Eye care for computer professionals

Spending long hours in front of television or computers is part of peoples life today. Especially if you are a computer professional, there is usually no escape from it. This causes many eyes and vision related problems in future. Here are some useful eye care tips for computer users.
After every 20 to 30 minutes of work, look at a distant away object and blink several times. This will help in better focusing
Blink frequently. People tend to reduce blink rate while working on computer. This can lead to dry eyes. Try to blink 12 to 15 times every minute.
Exercise you eyes at frequent intervals. Eye exercise is simple. All you need to do is just blink several times, then close your eyes and role them in clockwise and anti clockwise direction. While doing this, inhale and exhale slowly and open your eyes slowly after doing this.
Rub your palms against each other till them become warm. Cover your eyes with your warm palms for about a minute. Palming is another great way to relax and soothe your eyes.
Splashing water on you face during breaks can keep you refreshed. This also helps in cooling your eyes.
A few minutes of walk during breaks will refresh your body and mind. It is also good for your eyes as walking increases blood supply to your eyes.
Fix an anti glare screen on to your monitor or use anti glare glass while working on computers. Also position the monitor and lights in such a manner that glare from the screen is minimum.

Theraputic Keratoplasty

Drishti Eye Care and Research Centre have recently acquired a new GDXpro machine for glaucoma detection with much precision. This provides a faster and more accurate result than the previous versions. Dr N. P. Varma has been trained in corneal grafting and handling of this machine. We have successfully performed nearly five Theraputic Keratoplasty. we are going to begin proper corneal grafting very soon which will benefit the person from corneal blindness. This is the first of its kind in Bihar.

Why this machine

In general practice, doctors can use the technology to assess patients with known glaucoma, as well as patients with ocular hypertension or other suspects. Use of GDxPRO (Carl Zeiss Meditec) scanning laser polarimeter provides a robust technology and quantifies the RNFL very precisely. The technology even removes some of the artifact seen in previous models for patients with high degrees of myopia or a lightly pigmented fundus.

The analyses on the GDxPRO printouts help specialists and general practitioners alike diagnose glaucoma with confidence. The clear, easy-to-read reports present the RNFL data numerically and graphically in a symmetry analysis.

In addition to this very high-resolution assessment of the RNFL's thickness and integrity, the GDxPRO compares a patient's data to normal and glaucoma eyes in its database. It uses these data to arrive at a number called the Nerve Fiber Indicator (NFI), which is related to the likelihood that a patient's RNFL is abnormal. I get a clear picture of the quantity and quality of the RNFL, and so can any general practice optometrist.

The GDxPRO is fast and stores a great deal of data. It's simple to acquire an image — the whole process takes about 5 minutes — and staff can be trained quickly to perform the test.

A very Happy New Year

I wish all my well wishers and Patients, a very happy New Year in 2011

Back to work after wedding season.

Hi, while I was away, Drishti has added Pentacam to our diagnostic and treatment centre. This will help giving excellent outcome in LASIK patient. First in Bihar to have this machine for the benefit of Bihari population.
I shall be going to Istanbul to attend the Winter European society of cataract and refractive society meeting. Watch out more on my return......

Conjunctivitis or Eye Flu

Conjunctivitis is the swollenness or inflammation caused in the conjunctiva, a highly contagious disease, a thin membrane which coats the front of the eyes. Also called 'pink eye' and 'eye flu', it is a condition when a person has sore eyes. Conjunctivitis is infectious and easily be transfered from one person to the other through direct contact. Symptoms for conjunctivitis are inflammation caused on the eyeball and underside of the eyelids. It also causes eye pain, burning, blured vision, feeling of dryness and discharge of a sticky fluid. On a severe stage, it also forms pus over and under the eyelid. The main cause of conjunctivitis is unhealthy and unhygienic state of living but since it is transferable, it may also be caused because of someone in the vicinity has it. However, it is treatable and can be cured using home remedies. Check how to cure conjunctivitis naturally at http://drishtipatna.com/

Dr. Ranjana Kumar

It is a pleasant information provide by Dr. Ranjana Kumar on the pages of i-next, Patna edition on 28th October, 2010. If such information and medical advices are made available through different channels, it will benefit the entire population.

Vivek Varma

Foreign Tour

I am away to USA and Europe. Will be back by the end of of October. I am missing all my colleagues, friends and family members at Patna. However this tour was inevitable and hence I took up. At Drishti all my colleagues are taking care of my patients and I convey my gratitude to them