Eye Health Issues and Safety

Wearing sunglasses is just one step to healthy eyes. Learn how regular exams, your diet, and other factors can also help maintain your vision through life.
Close-up of a watery eye
Why Do My Eyes Keep Watering?
A person in bed with a humidifier on night stand
How to Stop Watery Eyes: 10 Methods to Try
A person with a bandage over one eye
How to Recognize and Treat an Eye Injuries
Person with a subconjunctival hemorrhage (burst blood vessel in the eye)
How to Treat a Broken Blood Vessel in the Eye
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Living With Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 (MacTel2)
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MacTel2 Treatment: With Easier Ways to Adapt to Vision Loss
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Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 (MacTel2) and Vision Loss
A person with sudden visual symptoms
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO): What to Know
A person sits in car feeling something in their eye
Why Does It Feel Like Something Is in My Eye?
A person gets an eye exam
Pigment Dispersion Syndrome
A person checks their eye for a broken blood vessel
Broken Blood Vessel in the Eye: Everything You Need to Know
Causes of Diplopia
Diplopia (Double Vision) and Treatment Effectiveness
A person rubs their eyelid
How Does a Chalazion Look?
A person seated in front of a laptop feels eye pain when they blink
Why Does My Eye Hurt When I Blink?
Girl squinting at her computer.
Squinting Eyes
Close up of a woman with dark circles under her sunken eyes.
Sunken Eyes
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Thyroid Eye Disease Progression and Prognosis
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How Does Anemia Affect the Eyes?
A person gets an eye exam
Corneal Pannus: Treatment to Manage Blood Vessel Eye Damage
Retina in diabetic retinopathy
What to Know About Diabetic Retinopathy
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What Is Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy?
A child getting an eye exam
Types of Usher Syndrome in Children
Person undergoing an eye examination
Why Do You See Flashing Lights in Your Eyes?
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What Unequal Pupils Reveal About Your Health
Person having eye symptoms of tearing and discomfort that could be pink eye or scratched cornea
Scratched Cornea vs. Pink Eye: How to Tell the Difference
burning eyes
Why Are My Eyes Burning?
Man getting eye swab to detect possible fungal eye infection
Fungal Eye Infections: Everything You Need to Know
Man with pink eye at computer in office setting
Can You Go to Work With Pink Eye?
Person using antibiotic eye drops for pink eye
Antibiotics for Pink Eye: What to Know
Person deciding whether to use a contact lens when waking up with pink eye
Pink Eye and Contact Lenses: What to Know
Eye drops to be used by person with pink eye
Eye Drops for Pink Eye
Man squinting on bright clear day, may have eye floaters
Eye Floaters: Dark Strands in Your Line of Sight
man rubbing eye
Does Your Eye Twitch When You Have a Headache?
Cropped shot of dermatologist using the Wood Lamp for diagnosis of skin condition
What Is a Wood’s Lamp Exam?
Mom watches son with amblyopia draw. Part of the picture is dimmer and out of focus.
What Causes Dimness of Vision?
A woman having her eyes examined.
Why Am I Seeing Black Spots in My Vision?
Woman uses a computer in the evening and has eye fatigue
Distorted Vision: Types, Causes, and When to Seek Help
OCT image of an eye and of the retinal layer
What Causes Fluid Behind the Retina?
An eye with a view inside (Types of Retinopathy)
Types of Retinopathy
Male eye doctor speaking with male patient.
How Central Serous Retinopathy Is Treated
a young man rubbing his eyes
What Is Staphylococcal Blepharitis?
Comparison of blepharitis and stye with illustrations of affected eyes, blepharitis vs stye
Blepharitis vs. Stye: What Are the Differences?
a man rubbing his eyes
What Is Blepharitis?
Young male child with blonde hair, blue eyes, and glasses smiling.
Ocular Albinism: Overview and More
Woman with towel wrapped around her head cleans eye area
How Meibomian Gland Dysfunction is Treated
Young man with a brown eye who has a stye.
What Are the Differences Between Chalazion and a Stye?
Compress over eyes
What Is Meibomian Gland Dysfunction?
A doctor in a face mask examines a male patient's eye.
What Is Eye Herpes?
Man with a computer and phone holding glasses and experiencing eye strain.
Relieving Eye Strain Symptoms
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Different Types of Eye Piercings
Older person uses smartphone but appears to have vision difficulties
Diabetic Retinopathy Symptoms and How to Prevent Complications
woman with itchy eyes
Itchy Eyes: Causes, Remedies, and Treatment
Oscillopsia
What Is Oscillopsia?
retinal detachment
Symptoms of Detached Retina
Close-Up Of Woman Rubbing Eyes
What Causes a Sharp Pain in the Eye?
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What Is Blurred Vision?
Pink eye, or conjunctivitis seen in an eye.
What Does Pink Eye Look Like?
pterygium eye growth or bump
What Causes a Bump on the Eyeball?
Photographic vision - stock photo
What Causes a Swollen Tear Duct?
Astigmatism
Testing for Astigmatism