Pain Behind Eye: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment If you've ever experienced pain behind or around your eyes, you're not alone. Eye discomfort or hurting eyeballs is a common issue, often causing people to wonder if it's something serious or just a passing nuisance. In this...
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Cataracts: Symptoms And Causes
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 in our...
What Causes An Eyelid To Droop?
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 indicates...
How Do You Treat Shingles In The Eye?
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 more serious,...
Top Five Causes Of Red Eyes
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 will...
Should I Pop a Pimple on My Eyelid? Causes, Risks, Treatment
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 likely to...