Tag: comprehensive eye examination

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 […]

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 […]

Hypertension is a common but detrimental cardiovascular disease in modern society. It is defined by having systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg or more and diastolic blood pressure of 90 mmHg or more. According to studies, hypertension is responsible for 57% of all stroke deaths in East Asians. Hypertension affects multiple organs and tissues’ integrity […]

Diabetes mellitus is one of the major health problems affecting the developed regions. It affects the integrity of blood vessels and cause damages in multiple organs. But actually one of the organs that can be severely impaired by diabetes is the eye. There is even a term called diabetic eye disease to describe a group […]

For the busy 9-to-5, computers and smartphones have pretty much dominated our lives, and a pair of clear eyes is a rarity. If you feel fatigue, headache, neck and shoulder pain, or even back pain, Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) may be catching up. If left untreated, it could cause pseudo-myopia, and could increase the risk […]