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What is Uveitis?

Uveitis, also known as iritis, means you have inflammation -- heat, redness, pain, and swelling -- in one or both of your eyes. Infectious uveitis ...

What is Myopia (Nearsightedness)?

Besides making it hard to see things at a distance, you may have a higher chance of having a detached retina, abnormal blood vessel growth in the e...

Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an eye disease that may get worse over time. If you have macular degeneration, you’ll need to monitor you...

Horner Syndrome

Horner syndrome is a rare condition that causes problems on one side of your face when the nerves there are damaged. Your doctor or an eye doctor (...

Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a condition that damages your eye's optic nerve. When you have glaucoma, your eyes can be very sensitive to glare. Glaucoma and the med...

Eye Pupils

Pupils are the dark-colored openings at the center of your eyes that let light in.

What is Presbyopia?

The top part corrects for distance vision. Progressive lenses are similar to bifocals, but there’s a gradual or blended transition between the two ...

What is Keratoconus?

Normally your cornea, the clear outer lens or 'windshield' of the eye, has a dome shape, like a ball. Changes to the cornea can make it impossible ...

What is Duane Syndrome?

Duane syndrome (DS) is a rare eye disorder some people are born with. The exam usually includes a close look at your eye along with a vision test a...

Chalazion

A chalazion is a small swelling or lump on your eyelid because of a blocked gland. The meibomian glands in your upper and lower eyelids make oil th...

Blepharitis

Blepharitis is inflammation of the oil glands in your eyelids.

Lazy Eye (Amblyopia)

A lazy eye is when the vision of one of your eyes doesn’t develop the way it should. In older kids, the doctor will cover one eye and use pictures ...