Patient Education

Farsightedness is a refractive error. Because the eyeball is too short (from front to back) or the cornea is too steep, light does not refract (bend) properly as it travels through the eye. Most farsighted people have clear distance vision, but their near vision is blurry. Symptoms include eyestrain,

Nearsightedness is when close-up objects look clear but distant objects are blurry. Nearsightedness is a common eye focusing disorder. The nearsighted eye is too long or too steeply curved. Light then falls short of the retina causing blurry vision. Other symptoms include squinting, eye strain, or difficulty

Presbyopia (“aging eye”) is when your eyes gradually lose the ability to see things clearly up close. It is a normal part of aging. To improve your vision, you can wear glasses that offer vision correction for both near and far (such as bifocals). You can also try monovision, where one eye is corrected

Refractive errors are vision problems that happen when your eye does not refract (bend) light properly. When your cornea or lens does not focus light properly on the retina, your vision is blurry. There are four basic refractive errors: myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism

A stye (hordeolum) is a small, painful bump at the base of your eyelash or under the eyelid. It often causes the eyelid to swell. A chalazion is a larger red lump on the eyelid. A chalazion is not usually very painful, and it usually doesn’t cause the entire eyelid to swell. Treatments range from warm

Subconjunctival hemorrhage is a blood spot on the white of your eye. It looks serious, but it is usually harmless. Subconjunctival hemorrhage is caused by a broken blood vessel in the eye, which often happens when coughing, sneezing or straining leads to a quick rise in blood pressure. Trauma to the