It’s been a very busy year here at Optimax. After the impacts of COVID-19 and its associated lockdowns throughout 2020 and 2021, 2022 has been the first year since 2019 where we were permitted to stay open for the entirety of the year. This has meant we’ve been able to treat more patients, offering our life-changing vision correction surgeries to a greater number of people.
This is perhaps the most commonly asked question we get from prospective patients. If a person has been hesitant about proceeding to laser eye surgery, chances are it’s because they have reservations about the levels of discomfort involved with the surgery and recovery. However, we’re here to provide some answers and, quite simply, the question of whether laser eye surgery hurts can be answered with one word: no.
Here are our top 5 articles of the month to keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the ophthalmic industry before the New Year!
As exciting as the festive season is, we know it can also be incredibly stressful when meal planning for the Christmas period – especially if you’re hosting! Today’s recipe is perfect if you’re looking for a quick starter or side dish with only five minutes of preparation time (plus 25 minutes in the oven) required. We’re sharing our favourite baked grapes and feta recipe which is ideal for when you want something speedy but delicious.
Astigmatism is an eye condition which is thought to affect nearly 50% of people in the UK who wear glasses. Most people with good vision have eyes which are perfectly round, which means that their eyes focus light well onto the retina. People with astigmatism have eyes which are shaped more like a rugby ball than a football, meaning that light which enters their eyes is distorted by the abnormal curvature. This leads to the image not focusing properly on their retinas, producing a blurry and distorted image. To understand more about the retina’s role in how you are able to see, visit our blog post on the structure of the human eye.
We offer several different types of eye surgery at Optimax: laser eye surgery, lens exchange surgery, implantable contact lenses, and cataract surgery. The advice for preparing for each of these procedures is similar, as they all involve a recovery period during which you’ll need to rest and require assistance from friends or family around the home. The type of surgery you have will depend on a number of factors, such as your age, prescription and eye health.
We specialise in a number of eye surgeries at Optimax, one of which is cataract surgery. Although this treatment is also available on the NHS, there are several benefits to having it privately, which we’ll discuss in today’s blog post. However, before we get started, it’s important that we cover exactly what a cataract is and what cataract surgery involves.
Strokes don’t only occur in the brain – they can also happen in your eyes. A blockage in the eye can affect your retina, preventing it from receiving the supply of blood and nutrients it needs in order to function. We have covered the causes, symptoms, and risk factors of eye strokes in a previous blog post. This is part two in our eye stroke blog series where we’ll look into diagnosis of eye strokes, along with potential treatment options, and what the prognosis is.
Most of us will have heard of a stroke which is a condition whereby the blood supply to part of your brain is cut off. However, strokes don’t only happen in the brain – they can also occur in your eyes. In this case, the blockage impacts your retina. The retina is the part of your eye which receives light from the lens and sends signals to the brain to process it into a visual image. The retina is a layer of tissue which relies on a constant supply of blood in order to stay healthy and function well.
During surgery to remove a primary cataract, your eye’s natural aged lens, which is usually cloudy by the point of removal, is extracted from your eye. It is then replaced with a clear artificial lens to restore youthful vision. This artificial lens is inserted into the posterior lens capsule at the back of your eye. However, when the old lens is extracted, some of its epithelial cells can remain in the capsule.
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