Common Eye Diseases
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Eyes are our windows to see the entire world and are our prized possessions. Any thing wrong with the eye can blur or even distort our vision. The eyes suffer from a number of day to day concerns as well as some serious issues.
First things first, tiredness in eyes because of excess work load and improper sleep is the most common problem found today. People develop redness and itching in the eyes due to this. If this persists for long, there can be spotted vision where a person sees colored spots in looking something.
If there is lack of nutritious diet, hypermetropia and myopia are the two commonest eye diseases where the power of retina is reduced in forming the image at the right spot. Spectacles are required to correct these initially but surgery can be done for permanent removal.
Another common disease affecting the eye is squint where the eye balls are unable to direct towards the object simultaneously. Thus while talking; it seems that the person is looking elsewhere. Cataract is also another common eye disease occurred due to the formation of layer on the iris. Thus, the vision turns blurred resulting into complete vision of loss after sometime.
Presbyopia is an eye disease affecting older people normally where their eyes get weak due to old age and cannot see things clearly- whether far and near. Color blindness is a disease which, though not very common, yet a known eye disease where the person is unable to differentiate between colors.