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A refractive error occurs when light is not focused properly on the retina at the back of the eye.
The curved surface of the eyeball bends light, much like a magnifying glass. This is called refraction. As the light is refracted it should focus on the retina, which lines the back surface of the eye.
Light enters your eye through two curved surfaces. First it passes through the cornea...
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Celebrating your 39th birthday….Again?
Is it getting harder to read your birthday cards this year? Sometime around the age of 40 most of us start noticing that our eye are losing the ability to focus as easily as they could as when we were younger.
This condition is known as Presbyopia and affects our capacity to focus clearly on near, intermediate and far objects. In the past, bifocals...
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Retinopathy occurs when abnormal blood vessels leak fluid into the retina.
Normally, the blood vessels in your eye do not leak. However, they can develop tiny holes which, over time, seep fluid into the retina. This fluid deposits a fatty material, and if it occurs in the central part of the retina, can reduce or blur vision. Leakage elsewhere within your eye may or may not have...
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Age-related Macular Degeneration or AMD is a disease that causes a slow and painless loss of central vision. Central vision is what you use when you look straight at an object; it allows you to see fine detail needed when reading or driving.
On the inside of the eye is the retina, which contains over 120 million light sensitive cells or photoreceptors. The largest concentration of...
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Cataract Surgery is the third most performed surgery in the United States.
With over 3.1 million surgeries per year, this surgery has a very high success rate with 9 out of 10 regaining vision between 20/20 and 20/40.
The surgery begins with the doctor making a small incision into the cornea. Next the surgeon may remove the lens as one piece or use an ultrasound, laser or surgical...
