Dangers Of Glaucoma
By Camry James
What Are Eye Styes?
Styes are bacterial infections that lead to the obstruction of
oil producing glands around the eyelashes or eyelids. Styes are
seen as small bumps on the eyelids. Styes (also called "sty")
are usually harmless and will go away after several days on
their own as your body fights the infection. There are some
cases where surgical draining of the stye or the application of
antibiotic drops may be required.
Diabetes can play havoc with your eyes, and sometimes there are
no early sumptoms. So you may have no idea anything is wrong
until your eyesight is in danger.
Here are the main eye problems that can be caused, or made
worse, by diabetes.
Dangers of Cataracts
If the whites of one or both of your toddler's eyes and the
lower rim of his eyelids are red, chances are he has an
infection called conjunctivitis, also known as pinkeye or
red-eye. The infection occurs when a virus, some bacteria, an
allergen, or some other substance inflames the transparent
membrane covering the white of the eyes and the inside of the
eyelids (the conjunctiva). As your toddler's system tries to
fight the infection, his eyes may tear or become crusty. It's
important that you treat the infection promptly, so call your
child's doctor as soon as you notice these symptoms. These are
often described as a clouding of the lens of the eye. They are
treatable by surgery in most cases.
Dangers of Glaucoma
Our eyes are largely made up of fluid, and when the pressure of
that fluid builds up too much inside the eye, you have glaucoma.
Left untreated, it can damage the optic nerves, and even lead to
blindness.
Diabetic retinopathy
Lining the back of our eyes is light-sensitive tissue known as
the retina. The retina contains very small blood vessels that
can be damaged by diabetic retinopathy. Sometimes there are
symptoms such as blurred vision, but often you won't even know
anything is wrong until the condition is well advanced. In the
worse case, it leads to blindness.
Early detection is the key to battling all of these conditions,
and the best diagnostic tool available is the dilated eye
examination. This is a test in which special eye drops
temporarily enlarge your pupils, allowing the doctor to see the
back of your eyes. This test (which is painless) can detect
cataracts, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy in their early,
treatable stages.
Eyesight is precious, so if you have diabetes do yourself a
favor and make an appointment for your dilated eye examination.
And then do it again every year from now on.
What is Pink Eye?
Pink eye results in redness, irritation, or inflammation of the
conjunctiva. The conjunctiva usually reacts to bacteria,
viruses, allergy causing agents, irritants, or diseases of other
parts of the body. Viral Conjunctivitis or contagious pink eye
is usually caused by viruses that spread from other different
ailments like colds, sore throats, respiratory infections and
others.
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By Camry James
What Are Eye Styes?
Styes are bacterial infections that lead to the obstruction of
oil producing glands around the eyelashes or eyelids. Styes are
seen as small bumps on the eyelids. Styes (also called "sty")
are usually harmless and will go away after several days on
their own as your body fights the infection. There are some
cases where surgical draining of the stye or the application of
antibiotic drops may be required.
Diabetes can play havoc with your eyes, and sometimes there are
no early sumptoms. So you may have no idea anything is wrong
until your eyesight is in danger.
Here are the main eye problems that can be caused, or made
worse, by diabetes.
Dangers of Cataracts
If the whites of one or both of your toddler's eyes and the
lower rim of his eyelids are red, chances are he has an
infection called conjunctivitis, also known as pinkeye or
red-eye. The infection occurs when a virus, some bacteria, an
allergen, or some other substance inflames the transparent
membrane covering the white of the eyes and the inside of the
eyelids (the conjunctiva). As your toddler's system tries to
fight the infection, his eyes may tear or become crusty. It's
important that you treat the infection promptly, so call your
child's doctor as soon as you notice these symptoms. These are
often described as a clouding of the lens of the eye. They are
treatable by surgery in most cases.
Dangers of Glaucoma
Our eyes are largely made up of fluid, and when the pressure of
that fluid builds up too much inside the eye, you have glaucoma.
Left untreated, it can damage the optic nerves, and even lead to
blindness.
Diabetic retinopathy
Lining the back of our eyes is light-sensitive tissue known as
the retina. The retina contains very small blood vessels that
can be damaged by diabetic retinopathy. Sometimes there are
symptoms such as blurred vision, but often you won't even know
anything is wrong until the condition is well advanced. In the
worse case, it leads to blindness.
Early detection is the key to battling all of these conditions,
and the best diagnostic tool available is the dilated eye
examination. This is a test in which special eye drops
temporarily enlarge your pupils, allowing the doctor to see the
back of your eyes. This test (which is painless) can detect
cataracts, glaucoma or diabetic retinopathy in their early,
treatable stages.
Eyesight is precious, so if you have diabetes do yourself a
favor and make an appointment for your dilated eye examination.
And then do it again every year from now on.
What is Pink Eye?
Pink eye results in redness, irritation, or inflammation of the
conjunctiva. The conjunctiva usually reacts to bacteria,
viruses, allergy causing agents, irritants, or diseases of other
parts of the body. Viral Conjunctivitis or contagious pink eye
is usually caused by viruses that spread from other different
ailments like colds, sore throats, respiratory infections and
others.
About the Author: Can http://www.eyeinfections.info/ cost you
your eyesight? Find out home remedies!
Source: http://www.isnare.com
Permanent Link:
http://www.isnare.com/?aid=104369&ca=Medicines+and+Remedies
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