General Vision Health Topics. Mostly we talk about myopia here, which we don’t consider to be an illness. While on that subject we do often end up crossing over into related issues that you may encounter, while working to reduce your myopia.
Everything from dry eyes, to the dangers of certain antibiotics, to risks of retinal detachment and glaucoma and lattice degeneration, you’ll find all the vision health related topics in this category.
Visionworks Optometrist Calls Us A Hoax
If you found this site by searching for help with your eyesight, you're in good company. Most everybody who visits here did it the same way. Welcome, to you. ;)It's less word of mouth, because most people don't really care about health issues that can be remedied with a quick and easy fix (glasses, FTW). It's less advertising, since your darling host of-this-show is a bit phobic of large crowds, and low barriers of entry. It's less referral type traffic, [...]
The Brien Holden Institute Needs Your Help
Be positive, Jake. Say nice things to your darling readers, today. Deep breath! So there's the Brien Holden Instiute, which for those of you not keeping track is another one of these organizations who "develop innovative vision correction products for the treatment of the most common eye conditions." (according to their own Website)You see where this is going, I bet. Brien Holden's CEO, Kovin Naidoo recently expressed his concern (?) about the growing myopia epidemic:"Addressing a full theatre as keynote speaker [...]
Another Problem With High Myopia: Cataract
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristWe have spoken about myopia and glaucoma. We have spoken about myopia and retinal detachment. Now I need to mention cataracts. You have all heard of cataracts. Your grandma or uncle or somebody in the family must have had one at some stage. It is the clouding of the lens of the eye, in a waterfall-like appearance, and hence the name: 'cataractis' means waterfall, in Greek. Although most cataracts are easily removed by surgery, under local anaesthetic, [...]
Has It Gone Too Far?
Bad Jake!Much like a graffiti artist defacing corporate art, you will find @endmyopia's brush on more and more outlets where people might go to get real answers on eyesight health (title image, obviously photoshop). Whenever you sell a bad bill of goods to a large enough group of people, sooner or later somebody is going to ask questions. I can't tell you why exactly, but it makes me personally happy to be this particular graffiti artist. Maybe it's the anti-corporate [...]
Lacking Eye Health Literacy About Retinal Detachment
We talk quite a bit about retinal detachment here, on the blog (here, here, here, here, here and quite a few other posts). It's one of those conditions that you might be able to avoid by practicing good eye health habits. It's also one of those scenarios you can't put off "for a few days", if you ever experience symptoms. You do seriously risk going blind, irreversibly, if you do.Last month a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology highlighted the notable [...]
Optometrist Review: Retinal Detachment in Myopes
Written By DespinaContributing OptometristWe have learned in this program that increasing axial length of the eye, caused by the effects of wearing minus lenses, results in increasing myopia. But perhaps the more serious aspect of this increasing axial length are the longer-term sight-threatening consequences associated with it, such as glaucoma, cataract, and retinal detachment.As far as retinal detachment is concerned, it may be considered the most serious of the three, in that it is a medical emergency and needs urgent [...]