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Lens Exchange

Friday, February 26th, 2010

lens exchangeThe so-called refractive lens exchange is an operation from the spectrum of refractive eye surgery. Here, the lens of the eye is removed and inserted an artificial lens. The procedure is used in an extreme refractive error is used.

The most common and typical reason for a lens exchange is the disease is cataracts, a condition in which the cloudy lens. With wide and long-sightedness is the surgery only for very extreme values in question. At present astigmatism (astigmatism, astigmatism) This method is less.
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Artificial lens in the eye?

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

artificial lens in the eyeThe correction of a refractive error of the eye can now be done by a so-called artificial lens implantation. Especially extremely high short-and long-sightedness will be corrected successfully in eye clinics at the onset of an additional artificial lens.

Especially in older people, which is a cataract apparent vision problems can be so treated, eliminating the need for implantation of a pair of glasses. There is both the possibility of using an artificial lens in addition to its own lens, or even communicate directly with its own lens with an artificial lens.
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Cataract surgery

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

cataract surgeryCataract is defined as the clouding of the eye lens, which can be congenital or acquired. Usually develops a cataract with increasing age, which is also known as senile cataract. Patients can only perceive their surroundings as if through a veil. Increasing cloudiness eye surgery is essential to restore the eyesight again.

The only way for the treatment of cataracts is cataract surgery with removal of the deteriorated lens and implantation of an artificial lens. During surgery, the patient is usually carried out, the cloudy lens is liquefied and removed by means of ultrasound. Is then inserted into the empty capsular bag a plastic lens made of acrylate or silicone.
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Focus Toric

Friday, February 19th, 2010

focus toricFocus Toric – toric contact lenses

The Focus Toric contact lenses are toric soft contact lenses exported, which can correct the eye of a patient’s astigmatism. The astigmatism or astigmatism is often is often associated with greater myopia refractive error occurs, in which the cornea is not like the normal eyes in the horizontal and vertical directions evenly matched curved but has an irregular curvature. A non-balanced results in an irregular astigmatism, visual image, which can also lead to headaches in the patient.

Toric contact lenses such as Focus Toric are(-6 to +4 PWR) available in all the required strengths .
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Inflammation of the cornea of the eye

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

inflammation of the cornea of the eyeInflammation of the cornea of the eye – a nuisance, dangerous and painful

Eye inflammation that mainly keratitis, corneal inflammation, which affected much trouble, because the eye then reacts with light sensitivity, tearing, foreign body sensation, and even blepharospasm. Only when the cornea of the eye is affected, it is really a keratitis.

The inflamed cornea looks cloudy and vision can be disturbed. The ophthalmologist diagnosed with inflammation of the slit-lamp with the structures of the eye are visible. The Schirmer test gives this information about the amount of tear fluid and by a smear – biopsy – to determine the precipitating agent. Bacteria such as staphylococcus, streptococcus, viruses such as herpes and varicella, and fungi can cause corneal inflammation, HIV and diabetes mellitus may promote the disease.
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Eyelid surgery

Monday, February 15th, 2010

eyelid surgeryOver time, skin elasticity diminishes, the muscles of the eyelids becomes weaker with increasing age, and the result is hanging eyelids. The expression of the entire face of the relaxation can appear tired and exhausted, and also to take the fat deposits around the eyes with advanced age. These deposits in turn give the appearance of swelling, which affects the look increasingly tired.

An eyelid lift, or a Blepharoplasty is designed to tighten the eye area and can contribute to the overall expression of fresh and lively. As a rule, choose people from 35 years to a Blepharoplasty, it is also possible in recent years have been passed if, for example, hanging eyelids.
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Retinopathy

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Diabetic retinal disease
Retinopathy
Retina is the medical term for the retina in the eye. Under retinopathy refers to a retinal disease that is not flammable due. Diabetes also can lead to many structures of the eye changes with disease in nature. However, is the most common and most serious change that, by the by the consequential Zuckerkrankeit diabetes mellitus (diabetes type II) caused by retinal disease (diabetic retinopathy) dar.
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Blepharoplasty

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

BlepharoplastyParticularly the area around the eyes is an extremely sensitive area and the eyes are also a very central area in the face of a man and therefore it can certainly contribute in increasing age as disruptive when the eyelids begin even hang anything or to the eye by the small and narrow drooping eyelids acts.

Therefore choose both men and women, often for an intervention in the area of the eyelids. Thanks very much hanging eyelids may even be accompanied by an impairment of vision, since the hanging Lid restricts the field of view. The tightening of the lids, so one part can be purely cosmetic, but it may in some cases, have as their objective to strengthen the vision of the patient again. Usually the procedure is performed by a plastic surgeon. There are also separate facial surgeons who have specialized in this Arte of operation.
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The stye in the eye

Monday, February 8th, 2010

The stye in the eyeThe barley grain is described by doctors as Stye is an infection of the glands in the eyelid. In many cases, this inflammation takes a festering history. The stye usually is caused by infection with Staphilokokken, isolated, the barley grain, but also caused by an infection with streptococcus.

The first symptom of a stye is an infection that is painful and associated with a reddening of the skin. The swelling increases with progression of inflammation. In addition, the conjunctiva can also be affected, which is reflected by redness and swelling. If the inflammation is very deep, so can the whole edge of the eyelid prominence
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Eye Laser Treatment

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Eye laser treatmentLaser treatments are commonly referred to as the new miracle drug medicine. Remove the scar bundled rays, welding muscle strands together again – and to correct vision problems largely risk-free. But as the laser runs ophthalmologist? And what is technologically behind?

A laser surgery, your doctor on a day basis, that patient before. Normally distributed, the eye treatment at two events: first the one organ of vision, then the other. The laser itself only takes a few minutes and is – thanks to more easily stunning – totally painless. The wound, which have welded the beams in the cornea healed well, must be freshly operated for some time to take eye drops.
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