The Eye Care Blog

The 39-year-old Mother having three children is losing her vision because scar tissue is growing over the cornea in both eyes. The condition, called pterygium.

Construction has started on the new state-of-the-art ophthalmology centre at Port Mourant and contractors are hopeful of meeting the completion deadline which is two-and-a-half months away. This new institution is another component of the Guyana/Cuba eye care initiative which seeks to provide quality eye care for Guyanese.

A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US has shown MoistureLoc to be a major contributing factor behind cases of the infections in Hong Kong and the US. They found that users of MoistureLoc solution were more than 20 times more likely to get the infection.

After a dozen years of legal and legislative wrangling, optometrists now can give injections to treat eyelid cysts.

Contact lens wearers are more at risk to contracting eye infections than those who wear glasses or have perfect vision. In fact, women are more prone to eye infections than men, according to Edward Beaudette, a Hamden optician with more than 30 years experience.