What Are Different Types Of Laser Eye Surgeries?
There are several different types of laser eye surgeries available for patients to choose from. Depending on the suitability, patient’s expectation, availability of facilities your eye surgeon (ophthalmologist) may select the best suited laser eye surgery for you.
LASIK:
Laser Assisted in situ Keratomileusis or LASIK is a commonly used laser eye surgery for correction of refractive errors of eye such like myopia, hypermetropia and astigmatism. In lasik surgery a corneal flap is made with the help of microkeratome metal blade. The stroma of cornea is than reshaped with laser for correcting vision. The corneal flap is than replaced back to its original position after reshaping the stroma. There are several advantages of LASIK surgery such as painless procedure, fewer side effects; correction of vision is immediate after surgery etc. Blurring of vision may last for 24 hours after lasik surgery.
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Differences Between Daily Disposable And Monthly Use Contact Lenses
The basic difference when comparing a daily disposable lens and one that is worn for a month, is always going to be the duration the lens lasts for and is worn for. It is pretty straightforward and you would be right in assuming that the daily disposable lenses are only used for a day, whereas the monthly ones are used over the period of a month. The daily disposable lenses have the benefit of not needing to be cleaned, unlike their monthly counterparts. This can ease the mind of the wearer as it reduces the risk of possible infection or contamination of the lens.
However, there are not just positives associated with the daily use contact lenses. If you use them on a frequent basis, then you will be paying a lot more than if you purchase monthly use lenses, and that is including all the cleaning solution you will be required to buy for the monthly lenses.Categories: Eye Health Tags: Contact Lens, disposable lens
Know The Cost Of Lasik Eye Surgery
Before you decide to get treated for any medical condition, especially if you have to undergo surgery it is important to know about the cost of treatment for your medical condition. Everyone us should know about cost of treatment, so that we can plan well to cover hidden costs and other related expenditures (such as for diet as well as for the absence from you duty/job). If you have eye problem for which your eye surgeon (ophthalmologist) advised Lasik surgery, it is important to know what might be the cost of your Lasik surgery in your locality or at the hospital/clinic of your choice. You may have to go to other place, if the service is not available at your city/locality and cost will naturally go up in such situation.
The lasik surgery cost (like any other surgical procedure) varies from place to place as well as in different hospitals/clinics of same place. The cause of variation of lasik eye surgery in different hospitals may be due to experience of eye surgeon, standard of living, availability of facilities and other causes such as severity of problem of refractive error.
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Know Glaucoma
What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is an eye disease which involves the optic nerve, which is responsible for sending visual signals to the brain for s to be able to see and object. If the optic nerve is damaged the brain can not receive signals from eye which are sent (via optic nerve). Glaucoma is slowly progressive optic neuropathy, most commonly due to raised intraocular pressure. In other words glaucoma is actually (not always) a syndrome due to raised intraocular pressure. Normally the intraocular pressure is 12-21 mm of mercury. If the intraocular pressure is raised above 21 mm of mercury, it can lead to damage to optic nerve (which is considered glaucoma).
What are the types of glaucoma?
Glaucoma is of two types, open angle glaucoma and close angle (or angle closure) glaucoma. Open angle glaucoma is the commonest form and account for majority of cases of glaucoma. The treatment of open angle glaucoma is mainly medical management and that of angle closure glaucoma is surgical.
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Guide to buy Contact Lenses Online
If you are a user of contact lenses you may be using disposable contact lenses or you may be using hard and reusable contact lenses. If you are using disposable contact lenses, you may need to buy frequently and if you need to buy frequently it is wise to think to buy online from comfort of your home and with a click of your mouse. If you are buying contact lenses online you should remember and follow certain aspects for buying quality contact lenses at right and affordable price.
Follow some important guidelines while buying contact lenses online and you will never regret later. The most important and first criteria for online purchase is trustworthiness of the site offering contact lenses (or any other goods or services for that matter). The site you will buy should be reputed site and it is much better if you or any of your friend or known people have purchased from that site online. If you have already purchased from a site and satisfied with the service and quality of goods (contact lenses) you should buy again from the same site.
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Laser Eye Surgery in Melbourne
Laser eye surgery (LASIK, LASER etc.) is refractive surgery for correction of refractive errors of eye such as myopia (commonly known as short-sightedness where patient is able to see objects closer to him/her, but unable to see far away objects properly), hyperopia and astigmatism (cylindrical view). The refractive errors mentioned above are the commonest form of refractive error seen and they are also very common form of eye problem as well. If you have a refractive error problem and want to get rid of the problem, you can select to wear glasses or decide to wear contact lens or select laser eye surgery for permanent (at least long term solution) solution. There are several advantages as well as a few disadvantages of laser eye surgery, which you should learn and decide if acceptable to you, before undergoing laser eye surgery.
The advantages of laser eye surgery is obviously freedom from wearing glasses or contact lenses, solution for your refractive error is long (may be permanent for some individuals) etc. The disadvantages of laser eye surgery include unsuccessful surgical procedure (although as high as 98% success is reported in laser eye surgeries, but the risk still remains), complications of surgical procedure, higher cost in compare to using glasses etc.Categories: Eye Health Tags:
