Galaucoma:Its causes and symptoms

Glaucoma is one of the leading cause of blindness in the World in people above the age of 60.It is a disease in which optic nerve gets damaged and fluid fills up in the front part of the eye.The issue with Glaucoma patient is that it hardly gives any tell tale symptoms and most of the times remains undiagnosed.It gradually affects the vision and by the time a person realises the loss of vision ,damage is done.Early detection and treatment is key.
Special eyedrops, surgery or both  can help save the vision.

Some of the symptoms which a person may experience are
A sudden blurry vision,Severe pain in the eyes or headache
Causes are 

• Rise in blood pressure
• Injury in the eye
• Uncontrolled diabetes
• Inflammation of the eyes

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Know about Keratoconus,a degenerative eye disease

We generally presume that if we have weakening sight in kids it is because of excessive studying or watching TV .But it is not the case always.Presumptions can go wrong.There are progressive eye diseases like Keratoconus,which has similar symptoms such as blurry eyes,seeing halos around eyes,suffering from near sightedness,seeing distorted and sometimes ghost images.This is a disease in which Cornea can not be held properly and moves towards the outer side in the form of cone.It may start from the age of 10 years.It affects both the eyes though starts in one eye.Hereditary factors are considered as prime cause.Rubbing of the eyes and pollution are considered as reason for causing this.For the common man,the best way is to meet the eye specialist as soon as they spot such symptoms in kids.
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Wear lens,never do this

Never Never continue to wear lenses if your eyes are uncomfortable or unusually red.
Never rinse your lenses with tap water.
Never place a lens in your mouth for cleaning or wetting.
Never sleep with the lenses on, unless advised by your contact lens doctor.
Do not interchange your lenses. The best way to avoid this is to ALWAYS deal with the RIGHT lens first (Weather for inserting or removing) and ensure that it is on your eye, or in the case, before touching the left lens.
Avoid rubbing your eyes vigorously while wearing and after removing the lenses.
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Tips on how to put eye drops

Clean your hands before putting eye drops
Lie down and look towards the ceiling
If you are putting drops on your own,then gently push down the lower part of eye down and then press the dropper to let drop get into the eye.Be sure tip of the dropper does not touch the eye.
If two different eye drops are prescribed, keep a gap of 5 minutes between the two.
In case both an ointment and eye drops are to be used ,it is better if the drops are used before, as the ointment may affect the absorption of eye drops
After putting the drops,keep the eyes closed for better absorption of the drops
Once done ,wash your hands to remove the medicine that may have fallen on your hands

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Benefits of regular eye examination

Preventive health check up is a concept which is gaining ground.But even in this ,there is seldom any focus on regular eye examination.There is a long standing belief that one should go to an eye Doctor only when one has some pain or has problems of vision.Nothing can be as wrong as this.Regular eye examination is a must for healthy vision.In fact regular eye examination can help in detecting the smallest change in vision which might be because of some underlying health problem.That timely detection can help in restoring healthy vision and good health in a long way.
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Use of Intraocular injections in treatment of eye diseases

For retinal infections first line of treatment is antibiotic eye drops,pills but there are many retinal diseases for which injection into the eyes become a must.This is most true for diseases like wet macular degeneration or serious infection which happens post cataract surgery.It should only be given by a retina specialist.Before the procedure is performed,medication drops are put to numb the eyes and to make the procedure least dis comfortable.To minimise the risk of infection ,eyes are cleaned with special iodine solution.Then a tiny needle is inserted into the white part of the eye (sclera) and the medicine is released.Few precautions are required before undergoing this procedure.First no make up to be worn on the day of procedure,second person undergoing the procedure should not himself drive back home after the procedure.All in all it is a very safe procedure with minimum risk of infection.
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Eye infections and their treament

It is a known fact that eye infections are caused by harmful virus,fungi and bacteria.Classic symptoms of these include redness,pain & itching,swelling,water in the eyes,discharge of liquid and blurred vision.If you have any one of these symptoms,go and see an eye specialist.Don't attempt to self medicate as this can be dangerous.Let the doctor find out which infection is the person suffering from and prescribe the right treatment.One thing which you can do is ,if you wear contact lenses,remove them during infection and wear spectacles till the period infection lasts.
Treatment generally includes antibiotic eye drops and ointments.A word of caution here-lot of people use drops lying with them which the doctor prescribed the last time they visited the Doc.Now this can be potentially dangerous as that prescription might be for some other underlying cause.So strictly once again,don't self medicate.
Also bacterial and viral infection can be to a large extent prevented if basic hygiene standards are observed.Washing hands regularly,not rubbing eyes,avoiding use of personal belonging like handkerchief, towel and other things of personal nature.
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Ways to have healthy eye sight

We wish for good eye sight and as far as possible avoid Spectacles.Is it possible,yes,to a very large extent.But for that what we need to do is to to alter our life style.Spend not more than necessary time in front of electronic devices,do some physical exercises on a daily basis and avoid junk food in our diet completely.
If we follow the above written things,we can definitely avoid wearing spectacles and remain healthy.
But somehow most of us will not be able to practice this in real life and as a result we all know we need spectacles.But why this allergy to spectacles,weak eye sight is not a disorder(unless eye sight is too weak and that too at a young age).Avoiding wearing spectacles when you need one is a worse case scenario and must be avoided.And if you are particular,you can always wear lens or go for a lasik surgery.
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