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Time is vision in central retinal artery occlusion

4 August 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Emergency Ophthalmology
Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is a rare but devastating vascular episode that can have severe impact on vision. Treatment is very time-limited and needs to be initiated very quickly to salvage any vision. The majority of patients present to...

Sexually transmitted conjunctivitis – the REALLY sticky eye

5 October 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Cornea / External Eye Disease
Let’s face it, patients with conjunctivitis don’t always produce the most stimulating consultations and most of the time we can manage them in auto-pilot. The prospect of delving into such a patient’s sexual history is not overly appealing, but this...

Management of squint with near-distance angle disparity

5 February 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
These are a group of strabismus disorders where the angle of misalignment is different between near and distance. The focus of this article will be on the patients where the angle for near exceeds the distance angle by more than...

How to diagnose and treat Acanthamoeba keratitis

1 February 2019 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease, Ophthalmology
Corneal ulceration caused by Acanthamoeba is on the rise, and recent publications indicate an outbreak in the UK over the last few years [1]. Since Acanthamoeba keratitis often presents with atypical features, diagnosis from slit-lamp examination alone can often be...

Strabismus in thyroid eye disease

1 April 2017 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Pathogenesis Thyroid eye disease (TED) is an auto-immune condition, in the initial phase there is lymphocytic infiltration and oedema of the extraocular muscles with deposition of glycosaminoglycans and hyaluronic acid and adipogenesis, which can lead to an increase in the...

The extended role of the specialist ophthalmic photographer

2 August 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Imaging
The prevalence of certain retinal conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) is projected to grow substantially over the next decades. Estimates for the projected growth in burden on eye services for diabetic retinopathy and neovascular ARMD...

Screening for Sickle Cell Retinopathy (SCR): Why we do wide-field imaging, OCT/OCT-A for SCR – Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

1 June 2022 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Imaging
I have been working in ophthalmology for over five years as a photographer and research co-ordinator, and it is fascinating, rewarding, and interesting to learn all about the different diseases associated with the eye. One condition that has been a...

Imaging papilloedema vs. pseudo-papilloedema

4 August 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Imaging
Quite often, in the working week as an ophthalmic photographer, you will be given that patient with ‘swollen discs’ to image. These swollen discs could be a number of things, but mainly fall into one of two categories: papilloedema or...

The TOPCON / OIA Imaging Competition and a brief history of ophthalmic photography

3 June 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Imaging
We hope you like and appreciate the image forming the cover of the June/July 2021 edition of Eye News. The Ophthalmic Imaging Association (OIA) was honoured to have been invited to submit a series of images from the winners of...

The miracle of multi-professional working in modern-day eyecare

6 April 2021 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
"It’s a Tuesday morning, and I’m in the presence of one of the most mind-boggling accomplishments in human history. This thing is so astounding in its complexity and scope, it makes the Panama Canal look like a third grader’s craft...

From the seas to OCTs, a journey from working in TV to creating teaching in ophthalmology

1 April 2020 | | Ophthalmology
To relaunch our Allied Professionals section, Paul Dimmock from Gloucestershire discusses his unique role with the Gloucestershire Retinal Education Group. In Gloucestershire we have a collection of ophthalmic-targeted departments led by Professor Peter Scanlon, Clinical Director of the NHS Diabetic...

In conversation with Professor Bernie Chang, President, Royal College of Ophthalmologists

6 April 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, COVID-19
Congratulations on your appointment as RCOphth President in May last year. COVID-19 hit just before your presidency started. This must have been an incredibly challenging time to take the reins. How has the College risen to the challenges? Thank you....