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Insights and Practical Advice

This section offers more details in response to the usual follow-up questions and practical advice on eye care.

  • A series of practical recommendations to maintain eye health. These tips include the frequency of eye examinations, the importance of...

  • Light reflected from objects enters the eye by passing through the cornea, pupil and lens, finishing its course on the...

  • Myopia

    Visual defects

    Myopia results in difficulty in vision, the defect is measured in diopters, the stronger the myopia the higher the number...

  • Hypermetropia

    Visual defects

    The hyperopic eye is shorter than a normal eye. In this way, light rays reach the retina before the focus...

  • Astigmatism

    Visual defects

    In astigmatism, the cornea, instead of having a spherical type conformation, may have different curvatures in some areas. In practice,...

  • Presbyopia

    Visual defects

    Presbyopia is the physiological and natural evolution of the aging eye. It is not a refractive disorder, like myopia, hyperopia...

  • Eyelid hygiene

    Practical tips

    Eyelid hygiene is the set of those activities devoted to the cleaning of the eyelids in cases of conjunctivitis (bacterial,...

  • Diabetic retinopathy

    Common pathology

    Diabetes, during its course, can cause a long series of chronic complications. Diabetic Retinopathy is one of the most serious....

  • Stye

    Common pathology

    Stye is a common inflammation of a ciliary follicle (duct containing the eyelashes) and its associated gland (called Zeiss’ gland)....