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Clear vision is obtained when light coming in to a healthy eye is focussed directly on the retina.
MYOPIA
SHORT SIGHTEDNESS
When light coming into your eye is focussed in front of the retina.
This makes you see close things clearer without glasses, but things at a distance appear blurry. Spectacles or contact lenses may be worn for driving, watching TV or looking at the board at school
HYPEROPIA
FAR SIGHTEDNESS
This makes you clearly see objects at a distance, but objects close up are blurry without glasses.
This can cause eye fatigue, headache, lazy eye or crossed eye
ASTIGMATISM
More than 75% of people around the world have astigmatism at different degrees.
PRESBYOPIA
As you age, you lose the ability to focus on close objects. The lens in your eyes lose elasticity, which makes it hard for you to focus at near objects.
This can be corrected with glasses. We do expect the strength of the glasses to increase over the years until it becomes stable; that is when the lens are not elastic at all.
EYE DISEASE
COMMON IN MAURITUS
1. Cataract
Cataract is the fogging of the lens in eyes. Vision gets blurry and dim as light cannot pass through to get to the back of the eye.
Risk Factory
Exposure to UV light.
Smoking.
Medication.
General health issues.
History of cataract in the family.
Advice
Change the power of your glasses in order to improve your vision.
You need to protect your eyes from UV light.
2. Age-related macula degeneration
The macula is a small area at the back of your eye that allows you to get a clear and detailed central vision that you need for reading, driving ,etc. Deterioration of the macula with age is known as age-related macula degeneration.
Risk Factory
Excessive sun exposure.
Smoking.
Age.
History of age-related macula degeneration in the family.
Advice
Try to stop smoking.
Protect your eyes against UV light.
Increase dark green leafy vegetables in your diet.
3. Glaucoma
Diabetic Retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes. It occurs when high blood sugar levels damage the structure of the back of your eye. The blood vessels situated at the back of your eye start to swell and leak fluid. In severe cases, this can lead to vision loss and blindness.
Diabetic retinopathy is the main cause of blindness in working population. It is very important to control your diabetes. You need to schedule check-ups to your optometrist every 6 months to a year in order to detect any change and get treated if necessary.
4. Diabetic Retinopathy
Glaucoma is a gradual and painless loss of vision and very slow progressing. You slowly end up losing your side vision. As a worst case scenario, it can lead to blindness. Glaucoma is usually associated with high pressure within your eye.
Treatment is available for glaucoma as eye pressure can be controlled by using eye drops. Drops must be used long term as advised by an eye specialist.
There is no way of preventing glaucoma. But if you are over 40, you should have regular check-ups done by your optometrist so as to pick up any abnormality at its earliest.