Optometry

Optometry

A health care profession concerned with eyes and related structures, as well as vision, visual systems, and vision information processing in humans. The practice of eye and vision care.

Industry: Eyewear; Health care

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Convergence

Health care; Optometry

Eyes' ability to turn inward. People with convergence insufficiency have trouble (eye strain, blurred vision, etc. ) with near tasks such as reading.

Madarosis

Health care; Optometry

Eyelash or eyebrow loss. Causes include infections, metabolic disorders, blepharitis, certain drugs, lupus erythematosus and trauma.

Contact lens drops

Health care; Optometry

Eye drops for contact lens wearers; regular eye drops can discolour contact lenses.

Accommodation

Health care; Optometry

Eye's ability to automatically change focus from seeing at one distance to seeing at another.

Inflammatory skin disorder. The exact cause is unknown, but some people appear to have a genetic predisposition to developing lupus, and it is much more common in women than men. Systemic symptoms ...

Uveitis

Health care; Optometry

Inflammation of the uvea. In most cases, the cause is unknown, but infectious or immunological systemic disorders can cause uveitis. Symptoms vary depending on where in the uvea the inflammation ...

Trauma

Health care; Optometry

Injury, such as from being poked in the eye or hit in the head. Depending on the type of trauma, symptoms can include blurred vision, a bulging eye, burning, double vision, dry eyes, floaters, light ...