• Eye First Aid

    14 Aug 2014
    Eye First Aid

    First aid for Eye Injuries Physical or chemical injuries of the eye can be a serious threat to vision if not treated appropriately and in a timely fashion. Chemicals in Eye Any chemicals in the eye, irrigate imediately,saline if you have it, [...]

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    Preventing common Eye Injuries

    Preventing common eye injuries Dr. Lauren Gormley of the Katzen Eye Group has tips for preventing and recognizing common eye injuries. Physical or chemical injuries of the eye can be a serious threat to vision if not treated appropriately and in [...]

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    Remove Metal foreign body from the Cornea

    Remove Metal foreign body from Cornea Rust Ring from a metallic foreign body embedded on the cornea.   Multiple complications are known to occur following eye injury: corneal scarring, hyphema, iridodialysis, post-traumatic glaucoma, [...]

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    Optic Neuritis - Pain on Eye movement, reduced vision

    Optic Neuritis Optic neuritis is inflammation of the optic nerve that may cause cause loss of vision usually because of the swelling and destruction of the myelin sheath covering the optic nerve. Up to 50% of patients with Multiple Sclerosis [...]

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    High Definition Lasik Eye Surgery

    High Definition Lasik Eye Surgery For patients with moderate to high myopia or thin corneas which cannot be treated with LASIK and PRK, the phakic intraocular lens is an alternative. The procedure involves creating a thin flap on the eye, [...]

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    Red Eye Due to Episcleritis

    Episcleritis - is a benign, self-limiting inflammatory disease affecting part of the eye called the episclera.   There are two types of episcleritis, one where the episclera is diffusely affected (diffuse episcleritis), and the other [...]

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    What is keratoconus?

    30 Apr 2014
    What is keratoconus?

    Keratconus Keratoconus is a degenerative disorder of the eye in which structural changes within the cornea cause it to thin and change to a more conical shape than its normal gradual curve. Mild cases may be corrected with normal spectacles[...]

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    Duette HD Contact Lenses

    HD Duette Hybrid Contact Lenses The following video's show how to insert and remove HD Duette contact lenses Duette Contact lenses are a Hybrid contact lens. The centre is Rigid which corrects regular and irregular (keratoconus) Astigmatism, [...]

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    Subconjunctival hemorrhage - burst blood vessel in my eye

      Subconjunctival Haemorhage   A subconjunctival hemorrhage (or subconjunctival haemorrhage) also known as hyposphagma, is bleeding underneath the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva contains many small, fragile blood vessels that are[...]

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    Diabetic Diet

    3 Apr 2014
    Diabetic Diet

    Diabetic Diet   The glycemic load (GL) of food is a number that estimates how much the food will raise a person's blood glucose level after eating it. Glycemic load estimates the impact of carbohydrate consumption using the [...]

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