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MYOPIA PROGRESSION
- November 18, 2022
- Dr ABEER FATIMA
MYOPIA PROGRESSION Myopia is the most common refractive error and it is increasing at an epidemic rate in the world. It is predicted that myopia prevalence will increase to nearly 50% by 2020 affecting 4.8 billion people in the world, which means that one in every two children will become myopic i
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GLAUCOMA
- November 18, 2022
- DR SNEHA SOLSE
Glaucoma Glaucoma is the one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness, with an estimated 12 million people affected in India. Among these, a staggering 1.1 million are blind due to this disease. What is glaucoma? It is an eye disease where optic nerve (nerve connecting eye to the brain)
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CATARACT
- November 18, 2022
- Dr Raghavendra Reddy
CATARACT is a condition characterized by loss of transparency or clouding of the natural crystalline lens. The primary function of the natural crystalline lens is to focus the light entering the eye onto the retina thereby giving us the ability to see. Cataracts often develop slowly with a dec
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Retinopathy of Prematurity
- November 18, 2022
- Win Vision
Retinopathy of Prematurity The immature retinas of preterm neonates are susceptible to insults that disrupt neurovascular growth, leading to retinopathy of prematurity. Suppression of growth factors due to hyperoxia and loss of the maternal–fetal interaction result in an arrest of retinal v
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KERATOCONUS
- November 06, 2019
- Win Vision
KERATOCONUS Keratoconus is a corneal thinning disorder in which the inferior paracentral Cornea thins and protrudes forwards. (Figure 1)Though Keratoconus commonly involves inferior paracentral Cornea, cases of superior Keratoconus are also available in literature. The reported incidence of