
Eye Conditions
Matthews Vision Care Tauranga
We help our customers with a range of eye health concerns. Below you'll find information about the most common eye conditions. These guides contain a brief overview of the condition, symptoms and treatment options available.
Cataracts
A cataract is a clouding of the eye's natural lens, which lies behind the iris and the pupil. Cataracts are a common eye condition which causes vision to deteriorate in older people.
Clearness Of Vision
What is Myopia, Hyperopia and Astigmatism? Eye conditions caused by poorly focused vision are usually inherited. This may be compounded by poor development of visual skills.
Lazy Eye
The brain and the eye work together to produce vision and Amblyopia occurs when the vision in one of the eyes is reduced because the eye and brain are not working together properly.
Colour Vision
People with colour vision deficiency are unable to see colours the same way that most people do. They may have difficulty distinguishing between certain shades of colour, especially between red and green
Computer Vision Syndrome
These days, many of us have jobs that require us to view computer screens for hours at a time and that can put a real strain on your eyes.
Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy occurs in people with diabetes when there is damage to the retina, the light-sensitive lining at the back of the eye.
Eye Muscle Control
Both your eyes see a slightly different image and through a process called fusion, your brain blends these two images into one three-dimensional picture.
Focusing Ability
Presbyopia is an eye condition where the lens of the eye gradually loses its ability to focus on things up close. It becomes difficult to see close objects clearly.
Glaucoma
Glaucoma is the name for a group of eye conditions where an increase in fluid pressure inside the eye gradually damages the optic nerve causing vision loss.
Macular Degeneration
Macular Degeneration is an eye condition associated with aging where the macula - the part of the eye that allows you to see fine detail - gradually deteriorates, affecting sharpness of vision.
Pterygium
This is a growth that starts on the clear conjunctiva tissue of the eye that can spread to the cornea. The non-cancerous, triangular growth may occur on one or both eyes.
Refractive Eye Surgery
Refractive surgery describes a group of procedures where surgery is used to correct the focus of vision rather than spectacles or contact lenses.
Spots & Floaters
Small cloudy specks that float about in your field of vision. They move as your eyes move and seem to dart away when you try to look at them directly.
Dry Eyes
Dry eye syndrome occurs when there is a significant lack of lubrication and moisture on the surface of the eye.
