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  • The Effects of High Blood Pressure on Your Eyes

    The Effects of High Blood Pressure on Your Eyes


    High blood pressure can be very harmful to the body, causing heart and kidney problems among other issues. If untreated, high blood pressure can also affect your eyesight and lead to eye disease. High blood pressure can damage blood vessels in the retina. The retina is the layer of tissue ...

  • How to Detect Eyesight Problems Early On

    How to Detect Eyesight Problems Early On


    Eyesight problem is a broad term used to describe any imperfection in the ability to see. It can refer to a variety of vision issues. The most common eye problems are nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia), astigmatism and presbyopia. These eyesight problems are due to an error in refraction – the ...

  • Floaters and Flashes

    Floaters and Flashes


    Have you ever spotted a small speck, dot or squiggle floating in the air, only to have it flit away when you tried to look at it directly? Or have you noticed flickering lights or lightning streaks that you knew weren't really there? If so, you are one of many ...

  • Itchy Eyes

    Itchy Eyes


    Itchy eyes can be annoying and frustrating. Whether it's due to allergies, an illness or something else, it can be bothersome to say the least. Itchy eyes affect all of us from time to time. Usually it lasts only a few minutes and then goes away. But sometimes the itching ...