Guide to Eye Diseases

New Studies of Diabetic Retinopathy: A study published in the American Journal of Pathology in August 2009 reported a new discovery of diabetic retinopathy detection. Early blood vessel damage in the eyes could be indicated by high levels of arginase in the blood, which is conventional used to diagnose cardiovascular diseases and inflammation in kidneys and other organs. As liver enzyme, high blood levels of arginase have long been known to reduce nitric oxide availability, which can reduce injury from inflammation.
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New Discoveries of Diabetic Retinopathy: According to some researchers in Saudi Arabia, cataract surgery can also help in slowing down the progression of diabetic retinopathy. These researchers injected bevacizumab into some patients’ eyes who received cataract surgery and found that there was a considerably low rate of diabetic retinopathy progression in the group that had received bevacizumab injection at the end of cataract surgery.
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New discoveries of macular degeneration: As hardened fats, trans-unsaturated fats are associated with heart diseases because they can raise levels of bad cholesterol and lower levels of good cholesterol. However, higher amounts of trans-unsaturated fats are also reported to increase the risk of age-related macular degeneration, according to the Archives of Ophthalmology. Lots of trans-unsaturated fats intake is suspected to be closely related with late AMD.
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Tips about Eyelid Twitch: Eye twitch, with the definition of spontaneous spasms of membranes the eyelid, has a symptom of repetitive closing and opening of eyes which are mainly caused by excessive use of caffeine and lots of pressure and fatigue.
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Various types of double vision and treatments: Also named ghost images, double vision can result from both temporary body conditions and various eye problems. Temporary double vision always caused by excessive alcohol or extreme body tiredness. This type of double vision will go away soon.
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Stye causes and treatments: Also named hordeolum, a stye or sty results from a gland infection at the edge of the eyelid, either inside or outside. Early signs of a stye include pain eye, eye redness, tenderness and swelling in the affected area.
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Sources of Eye injury and prevention: A majority of eye injuries can be avoided by precautions and protective eyewear. According to particular requirements, there are various types of safety glasses. For instance, people with eye problems such as myopia or hyperopia may need prescription goggles and a lawn mower operator need protective wear with snug, wrap-style frame to prevent small, airborne particles from adhering to the lenses.
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Strabismus treatments: Strabismus is a physical disorder that has several forms of expression. With one eye moving regularly, the other eye may point in, out, up or down, which are called crossed eyes, exotropia, hypertropia and hypotropia respectively.
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Resection and adjustable suture strabismus surgeries: People with strabismus have one eye turning in, out or rotating too high or low. It can be interpreted as certain muscle abnormalities. If one of the six outside muscles that control eye movements is particularly strong or weak, your eye will be misaligned and strabismus occurs. The process that eye muscles control eye movement can be affected by cranial nerve. Nowadays, there are several types of surgeries that can correct strabismus.
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Symptoms and causes of eye floaters: While staring at a plain background such as a blank wall or blue sky, you may see small specks or clouds that are floating in your vision field. Other shapes of these eye floaters can be strands and webs. Actually, these floaters are not objects in the air. They are tiny gel clumps or cells inside the vitreous that fills the inside of your eye, or exactly, the shadows of these floaters on the retina.
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