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This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)Diabetes mellitus (usually referred to as diabetes) is a chronic carbohydrate metabolism disorder resulting from inadequate production or utilization of the hormone insulin. When a person has diabetes, their pancreas either doesn’t make enough insulin or their body cannot use it effectively. Diabetes is an illness that makes […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish) What Is Dry Eye? Dry eye is a condition in which the tears do not sufficiently hydrate the cornea. The cornea is a transparent dome-shaped tissue that forms the front part of the eye. It functions as a window and allows light to enter the eye. What […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)By Mrinali Patel Gupta, M.D. What Are Floaters? As their name implies, floaters are usually small, black shapes that look like spots, squiggles, or threads and “float about” in one’s vision. They generally move as the eyes move and are most noticeable against a plain bright background, such […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish) Are you experiencing problems with your peripheral or side vision? Do you have to turn your head to see what’s to your immediate right or left? Do you have blurred vision, nausea, and headaches? Do you see “halos” around bright lights? Do you have a family history […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)How Is Juvenile Macular Degeneration Diagnosed? As central visual acuity declines, your child or teenager will have difficulty reading (or recognizing pictures, numbers, and letters if not yet reading), identifying faces and facial expressions, driving, and gathering all of the visual information on a television screen, computer screen, […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish)“Legal blindness” is a definition used by the United States government to determine eligibility for vocational training, rehabilitation, schooling, disability benefits, low vision devices, and tax exemption programs. It’s not a functional low-vision definition and doesn’t tell us much about what a person can and cannot see. Having low vision means that even with regular […]
This content is also available in: Español (Spanish) What Is Keratoconus? Keratoconus is a bilateral (both eyes) degenerative condition of the cornea, a transparent dome-shaped tissue that forms the front part of the eye. Keratoconus gradually causes the cornea to thin, bulge/protrude outward, and become cone-shaped. This creates an abnormal curvature of the eye called […]