Your eye is a slightly asymmetrical globe, about an inch in diameter. The front part (what you see in the mirror) includes: Just behind the iris and pupil lies the lens, which helps focus light on the ...

Both pink eye and styes can cause itchy, red eyes. This can make it hard to distinguish which condition you have. Here's a breakdown of the causes, symptoms, and treatments for each condition to help ...

Eye bleeding typically means bleeding or a broken blood vessel involving the tissue layers on the outer surface of the eye. This is a subconjunctival hemorrhage. But there is another, less common type ...

You may have noticed small dark spots in your vision when you look at a white wall or background. These spots, called eye floaters, are common — about seven in ten people will experience them at some ...

An eye bleed can appear in the form of blotches or complete redness of the eye. A person may also experience blood-stained tears. Eye bleeds can be harmless, but they may also indicate an underlying ...

Contagious pink eye, stemming from viral or bacterial infections, spreads easily through contact with contaminated surfaces or close personal interaction. Pink eye symptoms include redness, itchiness, ...

The article by David Henson and colleagues (Eye (2003) 17: 21–26) regarding employment of specially trained optometrists to screen glaucoma referrals from community optometrists attempts to show that ...