Ocular migraine also goes by a variety of names – visual, retinal, ophthalmic and eye migraine – and is a “vision disturbance” where a small but increasing blind spot occurs at the centre of view together with flashing lights. Although a bit alarming, the disorder is usually painless and goes away by itself after a [...]
Firstly, what’s the difference between a disease and a disorder? The two are relatively interchangeable, especially in the media, but the two terms do have different connotations. A disease is something that destroys or damages a part of the body, whereas a disorder is something that does NOT necessarily do that. Disorder implies that something [...]
A stye in the eye is not the most attractive of things. If you are the unfortunate person who has a stye, the people you meet and make eye contact with will unashamedly firstly inspect your blemished eye before pronouncing “What’s wrong with your eye?” It would be nice to be able to reply that [...]
Common expressions for having Myopia are being “nearsighted” if you are an American or “short-sighted” if you are British. Australians seem to wander between the two. The lens of the eye helps focus the outside world on to an image on the retina at the rear of the eye, and if the lens focuses to [...]
Not many people are fully examined for colour blindness, so it’s not surprising that some people can be partially colour blind and not know it – remember that red and green lights in traffic signals are in different positions on the pole, so colour isn’t always as important as it seems. The use of the [...]