Browsing: ophthalmology

Colour blindness affects how people see red, green, blue – and everything in between. Here’s how vision deficiency works, and how people navigate a world built on colour cues.

Seeing strange flashes or floating specks in your vision? Learn what causes them, when to be concerned, and how to protect your eyesight.

Introduction Astigmatism is one of the four most common refractive error (errors resulting from inability of the eye to clearly focus…

Conjunctivitis, or more commonly known as pink eye, is an inflammation of the transparent membrane lining the eyelids and the…

Common refractive errors today include myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism, of which myopia is most prevalent in Asians. Myopia or near-sightedness…

Many have the fear of going “blind” because acquired blindness is a significant disability that can reduce one’s quality of…

Diabetic macular oedema is a complication of the macula that occurs gradually and affects patients with both type 1 and…

Among the most common causes of blindness in Asia is cataract development, other than glaucoma. Often, around the age of…

Glaucoma is a disease of the eye that damages the optic nerve. Accumulation of fluid in the frontal region of…

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