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...
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,...
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...