Surgeries for thyroid eye disease include orbital decompression (to relieve swelling), strabismus (to repair eye muscles and correct eye alignment), and eyelid retraction correction (to restore eyelid ...

Endoscopic orbital decompression is a surgery to treat Graves’ orbitopathy (thyroid eye disease). It removes the middle and bottom walls of the bone surrounding the eye. Surgeons use endoscopes and ...

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that primarily affects the thyroid gland. Approximately 27 percent of patients with Graves’ disease in North America will develop an eye disease that is known ...

When looking in the mirror, do youParentsSeeing sleepy looking eyes? Maybe your upper eyelid is drooping slightly or covering ...

Strabismus surgery resolves diplopia or double vision in three fourths of senior patients aged > 80 years after the initial procedure, with the resolution rate increasing with additional surgeries.

Botox is a form of toxin produced by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. The botulinum toxin in food or wounds blocks the signal transmission between nerves and muscles resulting in botulism, or ...

An adult double vision clinic has launched at UAB Eye Care. Under the leadership of Dr. Kristine Hopkins, chief of vision therapy, the new specialty clinic will provide relief to those whose lives ...

When Brent Chapman was 13, he took ibuprofen during a Christmas basketball game. It was a drug he had taken before, but what happened next was anything but routine: He had a severe reaction that ...