Mayo Clinic Guide To Better Vision, 3rd Ed: Preventing and treating disease to save your eyesight (2021) by Sophie J. Bakri M.D. EPUB

Description

Having good eyesight is essential for almost every activity we do, but an estimated 93 million adults in the United States are at high risk for serious vision loss. Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Vision is a comprehensive guide to understanding common vision problems, preventing age-related eye disorders, and keeping your eyes healthy at every stage of life.As we age, our eyes become more susceptible to common conditions like age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and cataracts. Even younger adults can suffer from painful eye conditions like dry eyes, infected tear ducts, styes, floaters, pink eye, and eye strain. More than 170 million Americans wear eyeglasses or contact lenses to correct vision problems, and those number is likely to increase. Fortunately, many of these conditions are preventable, treatable, and even reversible.In Mayo Clinic Guide to Better Vision, Dr. Sophie Bakri, M.D. walks readers through the diagnoses and treatment options associated with these common eye issues, as well as preventive measures for protecting your eyes from eye diseases, retinal disorders, and permanent vision loss. She also shares the best techniques for correcting common vision problems, and provides tools for those currently living with low vision.Presented through clear, conversational explanations paired with detailed illustrations, photographs, and tables, this book is a practical resource for making the most of your vision by keeping your eyes healthy and your eyesight sharp at any age.

Reviews

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Very informative with great pictorial views of the eye.

⭐Some excellent advice. General overall for eye health and vision. But not much in actual recommendations. E.g. supplements but not amounts. It is a great resource for deciphering before or after a medical visit. I will look at it befor eye exams, and if there are any details i need to remember. I have started ‘age’ related therapies too.

⭐I have used a library copy of the 2014 edition of this book in doing preparation for a low vision support group that I facilitate. As an available resource, owning it made sense. Amazon search put this newer 2021 3rd edition as the updated version. I noted that it had switched from hardcover to paperback, but what wasn’t obvious was that the size was changed to smaller pages and print, Not what people with low vision needs are going to find reader friendly. The reviews were minimal and I can see why. Edition 3 is not an improvement but a mistake on the part of the author and the publisher. Buyer beware!

⭐I have several Mayo books. Overall this was an informative book. However, it had little information on cornea problems. It was very informative about macular degeneration and other eye issues.

⭐As a nurse I expected more information that I didn’t already know