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Cataract:
A cataract is an
opacity that develops in the
crystalline lens of the
eye or in its envelope, varying in degree from slight to
complete opacity, and obstructing the passage of light.
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Glaucoma:
Glaucoma is damaging to sight because the raised pressure
can injure the delicate nerve fibers contained in the retina
and the optic nerve at the back of the eyeball.
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Corneal Ulcer:
A corneal ulcer is a wound on the surface of the eye. The
damage would be similar to a scrape or cut on your skin;
both problems result in an unprotected wound.
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Age-related
macular degeneration (AMD):
is one of the most common forms of vision loss, affecting
mainly the elderly.
It occurs when the delicate cells of the macula – the small,
central part of the retina responsible for the centre of our
field of vision - become damaged and stop working.
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Diabetic retinopathy
is a disorder of the retinal blood vessels resulting from
diabetes mellitus.
when the fine network of blood vessels in the retina – the
light-sensitive inner lining of the back of the eye – leak
fluid. This is known as diabetic retinopathy.Diabetic
retinopathy is the leading cause of new blindness.
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Squint:
A squint (also known as a strabismus) is a condition that
arises because of an incorrect balance of the muscles that
move the eye, faulty nerve signals to the eye muscles. If
these are out of balance, the eye may turn in, turn out or
sometimes turn up or down, preventing the eyes from working
properly together. Read more...
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