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What Is Strabismus? What Are the Symptoms of Strabismus?
Strabismus is the inability of both eyes to align at the same time. With six extraocular muscles around each eye, weakness or…
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What Is Eye Laser Surgery?
Eye laser surgery reshapes the light-filtering cornea with a laser beam. It is used to correct refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia…
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What Are the Causes and Symptoms of Drooping Eyelid?
Drooping eyelid is a condition in which the eyelid is positioned low enough to cover the coloured part of the eye. Medically…
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What Is Eye Allergy? What Are the Symptoms of Eye Allergy?
Medically known as allergic conjunctivitis, eye allergy occurs when an allergen such as pollen, dust mites, animal dander or mould irritates the…
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What You Need to Know About Intraocular Lenses
Intraocular lens treatment is a procedure in which a special artificial lens is placed in the eye in place of the natural…
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What Causes Bloodshot Eye and How Does It Clear?
What Causes Bloodshot Eye and How Does It Clear? There are fine, small blood vessels in the white part of the eye.…
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What Is Dry Eye? Symptoms and Treatment Methods
Dry eye is a condition that arises from a reduction in the tears that keep the eye moist, causing itching, burning and…
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What Are the Types of Eye Laser Surgery?
If you want to carry out your simple daily activities without wearing glasses or contact lenses and laser treatment is suitable for…
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What Causes Eye Pain? What Is the Treatment for Eye Pain?
Eye pain is a common complaint and can be very uncomfortable. Because pain in the eye can arise from many different causes,…
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What Is Conjunctivitis and How Does It Clear? Symptoms & Treatment
When we say 'a cold', the first thing that comes to mind is the 'chill' with symptoms such as runny nose, sneezing…
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What Is Eye Twitching? What Causes Eye Twitching?
Eye twitching, also referred to in everyday language as 'the eye jumping', is a very common involuntary movement of the eyelid. It…
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Beware of Dry Eye in Cold and Windy Weather!
From autumn onwards, with wind and cold weather, cases of dry eye increase. Why is dry eye more common in the winter…
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Eye Allergies May Increase in Autumn
Autumn is coming again — the days are getting shorter and the weather is gradually changing. The cause of frequent eye rubbing…
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What Is Astigmatism? How Is It Treated?
It is a frequently encountered condition among eye disorders. Astigmatism, which can occur at any age, has a negative impact on daily…
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Lenses Used in the Treatment of Macular Degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration is a disease that can seriously impair central and near vision. As a result, the person cannot see clearly…
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Can a Normal Eye Experience Sudden Vision Loss?
Vision loss and blindness can occur even in the normal, healthy eyes of healthy people, although the likelihood is very low. Trauma,…
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What Are Contact Lenses? How Are They Used?
Contact lenses are devices that replace glasses, make our lives easier and give us freedom. Because they eliminate many of the inconveniences…
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Watch for These Eye Symptoms! Tear-Duct Obstruction
The tear duct is a system of water channels that begins at the corner of the eye and ends behind the nose.…
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The Damage Glaucoma Causes to the Eye
Glaucoma — known in everyday language as 'eye pressure' — is a common, insidiously progressing disease that often gives no symptoms. In…
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What Is Amblyopia (Lazy Eye)? How Is It Treated?
Amblyopia — known in everyday language as 'lazy eye' — is a disorder of the visual system arising from the abnormal development…
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Laser Technology Brings Advantages — Femtosecond Laser
The femtosecond laser is a laser technology used to correct refractive errors such as myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism. Femtosecond lasers fire at…
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Premium Smart Lens Applications
Premium Smart Intraocular Lens Applications. The loss of transparency of the intraocular lens located behind the pupil is called cataract. With longer…
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Do Not Neglect Back-to-School Eye Check-Ups!
Why Do Our Children Need a Comprehensive Eye Examination Before Starting School? For a child to succeed at school, many skills are…
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What Is ‘Laser Eye Correction’ (Excimer Laser)?
What Is 'Laser Eye Correction'? The treatment of refractive errors with excimer-laser photoablation is known in everyday language as 'having the eye…
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Myopia and Children
Myopia is very common in the general population. It affects one in two people (50%). Myopia is a condition in which the…
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Vision Disorders Affect Preschool Children
Vision disorders affect one in 20 children in the preschool period, and one in 4 children of school age. The sense of…
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What Is BLEPHARITIS (Inflammation of the Eyelash Bases)?
Blepharitis, the inflammation of the eyelash bases, is one of the most common eyelid diseases. Blepharitis is a chronic condition characterised by…
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What Is Drooping Eyelid?
Drooping eyelid, medically known as ptosis, is a condition in which the eyelid is positioned low enough to cover the upper part…
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What Is Hyperopia? How Is It Treated?
When the front-to-back length of the eye is shorter than the population average, images are focused behind the centre of vision. This…
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What Is Photodynamic Therapy?
Photodynamic therapy is applied on the principle of administering a light-sensitive substance called Verteporfin into the body via the arm, and then…
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The Importance of Eye Examinations in Babies
The most fundamental mistake families make in our country regarding the eye health of babies and children is to wait until the…
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Are You Paying Attention to Your Eye Health?
When a person is born, we say 'they have opened their eyes to life'. We perceive our eyes as a window onto…
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Eye Health — What You Wonder About?
Frequently Asked Questions about eye health. When should a newborn baby's eye examination be carried out? I work on a computer all…
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Medical Tourism and Türkiye
Each year, millions of people travel to foreign countries to find solutions to their health problems and to receive diagnosis, treatment and…
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Test Your Eyes
Position the chart shown alongside in a well-lit room, at an appropriate reading distance, and so that the central dot is exactly…
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Eye Aesthetics and Surgery
Aesthetic Surgery of the Eye. The appearance of the area around the eyes is one of the most important regions for a…
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What Is Femto-LASIK (Bladeless LASIK)?
The most important step in LASIK treatment is the creation of a flap on the upper part of the cornea. In recent…
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Do Not Neglect the Back-to-School Eye Check
Why Do Our Children Need a Comprehensive Eye Examination Before Starting School? For a child to succeed at school, many skills are…
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What Is SMILE Laser Treatment?
Trust and comfort in eye health; what is SMILE Treatment? (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction). The correction of refractive errors we call myopia,…
