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Understanding Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinitis Pigmentosa is the term used for a rare group of eye diseases that affect your retina and usually affects individuals in their...
Scleral Buckle Surgery
Over the past couple of decades, scleral buckle has been used as a treatment to surgically repair the detached retina, as it is designe...
Macular Pucker Causes and Treatment
Macular pucker is an eye condition that occurs when scar tissue forms over the surface of the macula. It causes an individual’s eyesigh...
How Can You Tell if Diabetes is Affecting Your Eyes
Your eyes may seem fine, as often there are no warning signs of diabetic eye disease. Having a full, dilated eye exam is the only way t...
Macular Hole Stages
A macular hole is exactly as it sounds – a hole in the macula, at the center of the retina which is responsible for reading and central...
Early Warning Signs of Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration is an eye condition that comes with age and causes the developing loss of vision. It can make it difficult to read...
Causes of an Epiretinal Membrane
Most patients with Epiretinal Membrane have no symptoms and find out they have it during a dilated retinal exam or during retinal imagi...
Diabetic Retinopathy – Importance of Early Diagnosis
Diabetic retinopathy is the most common diabetes-related eye disease, which could lead to blindness, thus the importance of early diagn...
Diabetic Eye Screening
Diabetic eye exams are similar to regular eye exams in many ways. However, during a diabetic eye screening, your eye doctor will specif...
Diabetic Eye Disease Management
Diabetic eye disease refers to a group of eye conditions that can result from diabetes. Early detection and timely treatment of diabete...
