Horner syndrome, also known as oculosympathetic palsy or Bernard-Horner syndrome, is a relatively rare neurological syndrome that affects your eye and the surrounding tissues on one side of your face.
What gives my eyes their color?
What gives my eyes their color? Your eye color refers to the color of each eye’s iris, a double-layered ring of muscle tissue around your pupil that controls how much
Color Blindness
What is color blindness? If you have color blindness (color vision deficiency), it means you see colors differently than most people. Most of the time, color vision deficiency makes it
Uveitis
What is uveitis? Uveitis is inflammation inside your eye. Inflammation usually happens when your immune system is fighting an infection. Sometimes uveitis means your immune system is fighting an eye
Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Age-Related Macular Degeneration AMD is the leading cause of vision loss in those 50 and older. 11 million people in the United States have AMD Macular Degeneration, or more commonly
Amblyopia
What is amblyopia? Amblyopia (also called lazy eye) is a type of poor vision that usually happens in just 1 eye but less commonly in both eyes. It develops when
Retinal Detachment
What is retinal detachment? Retinal detachment is an eye problem that happens when your retina (a light-sensitive layer of tissue in the back of your eye) is pulled away from
Glaucoma
Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that can cause vision loss and blindness by damaging a nerve in the back of your eye called the optic nerve. The symptoms
Astigmatism
Astigmatism is a common eye problem that can make your vision blurry or distorted. It happens when your cornea (the clear front layer of your eye) or lens (an inner
Pink Eye(conjunctivitis)
Pink eye is inflammation of the conjunctiva, a clear membrane layer that covers parts of your eyes and the inside of your eyelids. This condition is extremely common, partly because