Cataracts: Symptoms And Causes Cataracts are a type of vision disturbance that causes the natural lens within the eye to become cloudy and blurry. They are the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide*, a condition our optometrists frequently see...
What Causes An Eyelid To Droop? If you’ve recently found that one or both of your eyelids have begun to droop, look sleepy, or even block your sight, or if you’ve noticed that droopiness is getting worse with time, you may be wondering why it’s happening, if it...
How Do You Treat Shingles In The Eye? When you’ve already gone through the itchy and painful experience of having chickenpox as a child, it can come as an unwelcome surprise to be reinfected with the virus again when you’re older. This time it’s the much...
Top Five Causes Of Red Eyes Noticing that the whites of your eyes have turned red can feel concerning, and may leave you wondering what has caused the redness and if it’s an indication that there’s something serious going on. While most cases of red eyes...
Can You Pop An Eyelid Pimple? It’s common to want to pop a pimple, but if we have something that looks like a pimple in or around our eye area, it’s important to resist popping it at all costs. Chances are that although the eyelid bump looks like a pimple, it’s more...
Is Sensitivity To Light Serious? We all know the dazing feeling of walking out of the darkness of a movie theatre and stepping into the bright glare of a sunny day – and most of the time, we simply look away or cover our eyes while this sensitivity...
