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Do you know how we remove dioptre and astigmatism with laser?
The World Health Organization has recently included dioptres into the category of disability - as a response to the needs of many people with dioptres, who always felt that way. Fortunately, today it is possible to solve this problem in quick efficient and safe manner.
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How to read an eyeglasses prescription?
How many times have you left ophthalmology examination holding a prescription for glasses, not knowing what the meaning is behind all those written numbers?
Do you have short-sightedness or farsightedness or perhaps you have astigmatism?
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What to do when you detect glaucoma in the initial stage of pregnancy?
"Madam, you have higher eye pressure and a glaucoma. " Imagine you heard these words at the ophthalmologist's examination.
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You are younger than 35, your dioptre is constantly changing, and you can never achieve visual acuity you used to have?
Keratoconus is a progressive deformation of the cornea that can already occur in childhood.
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Do you know how diabetes affects your eye?
Diabetes is one of the main causes of blindness, kidney failure, heart attack, and stroke, so it's no wonder it’s called a "silent killer."
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You drive your car every year to technical inspection, but when was the last time you went to eye examination?
80% of all vision problems can be prevented or cured if you perform regular eye exams.
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Do you know when’s the right time to take your child to an ophthalmological examination?
Vision is extremely important and isn’t fully developed with birth. Visual stimulus begins intensive vision development just after birth. When children reach the age of 3, parents are the ones who should take them to a preventive, routine examination to the ophthalmologist, no matter that seemingly everything is in perfect order.
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Do you know what yellow spot or macula is?
Yellow spot is a part of inner layer of the eye called the retina.
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Do you know how medicine solves dry eye?
In modern refractive surgery eye dryness is no longer considered a problem big as it was 10 years ago. Tear film disorders caused by laser correction of dioptre are mild and cause very little interference in the early postoperative period.
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Do you know what the dry eye is and what are the symptoms?
Dry eye syndrome is caused by insufficient lachrymation or due to disturbance in the quality of tear film. Tears are essential for the lubrication, nutrition, health and optic functions of the front surface of the eye and clear vision.
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Do you know how to treat the most common visual disorder in children?
Low vision, amblyopia or, often called "lazy eye" is a vision development disorder in which the eye fails to achieve normal visual acuity, even with prescription eyeglasses, contact lenses, or laser surgery.