Recognising Refractive Errors in Children: Myopia, Hyperopia, and Astigmatism

Imagine a child squinting at the board in class, struggling to read their favourite storybook, or frequently rubbing their eyes after homework. While these may seem like small habits, they could indicate an underlying vision problem. Refractive errors in children are among the most common vision disorders, yet they often go unnoticed until they affect…

Do eye exercise help improve your vision?

Eye exercise help you in daily life. Their importance remains as much as your regular exercises. They help improve your vision in certain cases, helping your eyes perform efficiently, improving the blood circulation, strengthening weak eye muscles and in eye muscle toning. Toning helps you achieve the sharpest vision possible and even reduce eye strain.…

What is a Crossed Eye or Strabismus?

Strabismus or crossed eye is a condition where the eyes don’t look at the same place at the same time. This happens due to poor eye muscle control or farsightedness. This condition usually starts in infants by the age of three.  Proper eye alignment is very essential for depth perception, avoiding double vision and preventing…

What is Entropion and Ectropion?

Entropion and Ectropion are conditions that affect your eyelids. To begin with, in Entropion, the eyelids turn inwards, causing it to rub against your cornea. Whereas, in Ectropion, your eyelids turn outwards and, thus, do not touch your eyes. Hence, your eyes remain more exposed to dust particles, bacteria, etc., in the air. Entropion usually…

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction

Small Incision Lenticule Extraction is the second generation ReLEx Femtosecond lenticule extraction technology developed by Carl Zeiss. It is a laser refractive surgery procedure which treats astigmatism and correct myopia. In short, it is popularly termed SMILE.  Millions of people around the world have issues with refractive errors. However, new technologies, beginning with LASIK, have…

What are the Reasons for itchy eyes?

Itchy eyes are quite common throughout all seasons. It can be irritating if not addressed well. And rubbing the eyes can make it worse.  Itchy eyes come from numerous factors that include allergies, infections, pollutants in the environment and other conditions that affect the eyes. Even a cat sitting near you or pollen from the…

Introducing our new Technolas 217P Excimer Laser Machine

Maxivision Eye Hospitals have always been at the forefront of introducing the latest eyecare technologies. While introducing them, our eye specialists always remain up-to-date on using these new technologies too. One of our latest eyecare technology additions is the Technolas 217P Excimer Laser machine.  This machine is used to treat refractive errors such as Myopia,…