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Guide to Refractive and Laser Eye Surgery

Vision correction surgery, also called refractive and laser eye surgery, refers to any surgical procedure used to fix vision problems. Learn more a...

What is Ophthalmoscopy?

Ophthalmoscopy (also called fundoscopy) is an exam your doctor, optometrist, or ophthalmologist uses to look into the back of your eye. Then they'l...

Treatment Plan for Neuromyelitis Optica

Doctors most often prescribe IV methylprednisolone, a steroid, to calm your immune system. If steroids don’t help enough, your doctor may prescribe...

What is Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration?

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease that destroys the macula, which is part of the retina at the back of your eye. The symptom...

What is Juvenile Macular Degeneration?

Juvenile macular degeneration (JMD) is the term for several inherited and rare diseases that affect children and young adults. JMD damages the macu...

Symptoms of Thyroid Eye Disease

That’ll shorten the muscles and pull your eyelids back to expose more of the whites of your eyes. Your eyelids, eye muscles, eyeballs, tear glands,...

Eyeglasses: Tips to Help You Pick The Right Lenses

They’re made from a newer plastic that’s similar to polycarbonate lenses. If you need a strong prescription, these lenses are lighter and thinner t...

What is Computer Vision Syndrome?

When you work at a computer, your eyes have to focus and refocus all the time. And to make things worse, unlike a book or piece of paper, the scree...

Eye Twitching

An eye twitch is an eye muscle or eyelid spasm or movement that you can’t control. The spasms might become so severe that your eyelids stay shut fo...

Why is My Vision Blurry?

To solve these problems, you'll need to work with your doctor to treat your migraines and keep them from starting. It can cause a condition called ...

Hyphema (Bleeding in Eye)

Your doctor will ask whether you’ve ever had an eye injury and what happened before the hyphema. Don’t try to treat a hyphema without talking to yo...

What is a Vitrectomy?

It’s likely the doctor will look again at your eye before surgery using special tools and a light. A doctor removes the vitreous, a jelly-like flui...