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Everything about Chalazion

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  A chalazion or a chalazia is look like a red bump on your eyelid. It has other names which include eyelid cyst or a meibomian cyst. When an oil gland called a meibomian becomes blocked, it forms slowly in your eyes. In the starting developing stage of chalazion may be painful but after sometime it usually doesn’t hurt. It usually forms on the upper eyelids but occasionally it occurs on lower eyelids also. Typically, chalazia usually develops in adults between the ages of 30 and 50. But they are not common in children even though they can also happen sometimes. Chalazion Vs stye Styes are formed by bacterial infections which causes the gland to swell. Normally, a chalazion is not a stye but it can form based on a stye. Generally, chalazion is not painful and it appears farther back on the eyelids. Causes of chalazion  Usually, chalazia will develop by something that blocks a small oil gland in the eyelids. These small oil glands help to keep your eyes moisture. That blocked g...

Glaucoma

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  Glaucoma is a group of eye disorders that will lead to damage the optic nerve. It leads to vision loss because of that optic nerve damage. Most of the cases, fluids in the front part of the eye put pressure on the eye, it gradually damages the optic nerve. This type of eye pressure is called Intraocular pressure(IOP) or eye pressure. That intraocular pressure in your eye damages the optic nerve which sends images to your brain. If the optic nerve damages worsen, glaucoma will cause permanent vision loss or even complete blindness within a few years. Mostly, those who have glaucoma have no early signs or symptoms or pain. Visit your eye specialists regularly so they can diagnose and help to treat glaucoma before you lose your vision. If you lose your vision, it can’t be regained. But keeping your eye pressure low will help you keep the eye sight you have.   It can’t be regained, If you lose vision. But lowering your eye pressure will help you to keep the eye sight you h...