Pinkeye, or conjunctivitis, is a condition that turns the whites of one, or both, of your eyes pink. When you have pinkeye, your eyes swell and itch. And there might be a discharge that gets crusty when it dries. Lots of things can cause pinkeye, including allergens, pollution, chemicals, or irritants in the air. You ...
When I was five, I lost the sight in my left eye due to a brain tumor growing on my optic nerve. Although the optic nerve was removed, I was allowed to keep my eye. I wore a prosthetic eye shell over the eye as it had atrophied. After more than 45 years, doctors decided ...
The day the Pediatric Ophthalmologist told me that my daughter needed her eye patched was not a good day. Having a child with autism, I could not imagine keeping any kind of bandage on her including an eye patch. What was most distressing is that we would be patching her ‘good’ eye to make her ...
Those who require eye patch therapy for reasons such as amblyopia, lazy eye, or a host of other eye conditions want the best eye patches available. Those undergoing eye patch therapy are often required to wear an eye patch for a number of hours each day. Eye patches that don’t irritate the skin upon removal, ...
My son was 22 months old when we first noticed a problem with his eyes. Whenever he focused on a toy or spoon close to his face, he crossed his eyes. His pediatrician examined him, mentioned the words “glasses” and “eye patch,” and referred us to a specialist. A few months later, our new pediatric ...
I have lived my entire life with an eye disorder called “Amblyopia”. As a young child, I wore a black patch over my right eye in order to help restore vision in my “lazy” left eye. My siblings endured the same frustrating “pirate patch” remedy, which did not work for any of us. There is ...
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