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2. Scientists developed eye drops that help dissolve cataracts

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   Cataracts cause the lens of the eye to become cloudy over time, but if they are left untreated, they can lead to complete blindness. While cataracts are unable to spread from one eye to another ...

3. Intraocular lens - Wikipedia

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   Intraocular lens. An Intraocular lens ( IOL) is a lens implanted in the eye usually as part of a treatment for cataracts or for correcting other vision problems such as short sightedness and long sightedness; a form of refractive surgery. If the natural lens is left in the eye, the IOL is known as phakic, otherwise it is a pseudophakic lens (or ...

4. Photokeratitis - Wikipedia

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   Photokeratitis or ultraviolet keratitis is a painful eye condition caused by exposure of insufficiently protected eyes to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from either natural (e.g. intense direct or reflected sunlight) or artificial (e.g. the electric arc during welding) sources. Photokeratitis is akin to a sunburn of the cornea and conjunctiva.

5. National Eye Institute - Wikipedia

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   Wearing prescription eyeglasses is effective for some children with amblyopia, though others also need occlusion treatment, like patching. Increasing the daily duration of patching can increase the effectiveness of correction with eyeglasses. Using atropine eye drops daily is as effective as patching for at least six hours per day.

6. Childhood cataract - Wikipedia

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   Childhood cataracts are the primary cause of childhood blindness. [4] Childhood cataracts make up 7.4% to 15.3% of blindness in kids. [4] The prevalence of childhood cataracts ranges from 0.63/10,000 to 9.74/10,000 children, with a median of 1.71. [6] This is dependent on factors like economic status but not gender or laterality. [6]

7. Cataract - Wikipedia

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   Cataracts cause 51% of all cases of blindnessand 33% of visual impairmentworldwide. [3][9] Cataracts are most commonly due to agingbut may also occur due to traumaor radiation exposure, be present from birth, or occur following eye surgery for other problems. [1][4]Risk factors include diabetes, longstanding use of corticosteroidmedication ...

8. Amblyopia - Wikipedia

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   Amblyopia, also called lazy eye, is a disorder of sight in which the brain fails to fully process input from one eye and over time favors the other eye. [ 1] It results in decreased vision in an eye that typically appears normal in other aspects. [ 1] Amblyopia is the most common cause of decreased vision in a single eye among children and ...

9. Refractive error - Wikipedia

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   When refractive errors in children are not treated, the child may be at risk of developing ambylopia, where vision may remain permanently blurry. [19] Because young children typically do not complain of blurry vision, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children have yearly vision screening starting at three years old so that unknown refractive errors or other ophthalmic ...