Babies’ Eyes
Eye Health in Babies
A baby whose eyes look healthy from the outside should have a first routine eye examination at 4–6 weeks of age. From time to time, check your baby’s sight by covering each eye in turn.
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Babies’ Eyes
Determining the Prescription in Babies
A baby’s first eye examination is done at 4–6 weeks, with the pupil dilated with drops. This examination is called the “red reflex test”.
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Babies’ Eyes
Normal Visual Development in Babies
Newborns with blue-grey eyes may later have brown or green eyes as pigment builds up in the iris.
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Glasses
What to Look for When Choosing Sunglasses
Sunglasses are made of plastic or metal, and some models combine the two. The choice of frame is a matter of personal preference.
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Glasses
Spectacle Frames
The disadvantages of plastic frames include that they break more easily than metal frames, are flammable and become less sturdy as they age.
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Glasses
Spectacle Lenses
The spectacle lenses many of us use in daily life are classified by type as follows:
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Children’s Eyes
Determining the Prescription in Young Children
Children should have their first eye examination at the age of three — provided there is no eye problem visible from the outside, such as a squint, not making eye contact, a white spot in…
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Children’s Eyes
The Natural Course of Refractive Errors in Children
As a child grows taller, the eyeball also grows, and this makes the eye more myopic.
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Children’s Eyes
Myopia in Children
Myopia is a refractive error we encounter very often in daily life. According to statistics, 30–40% of the population in Europe and America and 70–90% in Asia are myopic.
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Contact Lenses
Contact Lenses for Colour Blindness
Colour blindness is much more common than people think. It is mostly inherited in a sex-linked way.
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Contact Lenses
Hybrid Contact Lenses in Keratoconus
Keratoconus is the thinning and forward bulging of the cornea, the clear front layer of the eye. Beginning in adolescence, the disease leads to high myopia and irregular astigmatism.
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Contact Lenses
Types of Contact Lens
Contact lens materials are of two types: soft or rigid. Contact lenses made of these two materials are used for many different purposes.
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