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Finding the perfect pair of glasses isn’t just about clear vision – it’s about comfort, confidence, and expressing your personal style. At Van der Walt Optometrists, we know that choosing frames can feel overwhelming, but with the right guidance, it becomes a fun and exciting process.
As parents, we all want our children to be healthy and happy, and that includes taking care of their eyes. With the school holidays in full swing, now is the perfect time to encourage your child to do some eye exercises to improve their eye health. In this article, we’ll explore five eye exercises that are fun, easy, and beneficial for young children.
Tonometry is a non-invasive procedure to measure the eye’s fluid pressure. Critical in the diagnosis of Glaucoma. A thorough examination of the Optic nerve is crucial to test for Glaucoma. What better tool to use than an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) scanner to obtain a detailed scan of the Optic Nerve?
Fruits and vegetables are good sources of Vit A, Vit C, Vit E, and the antioxidants Lutein and Zeaxanthin, compounds known to protect against oxidative stress associated with damage to the optic nerve and other tissues of the eye in glaucoma.
We aim to make your eye care experience as easy and enjoyable as possible. We try to serve you as our patient with excellence, and it is for this reason that we do not just provide a simple, easy eye test. No, we do an extensive eye examination on every patient who walks through our doors.
Every day, I get a question from my patients: Is a cheap, ready-made reader that you buy from the pharmacy unhealthy for your eyes?
The Myopia population is growing, with more than 2.7 billion people estimated to have myopia in 2030.
Your eyes are the second most important and most intricate part of the human body after the brain, and it is essential to monitor the health of your eyes correctly.
The Myopia population is growing, with more than 2.7 billion people estimated to have myopia in 2030.
Up to 20% of skin cancers occur in and around the eye.
Dry eye syndrome, or also known as Keratoconjunctivitis sicca, is a syndrome characterized by a chronic lack of sufficient lubrication on the surface of the eye.
Growing old is part of life. Getting age-related sicknesses is part of life for many of us. Can it affect our eyes? Unfortunately yes. Is there hope? Absolutely yes!
It is stated by the Iowa Optometric Association that children may not realize that their vision is abnormal or decreasing and that one in four children experience vision problems.