Amblyopia, commonly known as ‘lazy eye’, is reduced vision in one eye that did not develop normal vision during early childhood. The eye with reduced vision generally looks normal and the reduced vision does not improve even with the use
Glaucoma accounts for 40% of blindness in Singapore. It is an eye condition in which pressure within the eyeball is increased due to an imbalance between the production and drainage of fluid resulting in damage to the optic nerve that carries visual impulses from the eye to the brain. It develops gradually and the patient may not even be aware of the gradual loss of vision until very late in the disease.
