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Use our Eye health guide to get the fact about most common eye disorders, treatments and  procedures, what you need to know before considering laser eye surgery, PRK or cataract surgery

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What is LASEK

LASEK is suitable for people who can’t have the traditional LASIK surgery because the clear outer lens of their eye, the cornea, is too thin or too flat. It is also recommended for people who shouldn’t have a flap cut into their cornea because of their occupation – such as pilots or athletes


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What is PRK

PRK, is a type of laser eye surgery used as an alternative to LASIK. It was once the most popular kind of refractive laser eye surgery, performed in many countries around the world since the 1980s. PRK involves using a laser to sculpt the outer lens of the eye, the cornea, which is responsible for 80% of the eye’s focusing power

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What is LASIK

LASIK, which stands for Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, is a surgical technique for performing laser eye surgery. LASIK surgery is recommended for people who are short-sighted or have astigmatism, as well as some types of long-sightedness


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Eyesight Tests

Many people think of eyesight tests as a way of checking whether they need glasses, or finding out if their contact lens prescription is still correct. However, eyesight tests can give the first warning of a number of different conditions that also affect your general health.


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Clear Lens Extraction

Clear Lens Extraction (CLE) is a procedure designed to eliminate the need for distance glasses or contact lenses and it can be used to treat a wide range of prescriptions. With specialist treatment it can also correct reading vision as well as distance vision.


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Blepharitis Treatment

Blepharitis occurs when your eyelids become inflamed. Although it can be uncomfortable, it is not a serious condition and rarely affects eye health or eyesight. However, the soreness can be persistent and annoying.
 

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Refractive eye surgery

The methods of correction are varied and depend on the type and extent of the refractive errors. They range from simple implantation of ring-like material or a semi-hard contact lens to reshape the cornea (a clear, dome-shaped layer that covers the front of the eyes), to more sophisticated methods such as lasers, heat, radio-wave frequency or microsurgery

Most Common Eye Conditions

  • Diabetic eye diseaseDiabetic retinopathy results from the effects of the systemic disease...
  • Corneal AbrasionA corneal abrasion is the result of trauma to the front surface of the eye...
  • Central Retinal Artery OcclusionA central retinal artery occlusion is the result of a blockage of the main...
  • BlepharospasmThe exact cause of blepharospasm is unknown, but it is thought to be due to...
  • BlepharitisThe exact cause of blepharitis is unknown. The mechanism of blepharitis is...
  • AstigmatismAstigmatism is when the curvature of the cornea, or a lens, varies in...
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Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty

Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty, also known as SLT, is a simple, yet highly effective laser procedure that reduces the intraocular pressure associated with glaucoma.
It is performed in your ophthalmologist’s clinic, and typically takes no more than 10 minutes per eye


Presbyopia-treatment

Presbyopia treatment

Presbyopia is the deterioration of vision that happens to us all in middle age, usually around our 45th birthday. It makes it difficult to adjust to looking at objects that are different distances away.Typically, it is the near vision that deteriorates the fastest, resulting in long-sightedness


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Choosing a surgeon for LASIK eye surgery

Most major towns and cities boast at least one LASIK eye surgery clinic, with several ‘brand names’ such as Optical Express and Optimax opening branches across the UK and Ireland. While companies like these will have collectively performed many thousands of treatments, you should not confuse this broad picture with the experience of their individual surgeons.

Being part of a big brand does not necessarily mean a surgeon is better than a local independent.
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Retinal-detachment

Retinal detachment

Retinal detachment is quite a rare problem in which the retina at the back of the eye comes away from the tissue underneath. This usually happens because blood or fluid gets underneath when a blood vessel in the eye ruptures, usually as a result of an accident or because of damage to the eye caused by diabetes

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