis usually occurs in children because of their less hygienic habits but it is not limited to just them. Pink Eye happens is in adults and people of all ages as well.

8.   Pink Eye is treatable: - Conjunctivitis is easily treatable with eye drops to reduce dryness, cool compress to reduce inflammation and allergy medication to reduce redness and other symptoms.

9.  It is a short-term disease: - Pink Eye is usually not a severe condition and persists until about a week at the maximum in normal cases.

10.   There are many causes of Pink Eye:- Pink eye causes are many and varied including bacteria, virus, allergic reaction, pollution, amoeba, fungi, chemicals, blocked tear ducts, etc. Based on these different causes, pink eye treatment is also specific to the type that you have caught.

The most common symptoms of Pink Eye are:

  1. Redness of the cornea and inner parts of the eyelid
  2. Teary eyes
  3. Swelling of Conjunctiva
  4. Yellow discharge that often crusts on eyelashes after sleep
  5. Burning sensation in eyes
  6. Itchiness near eyes
  7. White or green discharge
  8. Blurred eyesight
  9. Lymph node swelling
  10. Light sensitivity

The general case of Pink Eye does not adversely affect vision or damage your eyes permanently, but one can never be too sure. Take full precaution to protect your eyes from conjunctivitis and if you do get it, take the proper treatment to be rid of it as soon as possible.

Thursday, 7 July 2016

LASIK Eye Surgery’s Treatment

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LASIK is a surgical procedure intended to reduce a person's dependency on glasses or contact lenses. After the laser reshapes the cornea, the flap is then laid back in place, covering the area where the corneal tissue was removed. Then the cornea is allowed to heal naturally. Laser eye surgery like Femtosecond Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery requires only topical anaesthetic drops, and no bandages or stitches are required. There are many issues which can be treated with the laser eye operation. 

Farsightedness can be treated with laser eye operation. Eye Doctors make the cornea steeper by removing tissue outside of the central zone of the cornea. This shifts the point of focus from beyond the retina to directly on the retina. To treat nearsightedness, tissue is removed from the central zone of the cornea. This shifts the point of focus from in front of the retina to directly on the retina. Often nearsightedness or farsightedness is accompanied by astigmatism, which can be treated simultaneously by making the cornea more spherical. Excimer lasers also can correct astigmatism by smoothing an irregular cornea into a more normal shape. It is a misconception that LASIK cannot treat astigmatism. 

There are various advantages of LASIK surgeries like Blade Free Cataract Surgery. For starters, the LASIK technique takes less than 30 minutes to perform and is very effective. The technical advancements incorporated in the LASIK technique eliminates the clinically significant risks leading to visual impairment after a refractive surgery. Most surveys show that 92-98% of people who undergo the surgery are satisfied with the results. Though chance of complications occurring is less than 5%, check with your consultant that they have outlined all the risks. Most people are back at work within a few days to a week.

Friday, 29 January 2016

Top 3 Eye Clinic Chains in India

January 29, 2016 0
Top 3 Eye Clinic Chains in India
When it comes to LASIK treatment there are multiple options available. In traditional LASIK, an instrument known as a microkeratome cuts a thin, hinged flap into the eye's cornea. The flap then is lifted for application of laser energy that reshapes the eye for vision correction. Replacing the flap in LASIK promotes faster healing. Another method of creating a LASIK flap uses a type of high-energy femtosecond laser instead of a blade and is also known as “Blade-free LASIK Surgery”. 

Unlike mechanical instruments, the blade-free LASIK technology is uniquely able to program the dimensions of your flap based on what's best for your eyes. Instead of a blade, the laser creates your flap from below the surface of the cornea without ever cutting it. This results in more precise and predictable flaps. For starters, ultra-fast pulses of laser light position microscopic bubbles at a precise depth preset by your eye doctor. 

The laser light passes harmlessly through your cornea. Then the laser creates rows of these bubbles just beneath your corneal surface as it moves back and forth across your eye in a consistent plane. The next step involves the creation of the edges of your flap. The stacking of bubbles is customized according to the shape of the eye. This process takes only about 20 seconds from start to finish and it is comfortable. The doctor then gently lifts the flap to allow for the second step of your LASIK treatment, the excimer laser. When the treatment is complete, the flap is gently put back into position.

At Centre for Sight, we provide blade-free LASIK and we are located in 45 locations across the nation. With advanced technologies and availability of solutions to complex eye related disorders, CFS is one of the top three eye clinic chains in India. At Centre for Sight, we care for eye care. 

Monday, 26 October 2015

Glaucoma- An Overview

October 26, 2015 0
Glaucoma is a medical condition that causes damage or harm to one’s eye's optic nerve and gets worse over time. It's often associated with a buildup of pressure inside the eye. It tends to be inherited and may not show up until later in life. The increased pressure, known as intraocular pressure, can damage the optic nerve, which is responsible for transmitting images to the brain. If damage to the optic nerve from high eye pressure continues, glaucoma can cause permanent loss of vision. Also, without treatment, glaucoma can cause total permanent blindness within a few years. Because most people with glaucoma have no early symptoms or pain from this increased pressure, it is important to see your eye doctor regularly so that glaucoma can be diagnosed and treated before long-term visual loss occurs.

Glaucoma in adolescents is similar to glaucoma in adults. Glaucoma in children of all ages is rare, unlike adult chronic glaucoma, which is relatively common. Glaucoma affects roughly 1 in 2000 children. In older children the eye responds to increased intraocular pressure in a manner similar to adults. Unlike younger children there is no increase in the size of the eye and the cornea does not become cloudy. Thus the onset of glaucoma in these children is much more likely to be asymptomatic. Centre for Sight provides eye doctor and glaucoma specialist for the treatment of glaucoma across the nation. Besides that, services for cataract treatment, LASIK and other eye care specialties are also available at all the outlets.