Articles, tagged with "retinal detachment", page 4

Cats and Dogs with Retinal Detachment

Copyright (c) 2008 The Naturally Healthy Pet.com The retina is a layer of special light-sensitive cells that lines the back of the eye, and functions like the film in a camera. The image lands on the retina, having been focussed by the lens. Impulses a... Read >
Author: www.TheNaturallyHealthyPet.com

Complete Information on Eales Disease

Eales disease is well known an idiopathic obliterative vasculopathy. Eales disease is common found in India. Eales Disease is a rare disorder of sight that seem as an inflammation and white haze around the outercoat of the veins in the retina. The disorde... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Clouding disease called Cataract

In ophthalmology, a cataract is known as the opacity of the eye lens. Cataracts are a clouding of the lens of the eye. Talk to your eye doctor. About a year ago, a new kind of intraoccular implant was developed that lets your eye focus just as it did b... Read >
Author: Sander Bel

Facing Corneal Transplants

Corneal Transplants are some of the most common transplants in the United States. There are annually over 40,000 transplants being preformed around the US. Over 90% of all transplants done are successful and after the procedure sight is restored. Corneal ... Read >
Author: Dr. Brian Boxer Wachler

Information on retinal detachment-a serious retinal disease

What is retina? The retina is the light-sensitive layer of tissue that lines the inside of the eye and sends visual messages through the optic nerve to the brain. When the retina detaches, it is lifted or pulled from its normal position. If not pro... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Information on diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic retinopathy is an eye disease that's associated with long-standing diabetes. It's a major cause of poor vision in the UK. Retinopathy can occur with all types of diabetes. If left untreated, diabetic retinopathy can lead to blindness. Diabe... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Retinal Detachment - How to Manage it

A retinal detachment is a serious and sight-threatening event. Retinal detachment is a disorder of the eye in which the retina peels away from its underlying layer of support tissue. It is usually affects middle-aged or older people. Retinal detachment oc... Read >
Author: Alien

How to deal with floaters

When to start treating floaters? You can often see them when looking at a plain background, like a blank wall or blue sky. Floaters are actually tiny clumps of gel or cells inside the vitreous, the clear jelly-like fluid that fills the inside of your e... Read >
Author: Mitamins Team

Treatment and Diagnosis for Retinal Detachment

What are the symptoms? The only symptoms are abnormalities of vision in the affected eye. Since the other eye is almost always normal, it may compensate for the affected eye, so that early symptoms may not be noticed. The first signs of a detached retin... Read >
Author: Nikhil Jain

Blindness Could Be Caused By Diabetes!

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that reduces a person's immunity. It can lead to heart disease, and it may also affect some organs of the body, such as the eyes. Diabetes is, in fact, the cause of the most common form of blindness, a condition known as d... Read >
Author: Ng Peng Hock

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