Diabetic Retinopathy: What you need to know
What is Diabetic Retinopathy? Normal Retina Diabetic retinopathy is one of the leading causes of blindness in Singapore. It is a complication of diabetes (both type 1 and type 2) …
Eye Conditions
Traditional Chinese Medicine in Dry Eye Syndrome
Pat Lim,1, Wanwen Lan,4,6 Wei Qi Ping,2 Louis Tong.3,4,5,6 Affiliations: Singapore Chung Hwa Medical Institution, Singapore Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore Singapore Eye Research …
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Myopia Control & Specialty Contact Lens Updates
Recently I’ve attended three different conferences ; one in Vegas USA – GSLS ( Global Specialty Lens Symposium ), one in Shanghai – COOC ( International Congress of Ophthalmology & …
Dry Eye – The Optometrist’s Perspective
Koh Lian Buck, BSc(Hons) Optom UK To the optometrist, Dry Eye Syndrome (DES) is probably the next most common problem we see other than examining refractive errors in patients’ eyes. …
Hollenhorst Plaques
Peter G Swann Case Report: A fifty-year old Chinese male reported to our Clinic for a routine eye examination. He complained of poor near vision with his reading glasses. Long …
A Case Of Decompensated Phoria
Binocular diplopia is a complex condition involving the extra-ocular muscles and the oculo-motor(CNlll), trochlear (CNlV) and abducens (CNVl) cranial nerves. It has a variety of aetiologies, may be congenital or …
ERM – A personal experience
Aetiology and Risk factors Epiretinal membrane has also been termed as macular pucker, epimacular membrane, preretinal macular fibrosis, surface-wrinkling retinopathy. It is a semi-translucent fibrocellular tissue proliferates on the surface …
Nutritional Supplementation: AREDS > AREDS2 > Where are we going?
Ivan Y-F Leung1, BSc(Hons)Optom, PhD, FAAO Key Words: AREDS2, lutein, zeaxanthin, beta-carotene, DHA, EPA 1 University of Manchester, Singapore, FSI Optometry Degree Programme, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore; Introduction The Age-Related …
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Cataract: What you need to know
What is Cataract? Clear crystalline lens in normal eye Cataract is one of the most common causes of blur vision in the elderly. The crystalline lens in the eye becomes …
Age-related Macular Degeneration: What you need to know
What is AMD? Normal Retina The macula is the central part of the retina that is responsible for providing a clear central vision. The degeneration of the macula in the …
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