Macular degeneration Introduction Macular degeneration, or as its more commonly known as Age-related macular degeneration(AMD). It is one of the cause of irreversible blindness among people who are in their golden years (Waugh et al, 2018). There are 2 types of AMD which are Dry AMD and Wet AMD. Dry AMD being characterized by the […]
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HOW CAN AN OPTOMETRIST HELP YOU? What does an optometrist do? A question that has been popping up a lot more recently due to the more informed public this age. Well fret not, in this post I’m going to talk about how can an optometrist help you. Who is an optometrist? An optometrist is a […]
Eye exercise is important in maintaining eye health. Similar to all other exercises that we commonly do such as running, swimming, gym etc that bring benefits to our body, eye exercise is definitely beneficial to our eyes. Basically the idea of doing eye exercise is to allow eye to work well and stretch eye muscle. […]
Accommodation To see an image, the light has to fall on the retinal area to form an image and send signal to our brain. In order to ensure that the light falls on the retinal area, there are two parts of our eyes that will work together. First is our cornea, and second is the […]
Presbyopia is an age-related medical condition that results in the loss of the ability to see objects at a near range. This gradual and intensifying condition is as a result of eye lens hardening and associated decrease in length along with strength of the ciliary muscle, which is accountable for the action known as ‘vision accommodating’. Presbyopia […]
The article gives you an overview of reading glasses, what it is, the symptoms and solutions surrounding reading glasses and presbyopia. Introduction of what is reading glasses It’s essential to get our eyes inspected each year in light of the fact that our vision becomes weaker. What’s more, once you’re in your 40s, the progressions […]
Short sightedness is Malaysia’s growing problem. In 2017, new spectacle shops increase tremendously at popular places in Malaysia to cater to the demand for eye glasses. Short sightedness although common, is regarded as a shocking news on top of blurred vision, but why? That’s because what comes next will change your appearance forever! (To girls […]
As a parent, you’ll do everything that is good for your children. Prepare breakfast to make sure that they eat healthily; send them to tuition classes so that they can learn more; bring them for vacation because you want them to enjoy their life; prepare an umbrella to cover them from rain, vitamin to build […]
On the 18th of March, we joined our friends from Gnosis to provide eye care service for the KLink employees. It is an annual health check program provided to the employees by the company. They had a team from Gnosis to carry out blood test for the employees while we went there to perform color […]
Off the shelves/pre-fabricated reading glasses are much cheaper and convenient to get. So you might even consider getting multiple pairs – one to be left in the car, one in the living room and one in bedroom. However, one downside about this type of glasses is that they are “one-size-fits-all” items. Most people do not have same prescription […]