Doctors prescribe ointments for the eyes whenever they feel an eye drop will not treat a condition as well as ointment. Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment is an antibiotic that comes in a small tube. The doctor will give instruction on how much and...
Ocular melanoma is a type of cancer that arises from the cells in the eye that make melanin. Ocular melanomas can form from the pigmented cells of the iris, but the majority of ocular melanomas form in the back of the eye and are called choroidal...
Laser prostate surgery involves the use of concentrated, high-energy waves and intense heat to destroy prostate gland tissue that obstructs the flow of urine or causes other complications. Because laser surgery is minimally invasive and does not...
The back of your eyes are lined with a thin layer of nerve tissue called the retina, which allows you to sense the presence of light. If cancerous cells form within the retinal tissues, you can be diagnosed with a condition referred to as...
The eyes are important organs in your body that are responsible for vision. The eyes are interconnected with muscles to help with eye movements and nerves to help with processing the viewed image to the brain. Sometimes, eye anomalies occur or the...
Retinoblastoma is a childhood cancer that occurs in the eyes of young children. Sometimes one eye is affected (unilateral retinoblastoma) and sometimes both eyes are affected (bilateral retinoblastoma). This rare eye cancer, which originates in...
Plants produce aromatic oils to protect themselves against insects. When these oils are extracted using pressure or steam, they are called essential oils. We use essential oils in a variety of ways for our health and mood. As we look for ways to...
A person may use a glass eye when she has suffered irreversible trauma to her eye, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute reports. The person may not have the eye anymore because of surgical removal or it may have shrunk due to some form of trauma. In...
Eye cancer may occur in many parts of your eye. A tumor or cancerous lesion may grow on your eyelids, the surface of your eye or inside your eye. Eye cancer requires proper treatment to help you maintain the best possible vision and to prevent the...
Growths on the surface of the eye can be unsightly and frightening. Most growths on the eye, which often occur as people age, pose no threat to health or vision and aren’t cancers. Some growths are cancerous and can metastasize or spread to...
Corneal ulcers, sometimes referred to as keratitis, affect the cornea, the outer dome that covers the front of your eye. This often occurs from an infection in the cornea or from a scratch or other injury that causes an open wound in the corneal...
As men age, the prostate, a small gland below the bladder that produces most of the fluid in semen, continues to grow and can impinge on the urethra (the tube that carries urine). In cases where an enlarged prostate (also known as benign prostatic...
The brain interprets visual impulses transmitted through the photoreceptors of the retina, to the optic nerve and the brain. Many eye diseases and disorders cause an interruption to the normal pathway for perceiving and interpreting images. Eye...
Many eye diseases can cause blindness over time in the affected eye if not treated. As noted in an article by Drs. Prabhat K. Pokhel and Sanaza A. Loftus in a 2007 issue of" American Family Physician," some conditions also are considered ocular...
Abnormal blood vessels in the eyes of children can cause serious, irreversible vision loss. Most abnormal vessels aren't visible from outside the eye, and small children can't explain that they can't see, so abnormal blood vessel growth can cause...
An enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH, involves gradual noncancerous overgrowth of the prostate gland. BPH is a common, age-dependent condition. Approximately 50 percent of men have BPH by age 60, according to the...
Retinoblastoma is a form of eye cancer that can be deadly. Get expert tips and advice on diagnosing and preventing eye cancer in this video.
