Research

Clinicians have highlighted the case of a young patient who developed nutritional optic neuropathy as a result of a highly limited diet

Both the quantity and quality of life is affected by sensory loss, researchers have highlighted

A woman presented at hospital with a painless loss of vision in her left eye over the course of a month following an initial illness with fever

A new way of treating chemical burns to the eye developed by Newcastle University researchers will be tested in a trial involving 30 patients

A YouGov poll by Fight for Sight reports that 54% came into contact with water in their contact lenses, while 47% admit to sleeping in them

Disease of the small arteries, including retinopathy, is connected with a 3.7 times greater risk of lower limb amputation

A 57-year-old woman presented to hospital with redness, pain and blurred vision in her right eye after an accident while gardening

University of New South Wales researcher and optometrist, Dr Nicole Carnt, talks with OT  about what optometrists can do to protect their patients from acanthamoeba keratitis

A man presented to a US hospital with loss of vision in his left eye two years after suffering encephalitis from a herpes simplex virus infection

Researchers have explored similarities and differences in how blind and sighted individuals describe animal appearance