VATSAL EYE CARE & LASER CENTRE

Of Course, we’re amidst a global pandemic!! “We can either use pandemic as a word that makes us all quake with fear or we can use it as a rallying cry to say—This is what we’re going to do to fight it.”—Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, MN, USA. Li Wenliang, a young Chinese ophthalmologist working at the Wuhan Central Hospital in Wuhan, China, tried to alert his colleagues on the social media WeChat on December 30, 2019, about the outbreak of an illness that resembled severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). And unfortunately he was amongst the first known case of a patient ‑ to ‑ ophthalmologist transmission of this new strain of coronavirus . India reported the first case of COVID ‑ 19 on January 30, 2020, in the southern coastal state of Kerala in a student who had a travel history to Wuhan, China.             So, we are all in ge...

Approximately  168.5 million residents in the U.S . use some form of corrective devices such as eyeglasses or contact lenses. That’s over half of the population in America!  India’s contact lens market is also taking a steep upward trend and will continue to do so. According to the survey conducted by Bausch & Lomb, the top triggers for switching to contact lenses are consciousness about eye problems and for cosmetic reasons. So the idea behind writing this blog is to make people aware about the pros and cons of contact lenses. Is it worth taking this risk ?  We all know that excess of anything is harmful. You can use eyeglasses when you are at home, instead of wearing the lenses throughout the day. Never forget to remove your lens before going to bed. While using the contact lenses, if ever you are getting the following symptoms, please consult your eye specialist immediately. ·           Discomfort ·...