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About ophthalmology

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Sight is extremely important for the person, we obtain 90% of information by means of eyes. Therefore vision disorders affect not only overall health of the patient, but also his psychological state. The ophthalmology is engaged in diagnosis, treatment, correction and prevention of diseases of eyes. As can lead to visual disturbances not only diseases of eyes, but also defeats of the central and peripheral nervous system, the ophthalmology closely adjoins to neurology, and some other sections of medicine.

Vision disorders can be shown at any age. All know age decrease in visual acuity, and an image of the grandmother and grandfather wearing spectacles is classical in our culture. However not all know that thanks to modern means which the ophthalmology has similar age disturbances in most cases are successfully adjusted.

From the medical point of view vision disorders at children who are considered by children's ophthalmology are more dangerous. Being missed, these disturbances can lead to heavy frustration and even a blindness whereas in time the given help can fix a problem completely. In this regard huge importance in children's ophthalmology is gained by diagnosis of vision disorders which are rather difficult for finding as complaints at the small child, as a rule, are absent. However if parents are rather attentive to the child and timely saw a doctor, then it does not make a problem. The modern children's ophthalmology has the latest computerized diagnostic methods allowing to define any pathology of sight even at the least patients.

Now in ophthalmology of adults and in children's ophthalmology, the microsurgeries which became possible thanks to new generation of the high-precision surgical equipment are widely used. Thanks to similar operations a considerable part of diseases of the eyes which were considered earlier incurable successfully recover.

In most cases points are not necessary attribute of the person any more with a vision disorder as even if this disturbance is not subject to elimination by surgical and therapeutic methods, it is possible to pick up the contact lenses which strongly entered daily practice of ophthalmology.

 
 
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