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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blepharochalasis

Health care; Optometry

Excessive, drooping eyelid skin caused by recurring swelling. Blepharochalasis typically occurs in young people.

diabetic maculopathy

Health care; Optometry

Eye disease related to diabetes that creates swelling and abnormal leakage of fluids and fats into the macula, where fine focusing and central vision occur. Because of the location of eye damage, ...

contact lens drops

Health care; Optometry

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

Eye muscle paralysis. Causes include stroke, multiple sclerosis, a tumor, thyroid disease, migraines and progressive supranuclear palsies. Symptoms can include limited eye movement, blurred vision, ...