These conditions includes
- Retinoblastoma
- Refractive Errors
- Congenital cataract
- Congenital glaucoma
- Strabismus
- Amblyopia
- And many more…….
YOUR CHILD’S FIRST EYE EXAMINATION SHOULD BE AT AGE 3.
Most people believe that kids should not even have issues with their eyes. Because they are kids, I mean what have they seen in life that they should be having eye issues?. So for this reason, most parent do not even want to think of taking their child to the clinic at such an early age because visiting the clinic at all means there is a problem ( according to most parents).
When you buy an electronic product, it’s possible for the product to have factory faults or faults resulting from shipping the product from point of production to point of sales.
Similarly as kids go through the process of development in the womb through to delivery, many issues may arise, probably as a result of genetic mutation or makeup, complications from food or drugs taken or not taken by the pregnant mum, issues arising from the delivery process et.c.
All these can only be uncovered during an extensive eye Examination. And once discovered, it is best that they are treated early, as optimum recovery is achieved with early treatment.
BINOCULARITY
BINOCULARITY is the ability of both eyes to focus on and see one object as one object without difficulty.
With binocularity, functions like depth perception, distance perception and movement detection, becomes possible.
With Binocularity in place, the two eyes converge together, diverge together and form a 3D perception.
Conditions that can disrupt binocularity includes, strabismus, amblyopia, loss of one eye, antimetropia or anisometropia, high degree phoria.
Signs and symptoms of lack of binocularity includes inability to tell two objects apart, double vision, eye strain,
Treatment for Binocularity problems is simply visual therapy and eye exercises.
ISSUES THAT CAN AFFECT THE EYES FROM A PUNCH
A single punch can alter the structure and function of the entire eye.
Some of the changes that can occur from a punch to the eyes includes:
- Ecchymosis (black eye)
- Subconjunctival hemorrhage
- Hyphema
- Blow out fracture
- Swollen eyelids and it’s surrounding tissues
- Traumatic cataract
- Ocular hypertension and secondary glaucoma
- Retinal detachment
PREDISPOSING FACTORS FOR DRY EYE SYNDROME
Dry eye syndrome is becoming rampant today in our generation. One of the reasons is because currently there is an increased screen time amongst individuals today.
Almost everything today revolves around PCs , mobile phones, TVs and LED monitors.
Dry eye syndrome simply means insufficient tear quality on the surface of the eyeball either due to underproduction of tears or quick evaporation of the produced tears due to a depletion in the integrity of the lipid layer of the tear film.
Some of the predisposing factors includes:
- Increased screen time.
- Lack of adequate sleep
- Infection /or inflammation of the tear gland
- Dry weather.
- Allergies
- Regular use of systemic antihistamines and corticosteroids.
SCOTOMA
A scotoma is an area of partial or complete diminished vision in the visual field.
A scotoma is referred to as a Blindspot, an area without vision. Every human has a physiological Blindspot, which is an area where the optic nerves exits the retina.
Pathological Blindspot or scotomas can be caused by various, optic nerves diseases or diseases involving the visual pathway.
Treatment of scotomas involves treating the underlying cause of the scotoma.
TO RELIEVE YOURSELF FROM THE DISCOMFORTING SYMPTOMS OF COMPUTER VISION SYNDROME, DO THE FOLLOWING…..
- Adjust the height of your work chair to be compatible with your work desk.
- Use a very comfortable chair with a high and comfortable back rest.
- Ensure that your room lighting is bright and that there’s no interference from sunlight.
- Ensure to take short walks every 2 hours.
- After every 20minutes take a break to stare at a distance of about 20feet for about 20secs.
- Apply artificial tears drop periodically to ensure continuous lubrication of the outer surface of the eye.
- Correct all refractive Errors if there’s any.
- Use photochromic or bluecut glasses when working.
AS YOU GROW OLDER……
As you age, your body undergo changes, It begins to disintegrate and as such, One becomes prone to lots of age related ailments.
To ensure that your body serves you even better in old age, Do the following.
- Eat less carbs and fats while consuming more protein and fruits
- Take long walks regularly.
- Take naps and Ensure to sleep atleast 8hrs daily.
- Have scheduled physical examination including eye Examination.
- Cut down on alcohol and avoid cigarettes.
- Join community services and hang out regularly with friends and family.
- Take lots of water.
- Avoid carrying heavy loads.
PRESENTATION OF ASTIGMATISM
- Stubborn headaches that won’t go even with the strongest of pain killers.
2. Recurrent stye
3. Itching.
4. Double vision
4. Blurry vision at far and or near distance
5. Always feeling dizzy and unmotivated to read or work with your digital devices.
6. Photophobia ( discomforts when exposed to bright light)
7. Light appearing in streaks.
ANISOMETROPIA
This occurs when both eyes different degree of refractive Errors, with difference of up to 3:00D….
This condition is usually congenital. And it causes a sort varying retinal image sizes for both eyes and as a result the brain tend to suppress the weaker eye. Leading to amblyopia.
A rare type of anisometropia is antimetropia. Whereby one eye has myopia and the other has hyperopia.
