A Simple Guide to the Eye and Its Disorders, Diagnosis, Treatment and Related Conditions

This book describes The Eye and Its Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

This is a collection of books that I have written over the years about eye disorders.

Most of them have been updated.

“The eyes are the window of the soul”.

The eyes are also the organs of vision in the human body.

There is a pair of eyes in every person.

The eyeball is a bilateral and sphere-shaped organ which holds the structures accountable for sight.

The eye is made up of 3 layers:

The outer fibrous layer comprising the cornea and sclera which are continuous with each other..
Their main functions are to supply the appearance to the eye and support the deeper structures.

The sclera comprises the majority of the fibrous layer (about 85%).
It supplies attachment to the extra-ocular muscles responsible for the movement of the eye.

It is seen as the white part of the eye.

The cornea is transparent and placed centrally at the front of the eye.
Light that enters the eye is refracted by the cornea and lens.
The cornea does about 75% of the work and the lens about 25% but the cornea has fixed focus power and the lens variable focus power.

The middle vascular layer of the eye is below the fibrous layer comprising:

1. Choroid – (layer of connective tissue and blood vessels).

2. Ciliary body comprised of two parts (ciliary muscle and ciliary processes).
The ciliary body regulates the shape of the lens, and adds to the formation of aqueous humor

3. Iris is a circular structure of tissue, with an aperture in the center (the pupil).
The diameter of the pupil is changed by smooth muscle fibers within the iris, innervated by the autonomic nervous system.

The inner layer of the eye is produced by the retina

The retina comprises 2 layers:
1. Pigmented (outer) layer
2. Neural (inner) layer comprises photoreceptors.

The retina contains the receptive light rods and cones which function as photoreceptors that transmit received images to the brain through the optic nerve.

The center of the retina is marked by an area termed the macula, an important part of color vision

The aqueous humor is a clear fluid that is maintained:
a. the anterior chamber between the cornea and the iris
b. the posterior chamber between the iris and the lens.

If the drainage of aqueous humor is blocked, a disorder known as glaucoma can result.

The vitreous body comprises a transparent gel which fills the posterior segment of the eyeball

Occasionally, as the gel liquefies and the meshwork collapses, the posterior vitreous membrane can slide or suddenly pull off from its attachment with the retina or optic nerve, resulting in visual floaters or flashes

The flexible lens is kept in place to the ciliary body by the suspensory ligament made up of fine transparent fibers.

The shape of the lens is changed by the ciliary body, altering its refractive power.

In old age, the lens can turn opaque forming a cataract.

If there is no symptoms and low risk for eye disease, the person should have a complete eye examination every 1 to 2 years.

The risk of developing cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration increases slightly with each passing year.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Eye
Chapter 2 Eyesight
a. Myopia
b. Hypermetropia
c. Presbyopia
d. Astigmatism
e. My spectacles
Chapter 3 Eyelid
a. Entropion
b. Ectropion
c. Chalazion
d. Stye
e. Blepheritis
f. Ptosis
Chapter 4 Eye Duct
a. Dry Eye
b. Tear duct Blocked
Chapter 5 Conjunctiva
a. Conjunctivitis
b. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Chapter 6 Cataract
Chapter 7 Glaucoma
Chapter 8 AMD
Chapter 9 Retinal Detachment
Chapter 10 Corneal Ulcers
Chapter 11 Uveitis
Chapter 12 Systemic Eye Diseases
a. Diabetes Retinopathy
b. Thyroid Eye Disease
Chapter 13 Other eye diseases
a. Lazy Eye and Squint
b. Floaters and Flashes
c. Retinitis Pigmentosa
d. Diplopia
Chapter 14 The Third Eye (Pineal Gland)

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A Simple Guide to the Eye and Its Disorders, Diagnosis, Treatment and Related Conditions

This book describes The Eye and Its Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

This is a collection of books that I have written over the years about eye disorders.

Most of them have been updated.

“The eyes are the window of the soul”.

The eyes are also the organs of vision in the human body.

There is a pair of eyes in every person.

The eyeball is a bilateral and sphere-shaped organ which holds the structures accountable for sight.

The eye is made up of 3 layers:

The outer fibrous layer comprising the cornea and sclera which are continuous with each other..
Their main functions are to supply the appearance to the eye and support the deeper structures.

The sclera comprises the majority of the fibrous layer (about 85%).
It supplies attachment to the extra-ocular muscles responsible for the movement of the eye.

It is seen as the white part of the eye.

The cornea is transparent and placed centrally at the front of the eye.
Light that enters the eye is refracted by the cornea and lens.
The cornea does about 75% of the work and the lens about 25% but the cornea has fixed focus power and the lens variable focus power.

The middle vascular layer of the eye is below the fibrous layer comprising:

1. Choroid – (layer of connective tissue and blood vessels).

2. Ciliary body comprised of two parts (ciliary muscle and ciliary processes).
The ciliary body regulates the shape of the lens, and adds to the formation of aqueous humor

3. Iris is a circular structure of tissue, with an aperture in the center (the pupil).
The diameter of the pupil is changed by smooth muscle fibers within the iris, innervated by the autonomic nervous system.

The inner layer of the eye is produced by the retina

The retina comprises 2 layers:
1. Pigmented (outer) layer
2. Neural (inner) layer comprises photoreceptors.

The retina contains the receptive light rods and cones which function as photoreceptors that transmit received images to the brain through the optic nerve.

The center of the retina is marked by an area termed the macula, an important part of color vision

The aqueous humor is a clear fluid that is maintained:
a. the anterior chamber between the cornea and the iris
b. the posterior chamber between the iris and the lens.

If the drainage of aqueous humor is blocked, a disorder known as glaucoma can result.

The vitreous body comprises a transparent gel which fills the posterior segment of the eyeball

Occasionally, as the gel liquefies and the meshwork collapses, the posterior vitreous membrane can slide or suddenly pull off from its attachment with the retina or optic nerve, resulting in visual floaters or flashes

The flexible lens is kept in place to the ciliary body by the suspensory ligament made up of fine transparent fibers.

The shape of the lens is changed by the ciliary body, altering its refractive power.

In old age, the lens can turn opaque forming a cataract.

If there is no symptoms and low risk for eye disease, the person should have a complete eye examination every 1 to 2 years.

The risk of developing cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration increases slightly with each passing year.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Eye
Chapter 2 Eyesight
a. Myopia
b. Hypermetropia
c. Presbyopia
d. Astigmatism
e. My spectacles
Chapter 3 Eyelid
a. Entropion
b. Ectropion
c. Chalazion
d. Stye
e. Blepheritis
f. Ptosis
Chapter 4 Eye Duct
a. Dry Eye
b. Tear duct Blocked
Chapter 5 Conjunctiva
a. Conjunctivitis
b. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Chapter 6 Cataract
Chapter 7 Glaucoma
Chapter 8 AMD
Chapter 9 Retinal Detachment
Chapter 10 Corneal Ulcers
Chapter 11 Uveitis
Chapter 12 Systemic Eye Diseases
a. Diabetes Retinopathy
b. Thyroid Eye Disease
Chapter 13 Other eye diseases
a. Lazy Eye and Squint
b. Floaters and Flashes
c. Retinitis Pigmentosa
d. Diplopia
Chapter 14 The Third Eye (Pineal Gland)

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A Simple Guide to the Eye and Its Disorders, Diagnosis, Treatment and Related Conditions

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This book describes The Eye and Its Disorders, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases

This is a collection of books that I have written over the years about eye disorders.

Most of them have been updated.

“The eyes are the window of the soul”.

The eyes are also the organs of vision in the human body.

There is a pair of eyes in every person.

The eyeball is a bilateral and sphere-shaped organ which holds the structures accountable for sight.

The eye is made up of 3 layers:

The outer fibrous layer comprising the cornea and sclera which are continuous with each other..
Their main functions are to supply the appearance to the eye and support the deeper structures.

The sclera comprises the majority of the fibrous layer (about 85%).
It supplies attachment to the extra-ocular muscles responsible for the movement of the eye.

It is seen as the white part of the eye.

The cornea is transparent and placed centrally at the front of the eye.
Light that enters the eye is refracted by the cornea and lens.
The cornea does about 75% of the work and the lens about 25% but the cornea has fixed focus power and the lens variable focus power.

The middle vascular layer of the eye is below the fibrous layer comprising:

1. Choroid – (layer of connective tissue and blood vessels).

2. Ciliary body comprised of two parts (ciliary muscle and ciliary processes).
The ciliary body regulates the shape of the lens, and adds to the formation of aqueous humor

3. Iris is a circular structure of tissue, with an aperture in the center (the pupil).
The diameter of the pupil is changed by smooth muscle fibers within the iris, innervated by the autonomic nervous system.

The inner layer of the eye is produced by the retina

The retina comprises 2 layers:
1. Pigmented (outer) layer
2. Neural (inner) layer comprises photoreceptors.

The retina contains the receptive light rods and cones which function as photoreceptors that transmit received images to the brain through the optic nerve.

The center of the retina is marked by an area termed the macula, an important part of color vision

The aqueous humor is a clear fluid that is maintained:
a. the anterior chamber between the cornea and the iris
b. the posterior chamber between the iris and the lens.

If the drainage of aqueous humor is blocked, a disorder known as glaucoma can result.

The vitreous body comprises a transparent gel which fills the posterior segment of the eyeball

Occasionally, as the gel liquefies and the meshwork collapses, the posterior vitreous membrane can slide or suddenly pull off from its attachment with the retina or optic nerve, resulting in visual floaters or flashes

The flexible lens is kept in place to the ciliary body by the suspensory ligament made up of fine transparent fibers.

The shape of the lens is changed by the ciliary body, altering its refractive power.

In old age, the lens can turn opaque forming a cataract.

If there is no symptoms and low risk for eye disease, the person should have a complete eye examination every 1 to 2 years.

The risk of developing cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration increases slightly with each passing year.

TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction
Chapter 1 The Eye
Chapter 2 Eyesight
a. Myopia
b. Hypermetropia
c. Presbyopia
d. Astigmatism
e. My spectacles
Chapter 3 Eyelid
a. Entropion
b. Ectropion
c. Chalazion
d. Stye
e. Blepheritis
f. Ptosis
Chapter 4 Eye Duct
a. Dry Eye
b. Tear duct Blocked
Chapter 5 Conjunctiva
a. Conjunctivitis
b. Subconjunctival Hemorrhage
Chapter 6 Cataract
Chapter 7 Glaucoma
Chapter 8 AMD
Chapter 9 Retinal Detachment
Chapter 10 Corneal Ulcers
Chapter 11 Uveitis
Chapter 12 Systemic Eye Diseases
a. Diabetes Retinopathy
b. Thyroid Eye Disease
Chapter 13 Other eye diseases
a. Lazy Eye and Squint
b. Floaters and Flashes
c. Retinitis Pigmentosa
d. Diplopia
Chapter 14 The Third Eye (Pineal Gland)


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BN ID: 2940164903442
Publisher: Kenneth Kee
Publication date: 05/10/2021
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Format: eBook
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About the Author

Medical doctor since 1972.

Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.

Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.

Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74

However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in
the afternoon.

He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.

His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.com

This autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.

From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.

He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.

He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.

Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.
For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.
The later books go into more details of medical disorders.

He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.

The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.

He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.

His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.

The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.

He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) starting
with the Apple computer and going to PC.

The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.

The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.

He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.

His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.

The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.

This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.

Dr Kee is the author of:

"A Family Doctor's Tale"

"Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine"

"Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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