Latest Vision Articles

1. Types of glaucoma and diagnosis

In the United States, more than a half of the 2.5 million glaucoma patients suffer from different degrees of vision loss. Resulted from internal eye pressure (IOP) built-up and optic nerve damage, glaucoma has been the second leading cause of blindness.

2. Chalazion treatments

Chalazion is one of the common eyelid problems, which displays in the form of benign, painless bump or nodule inside the eyelid. Chalazia contain pus and blocked fatty secretions, which can no longer drain out. Most of the chalazia drain out under periodic warm compresses and eyelid massaging.

3. Advantages and types of progressive lenses

Progressive lenses for presbyopia have some advantages over traditional bifocal lenses and trifocals, all of which belong to multifocal lenses. There are no visible lines on progressive lenses, which attract certain group of people in their 40s who care deeply about their appearances. Furthermore, progressive lenses provide clear and comfortable vision at all distance including intermediate zone that is beyond bifocal lenses.

4. An overview of children’s vision care

Vision plays an important role in children’s daily lives and study. With a good vision, children can perform much better. Generally, newborns can see objects only up close. When they are six months old, their visual acuity will be much sharper and they can have more accurate color vision.

5. Treatments for various types of conjunctivitis

Viral and bacterial conjunctivitis can be relieved by warm compress and eye drops or pills are used to treat allergic conjunctivitis. Different types of conjunctivitis have different symptoms and require different treatments.

6. An introduction to pink eye

Conjunctivitis has various symptoms such as pink eye, burning, stinging, irritation and pain, among which pink eye is the most obvious and common one.

7. Basic and mixed multifocal IOLs

Since standard monofocal IOLs can only provide clear distance vision and require patients to wear reading glasses for close vision, presbyopia-correcting IOLs with multifocal designs are approved to offer clear vision at multiple distances. There are three brands of multifocal IOLs that are FDA-approval: AcrySof IQ ReSTOR, ReZoom and Tecnis.

8. Different soft contact lenses care solutions

Besides the wide selections of soft contacts themselves, their care is also an important aspect in order to prevent eye infections. The ever reported fungal eye infections is a clear warning against unhealthy contacts handling. You should always follow the guidance and steps while cleaning contacts, although the one-bottle care systems have made lens care much easier than before. And the basic requirement is that you should never switch care regimens between different soft lenses, which are not compatible.

9. Causes for various congenital cataracts

Common cataracts come from the clustering of the lens’ protein as people age. Unfortunately, it is estimated that about 0.4% of infants are born with cataract, named congenital cataract. While peripheral cataract and tiny cataract do not consider a surgery as a necessity, most of children with cataracts should receive a surgery to restore clear vision.

10. A comprehensive introduction of eyewear

Along with their popularity, eyeglasses are still under restless innovations. This writing describes comprehensively about aspects of eyeglasses: frames materials, frame styles, lenses, sunglasses and so on.