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14/11/2025

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Book your LASIK screening at The Eye Centre today to find out if LASIK is right for you.

Contact The East London Eye Centre on 043 743 4334 to book your Lasik Screening.

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08/02/2025

14/11/2024

World Diabetes Day - come and join us!

07/10/2021

A happy ending to a story, a sad break-up, an onion chopped into pieces—they can all trigger your tears.
Tears serve many purposes, and your eyes produce them all the time.
Tears are not just saline. They have a similar structure to saliva and contain enzymes, lipids, metabolites and electrolytes.
In fact, you produce 15 to 30 gallons of tears each year.
Source: www.aao.org & zeenews.india.com

05/10/2021

Did you know?
Whether a righty or a lefty, we can all cite our hand preference. But do you know your preferred or dominant eye?
Because we generally use both eyes together, having a preferred eye is often an overlooked trait.
An easy way to find your dominant eye is to look through a camera, telescope or microscope.
Your chosen eye for these and other monocular (one-eyed) tasks is typically the dominant one. Eye dominance usually matches handedness—that is, you are more likely right-eye dominant if you are righthanded, but sometimes the dominant eye can be the opposite of your dominant hand.

Source: www.aao.org

30/09/2021

Month End Humour!
Source: memegenerator.net

28/09/2021

Can a lack of sleep cause vision problems? The answer is YES.
A lack of sleep can have serious consequences for your eyes including:
1. Dry eyes
2. Blurry vision
3. Sensitivity to light:
4. Eye Spasms.
5. Bags under the eyes
Our eyes can deal with the occasional all-nighter, but consistently falling short on sleep can have long-term effects.
Seven to nine hours of sleep per night is recommended to help maintain good eye health.
Source: aao.org and eyeconic.com

23/09/2021

Here are a few tips to help keep your eyes healthy and make sure you are seeing your best:

1. Eat a healthy, balanced diet.
2. Maintain a healthy weight.
3. Get regular exercise.
4. Wear sunglasses.
5. Wear protective eye wear.
6. Avoid smoking.
7. Know your family medical history
Source: https://medlineplus.gov/eyecare.html and visioneyeinstitute.com.au

21/09/2021

Did you know?
The fundus is the inside, back surface of the eye.
It comprises of the retina, retinal blood vessels and optic nerve head.
With fundus photography, a special fundus camera points through the pupil to the back of the eye and takes pictures.
These pictures help your doctor to find, watch and treat disease.
Source: www.aao.org

16/09/2021

Everyone, at some point, finds “sleep” in their eyes when they wake up.
Whether you call it sleep crust, eye gunk, eye goop or something else, it is generally harmless.
However if you have any of the following symptoms it could be cause for concern:
1. A lot of eye discharge (green yellow or white in colour)
2. Trouble opening your eyes because the lids are sticking together
3. Blurry vision
4. Being sensitive to light
5. Redness or swelling of your eye
6. Feeling pain in your eye
Source:www.aao.org