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This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)If you’re experiencing blurry vision, glare, or difficulty seeing clearly, you might be wondering about cataracts. I can relate. I’ve navigated the world with less-than-perfect eyesight since first grade, a delightful experience marked by those thick ’70s and ’80s glasses that magnified my eyes. My mom also had […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)What Is CHARGE Syndrome? CHARGE is a syndrome (set of related attributes) caused by a genetic mutation and characterized most often by coloboma (an eye condition), hearing loss, and balance issues as well as a number of possible birth defects and medical issues. Attributes of CHARGE vary greatly. […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish) Many vision professionals believe that a significant number of adults with various eye conditions, including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and glaucoma, experience Charles Bonnet (“Bo-NAY”) Syndrome, a condition that causes vivid, complex, recurring visual hallucinations, usually (but not only) in older adults with later-life vision loss. By […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)What Is a Coloboma? A coloboma is a cleft or gap in some part of the eye, such as the iris, lens, optic nerve, or retina, caused by a defect in the development of the eyeball. The extent to which a coloboma affects a person’s vision depends on […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)What Is Cone-Rod Dystrophy? Cone-rod dystrophy is a group of more than 30 inherited diseases that, over time, cause deterioration of the specialized light-sensitive cells of the retina—the rods that densely cover the peripheral, or outlying, portion of the retina and are responsible for peripheral vision and vision […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish) What Is Conjunctivitis? Conjunctivitis is inflammation of the conjunctiva, which is the thin translucent tissue that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the outer surface of the sclera, a tough white outer coating, or wall, of fibrous tissue that covers the entire eyeball except for […]