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Corona virus can also enter eyes by you touching something that has the virus on it — like a table or doorknob — and then touching your eyes.
If you have diabetes, your body either doesn’t make enough insulin or can’t use the insulin it makes as well as it should. When there isn’t enough insulin or cells stop responding to insulin, too much blood sugar stays in your bloodstream. Over time, that can cause serious health problems, such as heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease.
Astigmatism is an imperfection in the curvature of your eye’s cornea and/or lens. The curvature of the cornea and/or lens is irregular resulting in blurred and/or distorted vision for near and far distances. Normally, the cornea and lens are smooth and curved equally in all directions.
Myopia is nearsightedness. In myopia, close/near objects look clear but distant objects appear are not in focus. Myopia is a common condition. It is an eye focusing disorder, not an eye disease.
Orthokeratology, or ortho-k, is the use of specially designed and fitted hard contact lenses to temporarily reshape the cornea to improve vision.