Archive for March, 2009
Why Wear Glasses If you Can Wear Contacts?
Monday, March 30th, 2009A lot of people haven’t yet discovered how great it is to wear contact lenses. Lenses can be very easy to use and are very safe for your eyes. Many people like to switch back and forth between glasses and contact lenses and others use contact lenses alone. If you’ve never worn contacts before and [...]
Surgery For Glaucoma
Monday, March 16th, 2009cataracts
Getting the word out about glaucoma and the importance of having regular eye exams is extremely important for world health. There are so many people going blind because they have glaucoma and never got tested for this treatable disease. Glaucoma has three main ways of treatment, with surgery being the last resort.
Glaucoma is a [...]
What Are The Symptoms Of Narrow Angle Glaucoma?
Sunday, March 15th, 2009narrow angle glaucoma
Glaucoma is one of the most prevalent eye diseases in the world today. This disease strikes and is usually not realized by the patient until they are either diagnosed with it, or irreparable damage has been done. Narrow angle glaucoma is different in that it makes itself known with a sudden increase in [...]
California Eye Surgery With Lasik
Saturday, March 14th, 2009There is no doubt that having lasik eye surgery in California can be an expensive procedure given the high cost of living within the state. However, this is more often than not offset by the equally high quality of service provided by the different eye centers. Many of them are accredited and possess excellent track [...]
Taking A Look At The Various Types Of Macular Degeneration
Friday, March 13th, 2009eye exams
Macular degeneration is a disease of the eyes that occurs more often in senior citizens and this demographic is at a greater risk for contracting this disease. It is so called because it occurs with degeneration of the macula, which is a part of the retina of the eye. Doctors are seeing more cases [...]
Reviewing Open Angle Glaucoma
Thursday, March 12th, 2009eye exams
Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness in the world. The sad fact is that many of the people who go blind due to glaucoma could have avoided this. Seeing an optical doctor on a regular basis and having an optical exam annually can help you to discover if you have this disease. Open [...]
Types of contact lens
Monday, March 9th, 2009Contact lenses became popular after the Second World War with the introduction of Perspex. This material called PMMA by the contact lenses industry became the first choice for producing contact lenses.
At first the lenses were made rather large in diameter, but soon contact lens practitioners realized that this caused the cornea to be starved [...]
How To Find An Eye Surgery
Friday, March 6th, 2009Oftentimes, people look in the phone directory and simply call the first person on the list when looking for a good or service. This is not typically a good idea. While it’s probably fine if you just need someone to mow your lawn, it’s not a wise thing to do when you are searching for [...]
Treatments For Glaucoma
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009for glaucoma
Glaucoma is an eye disease that can be treated. That is the good news. The bad news is that any damage that has already occurred cannot be repaired. A person’s best prognosis is to catch the development as early as possible. Getting early treatment for glaucoma will increase the chances of having undamaged vision.
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Soft contact lens evolution
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009The generation born just after World War 2 was able to switch from wearing glasses to contact lenses when turning into teenagers. Especially in the USA the contact lenses became very popular after Bausch & Lomb (Optical lenses manufacturer) introduced the spincasted Soflens B-serie . This particular lens was a step forward from the hard [...]
