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Some Ways To Take Daily Care Of Your Eyes

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  If you take care of your eyes by engaging in basic daily eye care routines, eye issues can be easily avoided. Here are some straightforward and highly useful techniques for eyecare in case you're unsure how to care for your eyes. A. Avoid rubbing your eyes: Every time you touch or massage your hands, the dirt, bacteria, and dust they may be carrying could get into your eyes. To protect your eyes from irritation and infection, you should refrain from touching them. B. Exercise regular hand washing: To prevent bacteria and other dangerous pathogens from getting into contact with your eyes, eyeglasses, and contact lenses, wash your hands frequently. C. Sun protection for your eyes: Your chance of developing conditions like age-related macular degeneration, an early cataract, and corneal sunburn or photokeratitis increases when you are exposed to sunshine and UV radiation. Use sunglasses to protect your eyes, then. D. Stop smoking: Smoking raises your chances for ailments like catara...

What is Diabetic Retinopathy? and some queries about it.

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Diabetes Retinopathy is a blood vessel condition that affects the flow of blood to the retina in diabetic patients. The photosensitive layer at the back of the eye is called the retina. Small blood vessels that carry blood to the retina thicken as a result of persistently elevated blood sugar levels. In some situations, this leads to edoema and internal retinal haemorrhage. These stages may be accompanied with macular edoema, a swelling in the central region of the retina. In diabetic patients, macular edoema is a primary factor in blindness. Diabetes Retinopathy is not a true eye condition. It is a long-term iabetes mellitus complication. Does this issue occur in all diabetics? No, there are a number of additional variables than diabetes that raise your risk of developing this blinding condition. These risk factors include pregnancy, high blood pressure, renal disease, high cholesterol, obesity, and smoking. Recently, one of my patients visited me complaining of minor vision loss in h...

What Happens if a Cataract Operation is Postponed?

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  In general, cataract surgery is an elective treatment rather than an emergency surgery. This does not minimise the importance of completing it on schedule. The question then becomes: When is it appropriate? The right time is when the patient's vision begins to blur, when they are unable to perform daily tasks or professional duties effectively due to their blurred vision, when their vision does not improve with a change in eyewear, when their perception of colour changes noticeably, and when they cannot recognise familiar faces until they are very close to them. Even with these symptoms, one can wait for cataract surgery and schedule it with their cataract surgeon for a convenient time. What Risks come with Postponing Cataract Surgery? Delaying cataract surgery might lead to various dangers: Delaying cataract surgery causes the grade of the cataract to progress. Delaying cataract surgery might be a dangerous treatment, depending on the type and degree of the cataract. In ord...