I remember it as if it were yesterday. It was the month of April 1970 and I was in secondary school. My dad was in the diplomatic corps and we were living in Ghana at that time. The Apollo 13 space mission had just launched. Coincidentally it was also the beginning of what I knew […]

I was recently asked a question about wearing glasses. It went something like this: Hi Doc, will wearing my glasses correct my eyesight permanently? After wearing them for a while, is there a point in time where I can take them off without my eyes getting blurry? How can I correct this disease? This is […]

Dear Doctor, I had the red eye. It kept me down for over two weeks but it’s over now. However, I’m still seeing blurry. Why is that so? Dear Patient: As you may well know there are different causes of the red eye. It could be caused by irritation, bacteria, a virus, chemical agents, allergies, […]

With school just around the corner, Parents are busy getting their children ready. Books, Book loan schemes, Uniforms. You name it. In the hustle and bustle of things, it is easy to forget that your child needs to have good vision to function well in school. If you are like most parents, your Child’s eyesight […]

Remember the times as kids where most of us saw pretty well? We did not need glasses then. By the time we hit about 40, things started to change, most of us started requiring glasses. Sadly enough, things have changed now even more so, because we are now seeing kids needing glasses from quite an […]

Dear Doctor:  I recently got a prescription from an Eye Doctor, the Doctor swears that the prescription is correct, however, I still do not see properly and I have headaches whenever I wear the glasses for an extended period. Is this possible? Dear Patient: Thank you for the question. I am sure that there are […]

Hello Readers, I had an interesting experience the other day that I would like to share: Dr Onu: So, hello patient. Patient: Hello, Dr. Onu Dr. Onu: Could you tell us your story please? Patient: Well, this morning I got up, put on my glasses only to realize that it was broken in two, so […]

It never ceases to amaze me how fast eye technology has improved. Just recently, Ray Flynn became the first patient with AMD (age-related macular degeneration) to be fitted with a prosthesis in the eye. This device that was developed by the company Second Sight is a breakthrough for the future of eye care. Even though […]

It may sound obvious to you, but the eyes really are the windows to the rest of the body. When you look through the pupils, you get a glimpse of the retina, the optic nerve, the macula and the blood vessels at the back of the eye. So looking at the retina and optic nerve […]