Eyesight is precious to everyone that has it. For most people, it would be the last sense that they would want to give up. Yet, the eyes and the various damages done to them are little understood by most people. The eyes are a complicated pair of organs in the body. Light reaches the eyes [...]
When in 1946 a German ophthalmologist named Gerd Meyer-Schwickerath used the focused light beam from a xenon arc lamp to perform a retinal coagulation on a human eye, his procedure completely revolutionized the world of ophthalmology. Light is noninvasive when it comes to reaching internal eye structures. That’s why, when Theodore Maiman tested the first [...]
Your eyes serve you well every day and will continue to do so if you take care of them. The top five risks to your eyes can often be delayed or prevented by maintaining general health. Diabetes Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness among Americans between the ages of 20 and 74. When blood [...]
Visual problems often become more common as we grow older, and we should learn to take preventative measures to combat them and recognize their symptoms. They can include the following: Blind spots (scotomas) – These are areas in our field of vision where it is impossible to see anything. Blurred vision – This involves problems [...]