Category: Eyecare Information

Ho ho ho! Santa Claus is coming to town! But he is not quite here yet, because you have to clear that stack of work before the holidays. All that work before the computer is going to take a strain on your eyes, and if they get tired and your vision becomes fuzzy, that will […]

Smart Evolution 2.0 Maxiwide is the latest premium progressive lens manufactured by Swisscoat. It provides you with improved binocular vision, and wider intermediate and near reading areas by incorporating three latest lens design technology: 1) Binocular Balance, 2) Hormonizer, and 3) Instant Focus. This blog entry will mainly talk about how the Binocular Balance Technology […]

In order to cater different visual needs in a metropolitan life, it is essential to have clear sight at distances from far to near. When entering 40 years old, the presence of presbyopia compromises patients’ reading vision.  However, thanks to the progressive lenses, lens wearers can wear the same pair of glasses to focus at […]

UV radiation has been well-known of causing damages to eyes. It is associated with some common eye diseases such as cataract at the crystalline lens and age-related macular degeneration at the retina. However, the crystalline lens and retina are relatively internal eye structures. When eyes are exposed under sunlight, the external part of the eye […]

There are many tiny glands along the eyelids, their main function is to produce the lipid of the tear film which helps to reduce its evaporation. Under normal condition, these glands are unobstructed, however any blockage of them will cause stye or chalazion. As kids have a higher chance of getting stye or chalazion, parents […]

High myopia (shortsightedness) is usually defined as having myopia of -6.00D or stronger. The prevalence of young adults with high myopia in Asia was found to be 6.8% to 21.6%.1 The prevalence is far higher in urban than in rural area, it could be inferred that the amount of high myopic population in Hong Kong […]

Falling is a serious health-related issue for elderly. According to statistics, one-third of the elderly living in the community would fall at least once a year. The seniors may not only lose mobility and cause depression, the study showed that elderly had hip fracture after falling could lead to a higher death rate in the […]

Aging is a problem that affects all parts of your body and of course your eyes too. At the moment when you are eligible to get your pension, you have been using your eyes for decades and problems may start arising no matter how good your eyesight was used to be. There are various changes […]

The rate of myopia (short-sightedness) of Hong Kong children is incredibly high. Research shown that about 2 out of 10 Hong Kong children aged 6 had myopia. The situation was more serious in the age group of 12, about 6 out of 10 had myopia.1 It has been found that high myopia (-6.00D or above) […]