Articles for tag: Eye Surgery, Lasik, Lasik Eye Surgery, Loss of Vision, Night Vision

The Dangers of Lasik Eye Surgery

Any surgical procedure involves danger, risk, and potentially fatal results. This is also the case with Lasik eye surgery. Before you even speak with a physician, do the research. Understand all the dangers of Lasik eye surgery and be willing to accept them (assuming you are still interested in undergoing the surgery). If you are ...

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What is Best Disease?

Alison, 25, had been married less than a year when she and her husband decided it was time to start the large family both hoped to have. When she noticed that familiar street signs as well as the numbers on her computer screen were a little blurry, she chalked it up to eye strain from ...

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What is Macular Dystrophy?

Before Fox News talk show host Glenn Beck announced that he had been diagnosed with macular dystrophy, few of his viewers had ever heard of this condition. The news that he might become blind within the next year was sobering. What Exactly is Macular Dystrophy? According to WebMD, macular dystrophy is a rare genetic disorder ...

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Chronic Dry Eyes? May Be an Indication of Sjogren’s Syndrome

In the United States, there are millions of individual who suffer, daily, with the complications associated with autoimmune disease. In fact, it is estimated that nearly 20 percent of the U.S. population suffers from an autoimmune disease and, in many cases, the condition is misdiagnosed or under diagnosed. One such autoimmune disease, known as Sjogren’s ...

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Canine Blindness; Identification and Home Solutions

Blindness in dogs, in most cases, is not the result of a sudden and specific event visual event. In the majority of dog blindness cases, the visual acuity loss and deterioration occurs over a period of time unbeknownst to the dog owner. Understanding the causes of dog blindness, initial symptoms in loss of visual acuity, ...