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Fact and fiction of healthy vision: eye care for adults and children
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Series foreword / Julie Silver --
Acknowledgments --
Introduction --
pt. 1. The basics --
1. Anatomy : eye structure and function --
2. Eye development and congenital eye problems --
Congenital eye problems --
3. Vision testing and problem treatment --
Use of dilating eye drops --
Examination of the eyes --
4. Eye glasses (spectacles) and contact lenses --
Contact lenses --
5. Visual acuity --
pt. 2. Common eye problems --
6. Everyday maladies --
The red eye --
Foreign body sensation ("Something in the eye") --
Herpetic ocular disease --
Lacrimal disorders --
Spots in vision --
Lumps and bumps of the eyes --
Eyelid disorders --
Itchy eyes --
7. Strabismus (cross-eyed and wall-eyed) --
pt. 3. Age-related eye problems (Getting old ain't for sissies) --
8. Presbyopia --
Choices of bifocals, trifocals, etc. --
Contact lenses as an alternative in presbyopia --
9. Cataracts --
10. Glaucoma --
11. Macular degeneration --
pt. 4. Special considerations --
12. Visual aids --
13. Diabetes --
14. Neurologic conditions affecting vision --
Causes of sudden vision loss --
Other neurologial problems --
15. History and current developments in refractive surgery --
Refractive surgery history --
Types of refractive surgery --
Presbyopia surgery --
16. Some unusual eye problems and eye injuries --
Eye problems --
Eye injuries --
17. Things to know about eye surgery --
Cataract surgery --
Glaucoma surgery --
Retinal detachment surgery --
Strabismus surgery --
Corneal transplant --
Enucleation --
pt. 5. Consumer information --
18. Definitions of caregivers --
Caregivers --
19. More things you need to know --
Common eye drop medications --
Who pays and how --
20. Eye care - the way it was and the way it will be --
Origin of the ophthalmologist --
The origin of an optometrist --
Interaction of ophthalmology and optometry --
The way things can be (as I see it) --
Glossary --
Index.
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9780275993450