‘Contact lenses’

Contact Lens Solution Myopia Sufferers

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Myopia is an eye condition in which the patient can not see clearly in the distance. Occurs when the lens of the eye takes in too steep, and usually corrected with glasses, contact lenses or LASIK eye surgery.

Of the above treatments, what is the best?

Perhaps we should ask first: Why the eye suffered this damage? Can correct course? If we are not clear what the causes of this condition in the eye, then it is difficult to assess the options to correct it.

In general, both optometrists and ophthalmic surgeons to base their treatments on the assumption that this is a problem only eye, but … they are right?

The shape of the eye lens is based on the shape of the eyeball, which in turn is determined by the degree of tension in the muscles of the eye. In other words, if the eye muscles are very tight, they can “flatten” the eyeball, causing the eye’s lens becomes flatter than desirable. (more…)

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Study the Problem of Glass Lenses

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Since contact lenses began to be used routinely, about 50 years ago, experts realized that myopes claimed to see better after taking them off. Thus arose the orthokeratology, a method of correcting myopia that modifies the curvature of the eye through the fluid between the cornea and lens. The problem was that no one could sleep with your lenses, so it was not very helpful to keep contact lenses during the day to not need them at night.

But in the twenty-first century have appeared hyperpermeable gas materials that allow the passage of oxygen to the eye during sleep. Thus, contact lenses Ortho-K is aa place to go to bed, hence also known as the lenses pajamas, and the goal is to see or the day without using anything. They are designed to be worn for eight hours, it is estimated that every day you’re sleeping. (more…)

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