Correcting Your Vision With Glasses and Contacts
Glasses and contact lenses correct refractive errors by adding or subtracting focusing power to your cornea and lens. The power needed to focus images directly on your retina is measured in diopters. This measurement is also known as your eyeglass prescription.
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AMD Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in people over 65 and the leading cause of sever vision loss in people over 50 (more than cataracts and glaucoma combined). Approximately 13 million people have signs of AMD.
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What is a cataract? A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye. It can be compared to a window that is frosted or yellowed.
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What is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve — the part of the eye that carries the images we see to the brain. The optic nerve is made up of many nerve fibers, like an electric cable containing numerous wires. When damage to the optic nerve fibers occurs, blind spots develop. These blind spots usually go
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Infants up to 1 year of age If your baby can't make steady eye contact by 2 or 3 months of age, or seems unable to see, you should consult your pediatrician. A constant crossing of the eyes or one eye that turns out is usually abnormal; however, most babies do occasionally cross their eyes during their first 6 months of life. Babies
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