Eye Disease Diagnosis & Management in Downtown Toronto

Cataracts occur as a normal part of the aging process. Some patients with diabetes have a high risk of developing cataracts at a younger age.

Cataracts are a clouding of your eye’s ordinarily transparent lens as they become more rigid and opaque with age. This clouding can severely impact your eyesight.

Symptoms of cataracts include:

• Clouded or dimmed vision
• Blurred vision
• Trouble seeing at night
• Sensitivity to light
• Sensitivity to glare
• Halos around lights
• Faded or yellowed colour vision

For cataracts, we can prescribe glasses or contact lenses for refractive errors in the early stages of this condition, but only surgery can remove a cataract from your eye.

Glaucoma is often called “the silent thief of sight” because it can develop gradually without showing symptoms and eventually cause vision loss in some cases. It’s a group of diseases that progressively damage your optic nerve. Unfortunately, many patients don’t notice any symptoms until the advanced stages.

Glaucoma generally affects older people, but there are instances of this condition in younger age groups. Additionally, untreated glaucoma may eventually lead to vision loss.

Symptoms of glaucoma can vary depending on which type of glaucoma a person has and the stage of the condition. They may appear as follows:

• Open-angle glaucoma:

• • • Patchy blind spots in your field of vision, often in both eyes
    • Tunnel vision in the later stage

• Acute angle-closure glaucoma:

• • Sudden and severe headaches
  • Eye pain
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Blurry vision
  • Halos around lights
  • Red eyes

Unfortunately, vision loss caused by glaucoma cannot be reversed. But we can help slow its onset and prevent further damage if we catch the disease in the early stages.

A routine eye exam is your best defence against glaucoma.

Your cornea should be shaped like a dome, but in some cases, it can start to thin and take on a cone shape. This condition is referred to as keratoconus. It occurs gradually, and it generally develops between the ages of 10 and 25.

Signs of keratoconus can include:

• Distorted vision
• Sensitivity to light
• Being unable to wear contact lenses
• Sudden worsening of vision
• Frequent desire to change eyeglass prescriptions

We may prescribe scleral contact lenses or eyeglasses to treat the initial symptoms of keratoconus. As your condition progresses, we may recommend a cornea transplant.