Latest Vision Articles

1. An overview of keratoconus

As a non-inflammatory degenerative eye disease, keratoconus damages the collagen fibers in the cornea. Patients with keratoconus have weak corneal fibers. And this condition will deteriorate as the time goes by.

2. Be careful of LASIK complications

The invention of LASIK surgery is really a great pleasure for folks who have a vision problem and are forced to wear corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses.

3. Cause and symptoms of posterior vitreous detachment

Vitreous change in old people over 65 years old is estimated to cause a condition called posterior vitreous detachment at a percentage of 75.

4. Causes of vision loss

Human beings suffer many kinds of vision problems, and vision loss is the most serious one with the absence of vision which is existed before. This kind of vision problems can happen either acutely or chronically. So vision loss can be divided into two parts: one is acute vision loss, which means the pitient can’t see anything suddenly, it maybe tempoarly or devastating; and the other is chronic vision loss, in which patient’s visual acuity is becoming lower and lower.

5. Better vision and put away your eyeglasses

The quick and easy clearer vision eyeglasses give us helps create a high dependency on the eyeglasses for those people with vision errors. It is much easier to start wearing eyeglasses for vision correction than to throw away the eyeglasses still to obtain better vision. But if you insist it is possible for you to reward from the good habits which will greatly enhance your vision by kicking off your eyeglasses.

6. Borrow large print books from NAVH for free

In New York, the National Association for the Vision Impaired (NAVH) maintains a special loan library which includes a wide catalog of large print books. This loan library contains more than 10,000 books in large print which meet the specific large print standards. All people with impaired vision can borrow their preferable large print books from NAVH for free.

7. Vision distortion and vision loss

Visual blurriness, vision distortion and visual loss widely occur in old individuals all over the world. Of course vision loss is more serious. But loss of vision also has different degrees that some people suffering vision loss can not see anything at all while in slight cases only abilities such as distinguishing shapes are unavailable. Vision loss could happen to either two eyes or a single eye.

8. Bad habits against eye health

There are currently a large number of individuals suffering from vision problems and wearing corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses. Except for hereditary factors, there are many daily habits that may cause vision problems. This article lists some of the bad habits.

9. Borrow audio books and magazine for free

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is now providing eligible folks with free books on tape. Through the Library of Congress, this organization offers free Braille and recorded materials to special readers who have seriously poor vision or some other physical problems. This free program covers several needs for those handicapped individuals. First, books and magazines in audio form and Braille are available. When borrowing free books or magazines, a blind person can also get specially designed cassette players without being charged. For those who have significant hearing loss, they can apply for an amplifier. Yet another benefit provided by this special program is that all these services are postage-free.

10. The service range of an optometrist

Individuals always have good reasons to visit an optometrist. Sometimes they can not look and read the bill boards arching up high over the streets, and sometimes the words in a book burst into globules that fade and blur. A more dangerous situation because of poor vision is running into the street light. All these situations require people to drop in at the optometrist’s office.