Opto world

1. Close your one eye 2. Hold a pencil in vertical position ( pencil tip keep in up ) 3. Other pencil hold in vertical position ( pencil tip keep in down) 4. Touch one pencil tip to other Lets try see the magic..........

Every five second one person go to blind and one child every  one minute go to blind in the world. World wide 39.8 percent blind and adding 1 to 2 million people in every year.  80 % blindness are in avoidable blindness. Wake up all and rise up to the situvation . So many programes are conducted by the part of VISSION 2020 , VISSION 2020 shut it down with in 4 years so all eye health professionals push up our limitis.

Toric IOLs are specially shaped IOLsdesigned to offset the imbalance created by the irregular shape of the cornea. Once implanted and aligned inside the eye, they stay fixed in place thereby eliminating pre-existing astigmatism. Here are several manufacturers of Toric IOLs that are available to correct various amounts of astigmatism. Your doctor will select the Toric IOL that is best suited for your eye condition. Toric IOLs are considered “premium” IOLs which means there will be additional costs associated with these lenses.

Per day Eight to ten hours spends younger generation in front of cell phone, tablet, computer or televisionscreens. All that screen time is causing eye strain and other vision problems. searchers surveyed more than 7,000 people and found that screen time is steadilyincreasing for kids and adults. Over the past year, the number of people who admitted spending 10 hours per day on electronic devices rose 4 percent. Problems can happen in eyes :- 1. Headache 2. Defective blinking cause dryness 3. Blue light leads retinal changes 4. Near vission affected How to fix the problems ? " Avoid over use of mobile phones in low light or night time , android phone using time to turn on light flitering apps eg :- blue light filter app free to download in playstore " “Taking a break and looking away and blinking a lot is important,” she said. “Walking away will give your eyes times to lubricate and adjust.” “Increasing font size provides some benefit, so you...

ARMD is a major cause of blindness among individuals with European ancestry and accounts for more than 50% of all blinding conditions. The Eye Disease Prevalence Research Group estimates that 1.2 million U.S. residents are living with neovascular ARMD and 970,000 have geographic atrophy; these numbers expected to rise 50% by the year 2024. There are three major purported risk factors for ARMD: age, positive family history and smoking. In fact, smoking is the only consistently proven risk factor for ARMD. As with other age-related diseases, the free radical theory of aging has been proposed as an underlying cause of ARMD. This theory proposes that oxidative stress occurs in the retina because levels of reactive oxidative intermediates (ROIs) increase to a level that exceeds the detoxifying capacity of antioxidants. The researchers evaluated the protective effects ofzincand/or a formulation that consisted of nutrients with antioxidant properties,including vitamin C,vitamin E and beta-...

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                                  Zika virus can cause GLAUCOMA in infants Exposure to the Zika virus during pregnancy causes birth defects of the central nervous system, including microcephaly. Brazilian and Yale School of Public Health researchers had reported early during the microcephaly epidemic that the virus also causes severe lesions in the retina, the posterior portion of the eye. However, until now, there has been no evidence that Zika causes glaucoma, a condition that can result in permanent damage to the optic nerve and blindness. for more details : please click the link   sciencedaily.com