Intraocular Pressure Measurement after Photorefractive Keratectomy : Does Contact Area Matter?

Age-related eye diseases, in many cases are not sudden but tend to develop slowly as a person ages. Of the many age-related eye diseases, there are four major ones that are recognized and that can be detected and treated if a comprehensive eye examination is performed. These four age-related eye diseases are Macular Degeneration, Cataracts, Glaucoma and Diabetic Retinopathy are expected to dramatically increases if left untreated can cause serious vision loss and blindness. Populations are most at risk for developing eye disease is unaware of the factors that make them susceptible. However there are certain common preventive measures like taking Healthy Diet, avoiding Smoking and managing Health conditions.

Section: Preventive Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review on Age Related Eye Diseases and their Preventive Measures

2012

“…Refractive laser surgery [3] induces substantial changes in corneal structure, causing inaccurate intraocular pressure (IOP) readings. Pascal dynamic contour tonometry (PDCT) and I care rebound tonometer (RBT) are two novel devices that do not depend on applanation to measure IOP.…”

Section: Therapies In Ophthalmologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Salient Features of New Therapies in Ophthalmology

Nayak¹

2011

Although glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide, yet there are no large databases where risk factors, current management options and outcomes may be evaluated. With this concept in mind, Dallas Glaucoma Registry [4] was established to focus on an ethnically mixed North Texas population. Large numbers of patients in the ongoing Dallas Glaucoma Registry do provide adequate data to better understand risk factors, early detection, improved screening targets, treatment options, outcomes and future studies.A case study was done to evaluate the choroidal thickness changes in the eyes with myopic choroidal neovascularization [5] (mCNV) after AbstractThis review gives the information regarding the therapies that are used against ophthalmological disorders and along with that it helps us to update ourselves to know more about the salient features of the therapies, drugs and diagnosis methodologies. This review also shares information regarding the various eye related diseases like substantial changes in corneal structure, glaucoma, cataract and age-related macular degeneration and many other and along with that the remedial therapies like Refractive laser surgery, in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy (PCV), Ranibizumab and Panretinal laser photocoagulation etc.

“…Tacrolimus shown to be effective after corneal transplantation and to prevent allograft rejection in a murine corneal graft rejection model [3]. Utility of these agents in toxicity-sparing protocols for organ transplant recipients had been proposed [4,5]. Recent studies have shown that laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) aggravates corneal deposits in patients with exacerbated Avellino corneal dystrophy (ACD) and so LASIK should be avoided in these patients [6][7][8][9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

New Understanding of Ophthalmology Disease Process

Shalini¹

2011

that necessitates the use of thermal energy should be instructed as well to remove any eye makeup, especially mascara before the procedure [15]. A case of surgical flash fire causing thermal burn of eye lashes, eyelid skin and eye brow hair in a patient who had some residual mascara on her lashes while cautery was applied for an eyelid lesion. It is a clinical set up and is done in the absence of oxygen-rich environment [16]. High myopia is known to be associated with cataract, and a relationship between myopia and cataract have been suggested [17,18]in this review. Although the deprivation of form vision due to cataracts in childhood leads to increase in axial length, and myopia had been reported [19,20] but if the cataract may affect the axial length in adults is still unknown. Many factors can affect the axial length and lead to myopia [23]. Lid closure in early ocular and visual development is well recognized to cause ocular developmental abnormalities [19,21]. Central dense corneal opacities in early childhood may lead to visual deprivation and amblyopia and was shown to increase the ocular axial length [22,23]. Subconjunctival gentamicin inadvertently injected into the vitreous cavity can induce cataract and retinal toxicity [24]. Expectedly, the need for cataract surgery has increased dramatically because of an increased proportion of old aged and the tendency & awareness towards surgery earlier in the disease process [25]. Amblyopia means reduced visual acuity, which is not even improved by corrective glasses, in an eye that is otherwise normal. It is responsible for diminished vision in 1% to 2% of the childhood population, and it is most often associated with strabismus or anisometropia [26]. Occlusion therapy remains the mainstay of amblyopia treatment. Opinions, however, vary on the number of hours of daily patching