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Your ophthalmologist has recommended you use a type of medicine called a miotic. This kind of medicine is helpful in treating glaucoma. Glaucoma is a disease that affects your eye’s optic nerve, possibly leading to blindness. The optic nerve connects your eye to your brain so you can see. Glaucoma

Myasthenia gravis is a disorder that causes muscles to weaken and tire easily. The disorder can affect muscles that control eye and eyelid movement. The disease can affect the muscles of the face, eyes, arms, and legs. It can also affect the muscles used for chewing, swallowing, talking, and breathing.

Myopia is becoming more common in children. Longer eyes (length-wise) and steeper corneas can cause myopia. Myopia raises the risk of eye disease as you get older. While you cannot reverse myopia, new treatments may help slow its progession in children. Treatments aimed at slowing eye growth include

Nearsightedness is when close-up objects look clear but distant objects are blurry. Nearsightedness is a common eye focusing disorder. The nearsighted eye is too long or too steeply curved. Light then falls short of the retina causing blurry vision. Other symptoms include squinting, eye strain, or difficulty

A nevus is a common, colored growth in your eye, similar to a mole on your skin. An eye nevus is usually harmless. However, it needs to be watched regularly because, like a skin mole, it could possibly develop into cancer of the eye. You should have a nevus checked by an ophthalmologist every year throughout

Nystagmus is when the eyes move rapidly and it cannot be controlled. Eyes can move side to side, up and down, or in a circular motion. There are two types of nystagmus: congenital and acquired. Congenital nystagmus starts in infancy. Acquired nystagmus happens later in life. Some cases of acquired nystagmus

Ocular hypertension is when the pressure inside your eye is higher than normal. This can lead to glaucoma, an eye disease that causes vision loss. Ocular hypertension does not have any signs or symptoms, so it is important to see your ophthalmologist regularly. If your eye pressure is high enough to

Ocular melanoma (melanoma in or around the eye) is a type of cancer that develops in the cells that produce pigment. Pigment gives color to your eyes and skin. Ocular melanoma is very rare. It usually develops in the middle layer of the eye, which is called the uvea. No one knows for sure why people