What is strabismus? Strabismus is often called wandering eye or described as being crossed eyed. It is a condition where one or both of your eyes may turn in, out, up or down. This means your eyes are not properly aligned with each other, resulting in double vision or vision loss in the affected eye. […]
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What is shingles? Shingles is a viral infection that affects many parts of the body and usually causes a painful rash. What are the signs and symptoms of shingles? Shingles usually causes a skin rash on one side of the body. This outbreak is more painful and itchy than that of chickenpox. The face, eyelids,
What is retinoblastoma (RB)? Retinoblastoma is a kind of eye cancer that most often affects children between birth and five years of age. The retinoblastoma tumour(s) starts in the retina, the light sensitive layer of the eye that enables the eye to see. What are the signs/symptoms of retinoblastoma? Parents are often the first to
What is myopia? Nearsightedness, or myopia, is an eye condition where you can see close objects clearly, but objects that are far away look blurry. Why does myopia happen? When your eyeball is too long or the outer layer of your eye (the cornea) is too curved, it causes light rays to focus at a
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What is hyperopia? Farsightedness, or hyperopia, is an eye condition where far away objects are easier to see than near objects. Why does hyperopia occur? If the length of your eyeball is too short or the cornea isn’t rounded enough, close objects need more focusing effort to be brought into clear focus on the retina.
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