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Crossed eyes, or strabismus, is a condition in which both eyes do not look at the same place at the same time. It usually occurs in people who have poor eye muscle control or are very farsighted. Six muscles attach to each eye to control how it moves. The muscles receive signals from the brain that direct their movements.
Nearsightedness, or myopia, as it is medically termed, is a vision condition in which people can see close objects clearly, but objects farther away appear blurred. Myopia occurs if the eyeball is too long or the cornea (the clear front cover of the eye) is too curved.
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Safe contact lenses use provides an effective form of vision correction. Contact lenses prescribed by a licensed doctor of optometry are worn safely and comfortably by millions of people worldwide and have a long history of providing wearers with a safe and effective form of vision correction.
Mechanical esotropia. A convergent strabismus caused by a mechanical restriction or tightness of an extraocular muscle (e.g., fibrosis of muscle tissue, thyroid myopathy) or a physical obstruction (e.g., blowout fracture) of the extraocular muscles, is classified as a mechanical esotropia.
2017年6月6日 · Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness among U.S. adults. Early detection gives doctors of optometry a chance to slow its progression. In this case, the eye disease is diabetic retinopathy (DR).
Successful gene therapy trial to treat an inherited cause of blindness, a type of Leber’s congenital amaurosis caused by mutations in the gene RPE65, could become the first gene therapy to receive FDA approval.
