Eye Specialist

  One of the most popular types of eye laser surgery is LASIK, which stands for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis. This type of eye surgery changes the shape of the cornea. The cornea is the clear membrane that stretches over the iris and your pupil. After the surgery, the cornea should focus the light in the ideal way it should on your retina rather than on a point at behind or in front of the retina. This is what causes the farsightedness and nearsightedness. If you want to think about eye surgery, your ophthalmologist will discuss various types of laser surgery with you apart from regarding multifocal lens implants .  One of the types is the PRK, in which the top layer of the cornea, known as the epithelium, is scraped away. Other types of laser eye rectification are LASIK, which utilizes a microkeratome metal blade to make a physical cut to the cornea and thereby creating a flap. The excimer laser then reshapes the eye. After the reshaping, the flap is put back in...

Do you experience the negative impacts of blurry vision? A cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye, but having a cataract in one or both the eyes doesn’t condemn you to a lifetime blurry vision. With technological developments in eye surgery, we can fix cataracts in a manner that was not possible just a few years ago.  Multifocal lens implants While carrying out the daily activities like working at a computer, reading and watching television, our eyes are constantly emphasizing on objects at different distances. As we age, we sadly begin to lose this ability and become more dependent on glasses. Multifocal lens implants rectifies both presbyopia and cataracts simultaneously. For most patients, this surgery eradicates the requirement for glasses. AS a matter of fact, most of the patients who got this lens never needed glasses again. The implantation of lens also helps in case of diabetic eye disease. These are basically surgically implanted lens that is designed...

Diabetes is mainly responsible for blindness among people between the age of 20 to 75. I don’t know that until one of my friends started experiencing bad eye sight after getting diabetes. The very first question that came in my mind was how high blood sugar level can cause diabetic eye disease ? Basically, high sugar level has an effect on the lenses, as it makes the lenses swell and thereby cause blurred vision and different kinds of eye ailments.   Diabetic retinopathy   Any ailment or disorder of retina due to diabetes is called diabetic retinopathy. One of them is retinopathy. Here, the capillaries situated behind the eyes initially swell and then form sacks, which cause blockage in the blood vessels. The scariest one is proliferative retinopathy. Here the blood vessels get completely closed. Hence Routine eye exam is necessary.   Cataracts   Cataracts are quite common for both normal people and diabetics, but here also, the possibility of gett...