Posts Tagged ‘eye exam’

Being told you have narrow angles at your doctor’s visit can be quite confusing, especially if this is the first time you’ve heard of it. Narrow angles is a term used to describe the anatomy of the eyes in certain people that is different from what we determine to be normal. The area between the...  read more

Picture this: you’re carrying about your usual business of the day and all of a sudden you see a black spider in the corner of your eye. You’re suddenly frightened but it seems you’re the only person that can see it. You turn and it moves with your eyes. It drifts in the corner of...  read more

Seeing double can be a frightening and disorienting experience. It can be quite difficult to look at your phone or reach for your cup of coffee when you’re not sure which of the two you’re seeing is the real one! There can be a number of reasons why you are seeing double. Most experiences of...  read more

One of the most common mistakes patients make is assuming that there is no reason to go to the doctor if their eyes feel healthy. More than 400,000 Canadians, and more than 67 million people worldwide, have glaucoma. Experts estimate that half of them don’t know they have it. In its early stages glaucoma often...  read more