MAIN Health Eye Care, Diseases & Treatments

+ Larger Font | - Smaller Font

Good eyesight is often taken for granted until problems arise. Children notice that they can't see the blackboard or have trouble reading books because the print is blurred; adults often notice that they need glasses when the road signs get harder to read...

Once you turn 40, small print only comes into focus when you move it away...and soon your arms won't reach far enough to correct the problem. These are all common and easily correctable changes in normal vision and occur in healthy eyes. A regular annual visit to an eye care specialist can identify the problem and a prescription from your eye doctor for contact lenses or bifocal glasses will usually take care of it.

While most people find prescription glasses or contact lenses to be a good solution to poor vision, there are now surgeries that are used to correct lazy eye, crossed eyes, wandering eyes, eye turns, double vision, strabismus, esotropia or exotropia and other vision problems.

More serious eye problems like cataracts, detached retinas and glaucoma can result in loss of vision if they are not diagnosed and treated. There are the problems caused by allergies and overwork that affect eyes and cause irritation that can affect vision. Some diseases, such as conjunctivitis, target the tissue around the eyes and is most common in young children.

The good news is that most eye diseases are treatable. Even age-related macular degeneration is now treatable with experimental drugs that either cure or lesson the effects of the disease which, not too long ago, might have eventually led to total blindness ...

The Optometrists Network - Started in 1996 when its flagship web site vision3d.com went online, this vision centered site has a great referral service, plenty of good information and the vision3D section provides plenty of first class eye exercises to strengthen vision. The children's eye care section is an excellent resource...

The Eye Care Foundation - Finding a cure and providing support for patients with cancerous eye tumors or macular degeneration, this site provides in depth information on these conditions as well as support and ongoing efforts to fund research.

Association of Vision Science Librarians - Eye & Vision Statistics - Links to lots of good information and statistical data on general eye care statistics, aging and vision, diabetes and blindness, contact eyewear sales, glaucoma, eye injuries and injuries in war zones, prosthetic lenses, macular degeneration, melanoma, women's ocular disorders, visual impairment and blindness. A good place to begin research...

All About Vision - Provides a directory of LASIK surgeons in several US States as well as a few in Belgium, France, Germany & Luxembourg and good information on surgical procedures as well as a directory of optometrists, an A-Z symptom finder to get more info on eye problems and other useful eye care information. Ask the doctor sections are available for additinal resources.

Eye MD Link - You'll find plenty of up to date info on eye conditions, eye anatomy, surgical procedures and specialties, a doctor locator and news section. Links to the most common conditions - Blepharitis, Cataracts and Myopia are highlighted but just about any condition from A to Z is covered. Articles on the latest treatments for adult and childhood vision problems are clear and easy to understand.

also see in Cosmetic Procedures -> Eyelid Surgery

also see in Clothing & Fashion -> Buying Sunglasses Online

This information is intended as reference and not as medical advice.
All treatment decisions should be made by medical professionals.