Drs. Kline, Boyd and Chivers - Optometrists

EYE CONDITIONS

Myopia - Nearsightedness, difficulty seeing far away. This occurs when your eyeball is too long or your cornea has too much curvature.

Hyperopia - Farsightedness, difficulty seeing close up. This occurs when your eyeball is too short or your cornea has too little curvature.

Presbyopia - “older age-related vision” This occurs when you reach a certain age, Eye Profile

approximately 45. It becomes difficult to read and/or focus on things up close. The crystalline lens of your eye loses its flexibility, requiring us to use reading glasses.

Astigmatism - This occurs when the light rays entering your eyes are focused at different points in the eye. Normally the eye is spherical like a basketball. The astigmatic eye has uneven curvature like the surface of a football.

Strabismus - “Crossed-eyes” This occurs when one or both of your eyes turns in , out, up, or down. This is a result of poor eye muscle control. This usually develops during childhood.

Lazy eye - Also known as amblyopia, this is blurred vision despite a spectacle correction. This is caused from lack of development in one eye that is unrelated to any health problem. This is associated with crossed-eyes or a big difference in the degree of nearsightedness or farsightedness between your eyes. This condition can be congenital.

Spots and floaters - These are spots that you may see that are small, semi-transparent, and sometimes cloudy. They are particles in the vitreous, which is the clear jelly-like fluid that fills the inside of your eyes. They are mobile within the eye since your eye is constantly moving and may go away if you look directly at them.

Diabetic retinopathy - Diabetes is a disease that interferes with your body’s ability to use and store sugar. Exam with Dr. Roy Kline

This disease can cause many health problems. This particular problem is the result of the growth of abnormal blood vessels that nourish your eye’s retina.

Cataract - This is a clouding of part or all of the normally clear lens within your eye. The result can cause blurred or distorted vision. There are surgical procedures to remove cataracts.

Glaucoma - This is a disease where the internal pressure in your eye increases enough to damage the optic nerve and retinal nerve fibers. This can cause vision loss and blindness if not treated properly. Many times glaucoma has no symptoms until it is very advanced.

Macular degeneration - This is the leading cause of blindness over the age of 65. It is caused from changes to the macula, which is a part of the retina responsible for clear, sharp vision in the back of the eye.

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