Why am I seeing black/grey spots floating around? Why am I getting squiggly lines flying? Why am I seeing a cobweb or hair floating around in my eye?All these funny sensations you are seeing are called FLOATERS aka MUSCAE VOLITANTES (Latin for “flying flies”) and this can be a totally natural phenomenon.Why do Floaters Occur?Some…
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WHAT IS A CATARACT?
Cataracts form when the clear lens inside our eye becomes cloudy or misty. This due to a natural breakdown of proteins of the lens. It is a gradual process that usually occurs as we get older. It is totally normal, much like getting grey hair or wrinkles with time and it is NOT painful. Most…
read moreWHAT IS GLAUCOMA?
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases, where the optic nerve (located in the back of your eye) is damaged by the fluid pressure inside your eye. Sometimes the pressure is higher than normal or sometimes the pressure can be still considered normal, but the nerve is too delicate so that even normal pressure can…
read moreWHY AM I HAVING TROUBLE READING UP CLOSE?
Around our late thirties, early forties, we start to notice a change in focusing. Some of us will require more light to read that fine print, or some of us will start to stretch our arms out further and further away. This is known as Presbyopia. Age causes the lens inside our eye (much like a…
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