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Toxocariasis and the Eye

Toxocariasis is a parasitic infection caused by a helminth parasite – the round worm that can infect dogs and cats. Transmission to people occurs as the pa...

Combating Presbyopia

If you have Presbyopia it is easy to treat. As long as you do not have any other eye health problems, you may only need to wear glasses for reading. Reading...

Shingles in the Eye

Shingles is well known as something that affects older people but there is a great deal of misunderstanding about what it actually is. One common belief is t...

Short Sightedness

Short sightedness is an eye problem which occurs when you can see things close up but not those in the distance. People with short sightedness can do tasks s...

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What Do Intravitreal Injections Treat?

Intravitreal injections were developed from the early 2000s as treatments for various retinal diseases of the eye became available. Drugs that reduce inflamm...

Rosacea in the Eye

Rosacea is a condition that affects the skin but occasionally it can spread to the tissues of the eye, causing a mild infection. Unfortunately, in some peopl...

Eye Melanoma: What is It?

Eye melanoma is both a rare form of eye cancer and a rare form of melanoma. There are only around 500 cases diagnosed in the UK each year. This type of cance...

Herpes Infections in the Eye

The herpes family of viruses are responsible for some common infections in people. Herpes zoster is the virus responsible for chicken pox and shingles. Herpe...

Pros and Cons of Coloured Contact Lenses

Since it became possible to obtain contact lenses in prescription lenses, people who otherwise would have to wear glasses most of the time have the choice of...

Costs of Cosmetic Eye Surgery

In the UK, cosmetic eye surgery is not available on the National Health Service so if you want to improve the look of your eyes, private cosmetic surgery is...

Types of Retinal Laser Treatment

Laser treatment, also called laser photocoagulation, is a common treatment for retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopath...

What Does VEGF Do in the Eye?

The sense of sight is very precious because of the things that it enables us to do. It is also fragile. The tissues of the retina, which contains the photore...

What is Lucentis?

Lucentis is the trade name for ranibizumab, a monoclonal antibody fragment based on the larger molecule bevacizumab – which has the trade name Avastin. Bot...

What is Ozurdex?

Retinal eye diseases such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion are difficult to treat. All of them have diffe...

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