Doncaster Community Stable Glaucoma Monitoring Service
A service is now running in Doncaster where Glaucoma patients attending the hospital that are considered to be stable can be seen in community optical practices. Am I suitable to use the service ? You are likely to be considered stable and a suitable candidate for the service if you do not currently take any medication or your Glaucoma medication has not been changed for a period of time and your visual field tests show no deterioration in your condition. Often suitable patie
Are all Varifocals the same ?
A frequently asked question within the busy practice is 'Why are some varifocals more expensive than others ?'. The simple answer to that question is that they are not all the same. That is something difficult to grasp especially when one lens mounted in a spectacle frame looks much like another. The difference however is in the design of the lens and more importantly the performance of that lens for the wearer. .The spectacle wearing public I find are not particularly intere
Dispelling the Cataract Myth
Patients can frequently be seen in practice and have attended an eye examination because they experience a blurring/haziness/loss of clarity etc. many of these patients are experiencing these symptoms because they are developing cataract. When asked if they know or understand what a cataract is a common reply is 'its a skin that grows across your eye'. A cataract is not a skin that grows across your eye. A cataract is due to a loss of clarity in the lens within the eyes own o
How can I clean my glasses ?
One of the most commonly heard questions within the opticians practice is ' How can I clean my glasses?'. Patients use a variety of substitutes to clean their spectacles. By substitutes I mean such favorites as Clothing , Dish Soap, Glass Cleaners,Tissue/Paper Products and Alcohol. What we ought to remember is that we often have made a sizeable investment in our eyewear and they deserve to be looked after appropriately. Improper cleaning of spectacle lenses may damage the len
Advances in Ocular Gene Therapy
Congratulations to Prof Robert MacLaren and his team of research scientists in Oxford who this week announced success in partially reversing an inherited and previously untreatable eye condition via gene therapy. Choroideremia is a genetically aquired defect which progressively induces sight loss. It is rare affecting 1 in 50,000 people (mainly men). Prof MacLaren said that the six patients taking part in the trial had all surpassed expectations in terms of an improvent in vi
