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 ·...

Diabetes currently affects more than 62 million Indians, which is more than 7.1% of the adult population. The average age on onset is 42.5 years. India is set to emerge as the diabetic capital of the world. According to the WHO, 31.7 million people were affected by diabetes mellitus (DM) in India in the year 2000. This figure is estimated to rise to 79.4 million by 2030, the largest number in any nation in the world. People with diabetes can have an eye disease called diabetic retinopathy (DR). This is when high blood sugar levels cause damage to blood vessels in the retina the back part of the eye. These blood vessels can swell and leak. Or they can close, stopping blood from passing through. Sometimes abnormal new blood vessels grow on the retina. All of these changes can steal your vision. Diabetic Retinopathy is not the only vision complication of diabetes as there are other conditions as well including glaucoma, cataract and diabetic macular edema. Irre...