Macular Degeneration Treatment Side Effects: Eye Infection after Intravitreal Injection
When you suffering from AMD, you need to seek treatment immediately to save your vision. Unfortunately a possibility of having a needle go into your eye is the risk of infection. This condition is termed endopthalmitis and can be also very dangerous.
Macular Degeneration Treatment: Increased Eye Pressure After Intravitreal Injection
When having anti-VEGF therapy for AMD, a potential risk is increased intraocular pressure after the intravitreal injections given to patients. Not only is this uncomfortable for the patient, it can also lead to vision loss in the future if left untreated.
Natural Eye Health Supplements: Do they Work?
You want to protect your eyesight—we all do! But what can we do to protect our eyes, what vitamins, minerals, herbs and supplements are good for our eyes, and do they work?
Possible causes of eyelid swelling
Swelling of the eyelids appears to be a quite common symptom many people complain of. Naturally, they get worried, but most people do nothing and wait for the swelling to go down on its own.
Sjogren s Syndrome: Causes & Symptoms
Sjögren's Syndrome is a specific systemic inflammatory disorder that affects the mucous membranes. It causes dry mouth, decreased tear production, and dryness of other body’s membranes.
Eye Pressure Implications
Intraocular pressure (IOP) also called the eye pressure, is the fluid pressure inside the eye. It may become elevated due to anatomical problems, inflammation of the eye, genetic factors, or as a side-effect from taking some medications.
iPad Game Effectively Treats Children With 'Lazy Eye'
The study showed that with just 2 weeks of exposure to a binocular game, children with amblyopia not only doubly improved their visual acuity but did so in half the time when compared to treatment with patching the unaffected, opposite eye.
Blinded by Smartphone: How Using Your Phone the Wrong Way Can Temporarily Cost Your Sight
Two women in the UK went temporarily blind in one eye, and their doctors think using their cell phones in bed was the cause. Here's how you can avoid the same problem.
New Treatments for Diabetic Eye Diseases
About 85 percent of diabetics, even type 2 diabetics, eventually develop retinopathy, maculopathy, cataracts, or glaucoma, and sometimes all four. Fortunately, new treatments are making saving sight easier.
Vitamin C May Help Reduce the Risk of Cataract
According to the latest research, vitamin C helps in the prevention of cataract. It can help reduce the odds of developing cataract by one third.