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children's eye safety month

August is the global Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month – a perfect reminder for you to have your children’s eyes checked.

Give your children the best opportunities to develop the best possible vision they can, which is why regular vision checks are of absolute importance.

All children’s eyes are mostly healthy, but you should have them examined during scheduled pediatric visits which should ideally start from the age of three onwards.

Continue reading Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month​: August 2025

strabismus crossed eyes

What is Strabismus?

Strabismus, also called wall eye, squint, or crossed eyes, is a condition in which the two eyes are not properly aligned and fail to work as a team when looking at an object. According to the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, approximately 4% of the US population has strabismus.

Continue reading Strabismus (Crossed Eyes): Types, Causes & Treatment

Lazy eye

What Is a Lazy Eye (Amblyopia)?

Lazy eye, also known as amblyopia, is a vision development disorder that causes abnormal visual development in early childhood. It is developed when the eye and the brain are not stimulated properly, and the brain favors one eye over the other.

It can also be said that when nerve cells responsible for vision do not develop as they should, it results in a ‘lazy eye’. Usually, amblyopia occurs in one eye, but in some cases, it can occur in both eyes.

Continue reading What Is Lazy Eye? Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options

Bad eyesight

Bad vision can be caused by astigmatism, nearsightedness & farsightedness. These can be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, or some surgeries. These conditions are genetic to a certain extent, but may also be influenced by your environment.

Globally, about 80% of vision impairment cases are avoidable (Source). But here’s what science has to say.

Continue reading How Poor Eyesight Can Be Corrected with Good Habits?

First time contact lenses

Are you fed up of all the hassles that come with spectacles? Are you keen on trying contact lenses but have a lot of doubts regarding them? For instance – how to wear them correctly? How to clean them? Can they be worn for longer periods of time continually? Will you get dry and irritated eyes with their prolonged use? Such questions are obvious if you are trying on contact lenses for the first time. However, with proper precaution and care, you can enjoy all the benefits of contacts without any hassles.

Continue reading How To Put in Contacts for the First Time?

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Vision

An estimated 836,000 to 2.5 million Americans suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome each year. Most people do not get this illness diagnosed and have to live with the symptoms for a major part of their lives.

While there is no single test to confirm the onset of the illness, there is a series of other tests to rule out other problems that have symptoms similar to chronic fatigue syndrome.

Continue reading What Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Tells You about Your Vision

how does an online eye test work

The easier access to the internet has significantly improved our lives, and with more services being made available on our mobile devices, the multitasking smartphone does even more today. You can do a lot on your smartphone today, including shopping, watching television, checking the weather, and now even an online eye test that determines the vision and potential problems in your eyes.

A study reveals that 75% of Americans use some kind of corrective lenses. Getting the perfect pair of glasses can be time-consuming, which is why a new breed of vision test promises quick results. But can an online eye test replace your eye doctor?

Continue reading Do Online Eye Tests Work?

eye floaters

You have probably already noticed that small dark spots sometimes seem to follow the movement of your eyes. These curious black floats that question us are, in fact, an integral part of our ocular system.

These shadows, which can manifest in many forms and move in our eye, obscuring part of our visual field, are called eye floaters. Observed in more than 70% of people, they appear as lines or black dots, sometimes gray.

Continue reading What Are Eye Floaters and How to Treat Them?

eye twitching

Eye twitching is a pretty common phenomenon that involves an involuntary spasm of the muscles in the eyelid. It typically lasts for a few seconds or minutes. It can come and go over a few days or weeks.

Continue reading What Causes Eye Twitching?

Low Vision

According to recent studies funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the number of Americans who are visually impaired, including those with low vision, is expected to double to more than 8 million by 2050. With the increasing life expectancy rates, these numbers are extremely concerning, as this goes to show that an increasing number of people are at risk of developing a visual impairment.

Continue reading Low Vision Awareness Month 2025

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