Our eyes are considered windows into our body. Eye doctors can diagnose numerous diseases by evaluating the eye. Many of these diseases are considered silent killers, meaning they display minimal symptoms or no symptoms at all and can wreck havoc on your health and body.
1) High Blood Pressure: Patients with high blood pressure will have changes to the blood vessels in the eye. The blood vessels become more tortuous and change in thickness and shape. Isolated areas in the retina will show signs of ischemia (areas that are lacking a blood supply or oxygen). High blood pressure can cause blood vessels in the eye to break or bleed.
The phrase “Back to School” is now on the tip of the tongue as summer holidays are winding down.
Parents have begun the preparations to make sure their children are good and ready for their first day and new year to start learning.Getting your child’s eyes tested before their first day is another thing to put on your back to school to-do list.
Welcome to Envision Eye Care. The office of Drs. Kamal Matharu and Dr. Navpreet Johar-Mann. We are a full service eye clinic that recently opened in the new Palermo Professional Center. We are conveniently located at the intersection of Dundas Rd and Bronte Rd.
Summer is around the corner, and its time to enjoy the great outdoors and soak up the sun. When enjoying the great outdoors we must take a minute to think about UV protection for our eyes. UVA and UVB light have been proven to cause early development of certain eye diseases such as cataracts and macular degeneration. Newer studies have also shown that UV exposure may possibly accelerate presbyopia, which causes the need of reading glasses or bifocals.
Effective September 1, 2011 HOYA Vision Care Canada is proud to announce the launch of a brand new lens program for kids called the Eye-M-Growing Kids Program.
