Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Durham : Duke University Press, 2021
EDITION
Second edition, revised and updated
DESCRIPTION
xvi, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781478011606, 1478011602 :, 9781478010500, 1478010509, 1478011602, 9781478011606
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"A concise, easy-to-understand reference book, the revised and updated second edition of the bestselling All about Your Eyes tells you what you need to know to care for your eyes, various eye diseases and treatments, and what to expect from your eye doctor"--
CONTENTS
Anatomy of the eye and how it works --
Preventive eye care --
Why do I need glasses? --
Options for correcting vision --
Eyelids and eyelashes --
Conjunctiva and sclera --
Cornea --
Lens and cataract --
Age-related macular degeneration /
Ankur Mehra, MD and Ramiro S. Maldonado, MD -- Diabetic retinopathy /
Obinna Umunakwe, MD, PhD -- Other conditions of the retina and choroid --
Infection and inflammation of the eye --
Tumors of the eye and orbit --
Optic nerve --
Eye muscles --
Orbit --
Eye injury --
Systemic diseases that affect vision and the eye --
Cosmetic eyelid surgery /
Anna Ginter, MD, Kenneth Neufeld, MD, and Julie A. Woodward, MD -- Living with visual impairment --
What tests may the doctor order?