Sometimes we think that if nothing goes wrong with us, we are healthy. Unfortunately, some diseases run secretly, slowly damaging the organs of our body. Glaucoma is one of the diseases that initially damage the visual system without any symptoms. When we see a deterioration in vision, it is...
The glasses, due to their location in the central part of the face, are one of the first things we pay attention to when meeting new people. Their selection is not only a matter of choosing corrective glasses for the defect. Corrective glasses can add seriousness, emphasize beauty or become...
The treatment of cataracts is only possible with the use of appropriate drugs if the progress of the disease is very slow. You can't undo the changes in your eyes with medication, but you can slow them down. When the level of visual impairment is so high that it interferes with normal life, it...
Astigmatism is a defect in the refraction of the optical system of the eye. It causes blurred vision and reduced sensitivity to contrast, both from afar and near. Astigmatism requires cylindrical correction, but can also be treated with a laser procedure. Astigmatism - what is a visual...
With the spread of computers we were flooded with reports of the negative impact of working with the monitor on our eyesight. We know very well that our vision is getting worse and that the defects that were identified earlier make them even worse. Nowadays, more and more computers are being...
Nearly 800 thousand people in Poland suffer from lens opacity. Worldwide, this number is rising to 20 million patients. This disease is manifested by visual disturbances, and the patient feels gradually deteriorating eyesight, discomfort when looking at light-emitting places, as well as...
If you have glare in daylight and you can see better on cloudy days, it means that you will be able to have a cataract. It will significantly impede normal functioning. However, cataracts can be eliminated if the cloudy lens is replaced by a new artificial lens. If the lens was not transparent...
Contact lenses can be divided according to the length of time they are worn, e.g. one-day and monthly, and the material they are made of. Types of lenses due to their use, e.g. corrective, therapeutic and cosmetic (coloured lenses). One-day, monthly, annual lenses Contact lenses can be...
Surgical treatment may be considered when the cause of the disorder is so strong that everyday life becomes so difficult. It will not be true that a cataract must mature. The operation can be performed earlier. This is already a solution that is no longer used when it comes to maturation. The...
Treatment of glaucoma in the form of surgery should be the last resort. The therapy begins with the administration of special eye drops, thanks to which it is possible to effectively reduce the pressure in the eye, and this will prevent the disease from developing. In some cases, however, such...
JASKRA This is one of those diseases that are particularly common and can affect people of virtually any age. Initially, it runs without symptoms, but if untreated, it will lead to significant damage to eyesight. Studies show that glaucoma is the most common cause of vision loss. The pressure in...
What is glaucoma? Glaucoma is a disease that leads to progressive damage to the optic nerve. It can occur in many forms, but most often it is the brightness of an open angle. It must be said that this is a disease that is quite insidious, because very often it will be unnoticeable, there are no...
The last period has been a time when modern research is being carried out in the United States on the fight against vision disorders. It turns out that research is being carried out on Stargardt's disease, which can affect up to 30 thousand people. Researchers assume, however, that if positive...
Selfsightedness is the deterioration of sight due to the natural loss of eye adaptation resulting from age. The incidence occurs most often in people around 45 years of age and is manifested by poor vision of objects close up, as well as during reading, especially texts written in small...
Migraine has more than one name - it is a disease, which each sick person goes through a bit differently. It is therefore difficult to talk about a disease such as classical migraine, because there are so many variants of it - (eye migraine, abdominal migraine, migraine with aura) that it is...
Treatment of vision defects in our country is now at a great level, because we have more and more excellent centers, which have at their disposal incredible equipment. The quality and effectiveness of the treatment will no longer depend solely on the doctor and the laser used. Much depends on...
Problems with eyesight can also herald other problems, so it's a good idea to recognise them as soon as possible. It seems that the problems of worse vision are quite trivial, and in fact they can show us other diseases that will affect our body. So it is worth knowing a little more about occurring...
We continue to teach our children the basic principles of hygiene, such as how we should take care of the cleanliness of our body or hands. Unfortunately, however, there is still no mention of eye hygiene, which, as it turns out, is equally important for us. So what can we do to make our...