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Consanguinity and Eye

Consanguinity and Eye

G. Sruthi, B. Optom Fellowship in Clinical Optometry, Aravind Eye Care System, Chennai, India   Consanguinity is a mixture of two words taken from the Latin language; “con”  means similar, and “sanguineous”  means blood.  In clinical genetics, a consanguineous...

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About Uveitic Glaucoma

About Uveitic Glaucoma

Aishwarya Gupta,  B.Optom Fellow Optometrist, Dr. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital, Delhi, India   Glaucoma is more commonly attributed to anterior and posterior uveitis. The term uveitic glaucoma is defined as glaucoma resulting indirectly or directly from uveitis,...

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Aging and Eye

Aging and Eye

Thana Mohana Priya M, B. Optom Optometrist, Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli, India   Introduction While everyone wishes to age gracefully and without hindrance, most of our organs wear out as a process of ageing There are many age-related ocular changes which...

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Visual Standards and Occupation

Visual Standards and Occupation

Lakshmi Priya R.S, B. Optom Fellowship in Optometry, Aravind Eye Care System, Chennai, India   One machine can do the work of more or less than fifty ordinary workers, however, no machine can do the work of one extraordinary worker unless their visual and...

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Role of Optometrists in Glaucoma Workup

Role of Optometrists in Glaucoma Workup

Demi Janet E, B. Optom Fellowship in Optometry, Aravind Eye Care System, Chennai, India   According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss and blindness by damaging a nerve in the back of your eye...

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Classic Solutions to Know Head or Tail

Classic Solutions to Know Head or Tail

Subasree Rameshan, B.Optom Optometrist, Low Vision Care Clinic, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India   Keywords: Low vision, Money management, braille money According to the World Health Organization, the prevalence of Visual Impairment (VI) worldwide is estimated...

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