Description
Book SynopsisThe Owner's Manual for Your Eyes: The most comprehensive guide to taking care of vision. In The Eye Book, specialist Dr. Gary H. Cassel presents readers with trusted, evidence-based information they can rely on to protect vision and learn more about how to treat any eye problems that come up. This easy-to-understand volume takes a step-by-step approach, providing an overview of the eye's anatomy, a tour of healthy vision, and an explanation of what steps readers and health care providers should take to address vision issues. Drawing on years of clinical experience with patients, Cassel also looks at eye complications associated with common medical conditions (for example, diabetes) along with the best treatments for eye conditions, such as cataracts and glaucoma. Now in its second edition, this bestselling book continues to provide the interested reader, along with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, internists, and family doctors, with practical information about eyeglass
Table of ContentsList of Vision Myths and Common Eye Questions
List of Figures
Preface
Part I. Introduction
1. A Guide to Your Eyes
2. How Our Vision Changes over Time
3. Top Tips to Take Care of Your Eyes and Your Vision
Part II. Getting to 20/20
4. The Eye Exam
5. All about Eyeglasses
6. Contact Lenses: Everything You Need to Know
7. Refractive Surgery: Is This a Good Option for You?
Part III. The Big Problems for Aging Eyes
8. Cataracts
9. Glaucoma, the "Silent Thief"
10. Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Part IV. Other Eye Problems: Diagnosis and Treatment
11. The Eyelids
12. The Cornea
13. The Conjunctiva
14. The Complicated World of Tears
15. The Uvea: Iris, Ciliary Body, and Choroid
16. The Retina and Vitreous
17. The Optic Nerve
Part V. Other Things You Need to Know
18. Eye Trauma and Emergencies
19. General Health Problems That Can Affect the Eyes
20. Living Well with Low Vision
With Michelle Bianchi OTR/L, CLVT
21. Common Medications That Affect the Eyes
22. Cosmetics and the Eyes
Appendix A. Vision Myths
Appendix B. A Guide to Eye Medications and Related Drugs
Signs and Symptoms Index
General Index
