City Eyes are progressive and innovative ophthalmic opticians and contact lens clinic, involved in cutting edge technologies like the overnight vision correction lenses, known as Ortho K Lenses, or laser diagnostic technology to provide comprehensive eyehealth examination and vision analysis.

ORTHO K is a new type of contact lens that corrects your vision while you sleep. The lens is removed when you wake and you then enjoy crisp, unaided vision all day. Ortho K is a safe and completely reversible option. Imagine the freedom of normal unaided vision all day, every day.

Contact City Eyes Ophthalmic Opticians here for more details

From SolentLife (November 2011)

A Pioneering service called Colorimetry is now available for individuals. In many cases the underlying reason for these difficulties is the result of Visual Stress (also known as Irlen or Mears-Irlen Syndrome) who suffer problems when reading including specific learning difficulties, like dyslexia.

Visual Stress should not be mistaken with the term dyslexia as the two condition are distinct. However, someone diagnosed with dyslexia is far more likely to suffer with the symptoms like

• Letters or words appearing blurred or as if they are moving
• Brightness from the page causing discomfort
• Tired eyes after short spells of reading
• Blotches of colour or dark patches appearing on the page
• Headaches or migraine
• A marked dislike of bright lights
• Shadowing of letters on the page

In both cases the use of colour can be enormously beneficial, not only to reading rate and fluency but moreover to self esteem and confidence levels.

Many schools and colleges are already aware of the benefit of using colour through overlays. However, few schools and colleges are aware that an overlay is simply a preliminary step towards Colorimetry. Where an overlay provides an improvement to reading, specialised tinted lenses for spectacles should then be prescribed.  This involves a further test using the intuitive Colorimetr, when a totally bespoke optimal colour and saturation may be identified. Where an overlay is selected from twelve colours, there are several thousand different combinations available from Colorimetry. In turn this means the benefit experienced is more profound as the result is entirely bespoke, tailored specifically to the individuals needs. In addition to this the lenses are far more practical; eredication symptoms of visual stress from the interactive white board, overhead projector and whilst writing where an overlay does not.

If colour is found to help, the results are often spectacular. Children can typically gain more than a year in reading age in matter of a few weeks.

Contact us to find out more about Colorimetry.

-press release-

14/05/2012

City EYES OPTOMETRIST SETS HIS SIGHTS ON

World Hypertension Day WITH THE optomap® Retinal Scan

Charles Babumba of City Eyes Ophthalmic Opticians is helping raise awareness of this year’s World Hypertension Day by encouraging City of London residents  to have regular eye examinations, including an optomap® Retinal Scan.

World Hypertension Day takes place on Thursday 17^th May 2012 and aims to educate the public about the importance of the early detection of the medical condition.

High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and dementia. In 2002, it was named “the number one killer” by the World Health Organization (WHO).  The risk of stroke is four times greater and the risk of a heart attack two times greater if people have high compared with normal blood pressure.*

Around 16 million people in the UK have high blood pressure, 30 per cent of which are women and 32 per cent are men.  Up to the age of 64 there are higher rates of men with high blood pressure than women.**

Lifestyle factors, such as physical inactivity, a salt-rich diet with high processed and fatty foods, and alcohol and smoking all contribute to high blood pressure.*

High blood pressure rarely has any symptoms and many patients can actually feel relatively well even with the condition.  Around one third of people with high blood pressure do not know they have it, so the only way people know if they have the condition is to have it checked by a medical professional.**

It is estimated that around 62,000 unnecessary deaths from stroke and heart attacks can be prevented if treated correctly. The eye is the only part of the body where it’s possible to view blood vessels without invasive surgery, so retinal scans are an important tool to show early signs of high blood pressure.**

An optomap is the latest in eye care technology. It is a quick and painless procedure and is the only device currently available on the market that provides an ultra-wide 82% view of the retina (the back of the eye) in a single capture.  Traditional techniques can only capture up to 15%.

As part of a routine eye examination, an optomap has the ability to spot early signs of blood pressure, make people aware of their condition and help to save lives and eyesight.

Charles Babumba comments: "The optomap provides eye professionals with enhanced clinical information that is invaluable when diagnosing and monitoring conditions such as hypertension. The scans also offer additional health assurances for the patient as we can keep a permanent and accurate record of their retinal images so that any changes can be compared year-on-year.”

To book an eye examination and optomap scan call 0207 638 6192 or visit http://cityeyesopticians.com/.

For more details on World Hypertension Day 2012 and further information about hypertension visit www.ish-world.com

For further press information, please contact Jenna Blaber on 0207 638 6192 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

* Source: www.ish-world.com (online, 2012)

** Source: http://www.bpassoc.org.uk/microsites/kyn/Home/Media/Factsandfigures (online, 2012)

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Allergy Desenzitization Eye Drops - OK with Contacts

Natural Ophthalmics allergy eye drops stop allergy symptoms such as itching, burning, watering, edema and general ocular sensitivity. The drops are sterile, non-preserved, pH balanced, isotonic solution containing four homeopathic active ingredients.

Treatment: Allergy is a chronic condition expressed as the body's overactivity in triggering and carrying out the inflamation cascade leading to the symptoms of itching, burning, watering and redness. Note that suppressing symptoms with steroids, mast cell stabilizers and antihistamines hinders the same processes which the body uses to fight bacteria and viruses. They also have the risk of adverse reactions/drug interactions, and should be utilized after desenzitization drops have been tried. Natural Ophthalmics drops contain microdilutions of ingredients which are known to cause allergy if ingested in large (toxic) doses. The body reacts by desenzitization - itching, burning, watering and redness is quickly alleviated.

Watch the documentary about Katie, who, after acid attack, lost vision in the left eye. Using cutting edge technology of stem cells, she decided to undergo surgery that could gain her sight back:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/katie-the-science-of-seeing-again/4od#3306205