Glaucoma is a name given to a group of eye diseases where vision loss is due to the damage of the optic nerve. This can be linked to the build-up of intraocular pressure in the eye. The increased pressure in the eye damages the optic nerve and can gradually worsen.
Blepharitis is characterised by inflamed eyelids, often with flaky skin around them, and red, itchy, dry eyes. Having dry eyes doesn’t necessarily mean someone has blepharitis, an uncomfortable inflammation of the eyelids, but the two…
It’s a birthday that many celebrate with some trepidation. It’s the big four-zero and it’s the start of a decade that has more than its share of ups and downs. On the upside, one is…
Whether it’s the smart phone and its beguiling apps or the necessary business of working in front of a computer all day, most people are spending far too much time in front of screens. It’s…
Studies have shown that for most of those with poor eye health, eye impairments, and vision loss, the consequences are likely to go way beyond seeing objects as doubled, distorted or a blur, and into…
As the number of children with myopia keeps growing at an epidemic rate, and impacting on an increasing proportion of younger children, a global survey has shown that one in four parents don’t know the…
Studies over the past decade suggest that a physical exercise routine can improve and strengthen both sight and vision. It has also been shown to lower the likelihood of getting vision’s Big Three threats, glaucoma,…
Eyes are considered the primary sense because they gather 80% of the information necessary for enabling people to see the world around them. But the other senses, hearing, touch, taste and smell, are not just…
Smartphones can be wonderful, both for children and their parents as it keeps them connected at all times, entertains and teaches them, and gives them a picture of what’s going on in the world around…
A good deal of mystery still revolves around the link between vision misalignment and anxiety problems, but what is clear is that there is one, and it’s not a healthy relationship for either of them,…
Anyone who’s had extended periods of poor sleep knows that too little of the right kind of shut-eye leads to feelings of lethargy, irritation and a reluctance to get fully involved in the next day…
The two roving wanderers Strabismus (or crossed eyes) and Amblyopia, also known as Lazy Eye, are the highwaymen of the eyes, always roaming, stealing good and accurate vision, and seldom staying in the same place…
A standard eye test with a perfect 20/20 eyesight score doesn’t prove all’s well with a child’s visual system any more than a school report stating that a child’s ready to start the next grade…
According to Australian behavioural optometrists Gary Rodney and Jacqueline Gattegno, vision therapy is not a magic wand or a basic set of eye exercises which provides an instant cure for vision disorders. Instead, they say,…