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Eyesight battle for Dame Judi Dench

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As we age most of us will experience some sight problems. It could be nothing more than a need to wear an ever increasing strength of spectacles. Eyesight health care has improved greatly in recent years and in the West cataracts, for example, another condition often associated with growing older, most times will be successfully treated. There are however some conditions and diseases of the eye that still prove difficult to treat. One of those is AMD, age-related macular degeneration. This is what is affecting one of Great Britain's veteran actors Dame Judi Dench>>>>Read More Here>>>>>

Do Opticians have a vested interest in Cataracts?

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The title, Do Opticians have a vested interest in Cataracts?, may sound harsh, however read on.I  started wearing spectacles as a thirty something adult. My eyesight deteriorated over the years until I was wearing varifocal spectacles. Not quite bottle bottoms, but almost. I was as they say, as blind as a bat, without them. Well perhaps not blind but you now what I mean. After 20 more years having regular eye sight tests, at a fairly pricey opticians in my City, I decided it was time for a change. Some supermarkets in the UK now offer fully registered optician services on their premises and most have a good reputation. .........More Here

Cataract treatments available

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__As a child I briefly wore reading glasses. I say wore but as I hated them, more often than not they were hidden away or forgotten on school days. Subsequently this meant that I had to take a school eye test without having my specs to hand. I thought I better confess and so shamefacedly told the school nurse that I wore reading glasses but had forgotten them that day. Well surprise surprise, she told me that she did not know ..................More

Corneal grafts

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Until a few years ago I had never heard of Corneal Grafts. I did know that you could carry a donor card, upon which you could state which, if any of your bodily organs, you would be prepared to donate after death. I also knew that apart from your kidneys and other body parts you could donate your corneas. That was the extent of my knowledge.  Then, seven or eight years ago, I worked for a short time in an admin role in my local eye hospital. Managing the consultant's waiting lists brought me face to face, shall we say, with Corneal Grafts. I was still unsure just what this was all about until one piece of information pulled me up short.

I was told that scheduling these operations was not always easy as we had to wait for the "material" to become available. In other words we had to wait for a would be donor to pass away and that person's corneas to be found suitable for use......... More
Disclaimer: Articles are based on personal experiences. They are not aimed at misleading the reader nor excluding a consultation with a health care professional. Please contact you health carer for professional advice.