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Common eye conditions to look out for

Eye check-up at Tassia-Kwa Ndege Health Center in Embakasi East sub-county on October 5, 2021. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

As we learn about refractive errors and a few of the common eye conditions that we encounter in our day-to-day life, it is equally important to be aware of the associated medical conditions that may bring about fluctuating eyeglass prescriptions, elevated ocular pressure, eye-fatigue and so on. Let's first look at the normal eye.

Normal eye or emmetropia:

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