Astigmatism is another highly common vision impairment, and it often occurs along with nearsightedness or farsightedness. Like those two conditions, astigmatism is an issue of the shape of the cornea and the effect that has on the way light is refracted through to the retina. Astigmatic corneas are oblong, longer in one direction than the […]
A highly common vision condition is myopia, or nearsightedness. People diagnosed with myopia generally have difficulty seeing into the distance, which makes daily tasks like driving or watching a presentation or TV very taxing. In a normal eye rays of light are bent and reflected from the lens onto a single point on the retina, […]
The most common vision condition is hyperopia or hypermetropia, generally known as farsightedness. Those with hyperopia have trouble doing close work like reading or sewing and need to squint to see objects right in front of them. This is all because hyperopes have eyes that are slightly shorter than average, which means that when light […]
Diagnosing and Treating Eyelid and EyeBall Lumps and Bumps One of the more common eye problems bringing patients to our office is lumps or bumps under the eyelid. The lump can be either painful or not painful, a red bump, or a clear bump on the eyeball itself. Bumps on the eyeball under the lid […]
Vision Care Near Boston for the Whole Family: Children’s Eye Exams Should Be Scheduled Regularly Regular eye exams are a crucial component of health care in young children that often is not given the attention it demands. Most children will have healthy and normal-functioning eyes, but there is always a risk for eye disease or […]
Today’s technology allows for many alternatives to correcting refractive errors than simply wearing glasses. Patients with myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia, and even keratoconus have more options than ever to maximize their vision. Where glasses and contact lenses are certainly the most common means of vision correction, there are many other options that may apply. LASIK […]
A cataract is when the lens of the eye gets cloudy. It usually happens as we age, as the protein in the lens starts to clump and therefore lose its transparency. The lens has several layers and a cataract can occur in any of those layers. Your optometrist will diagnose a cataract and characterize it […]
What is Pink Eye? Conjunctivitis is the inflammation or irritation of the conjunctiva, the clear mucous membrane that envelopes the rest of the eye. When the conjunctiva is inflamed it turns the eye pink since it holds all of the eye’s blood vessels, nicknaming the condition “pink eye”. Pink eye is common in daycares, schools, […]
The normal eye is filled with a fluid called the aqueous humor, contained at a pressure of around 10-21 mm of Hg. The most important thing to understand about glaucoma is that it results from an increase in intraocular pressure (IOP). Most of the time, even when the patient has a high IOP the patient […]