purpose: vision disorders are closely associated with poverty, particularly blindness. we determined the prevalence of low vision and blindness in different socioeconomic levels. our goal was determination of correlation between socioeconomic determinants and visual acuity in varamin city. methods: this community based study was done on 2737 people over the age of 50 years, living varamin city ...

background: adverse effect of sun rays mainly uv ray on the human eye documented and protection of eyes is necessary using different methods such as, sun glasses. sunglasses are designed in different colors. the aim of this study was evaluation of the effect of different colors of sunglasses on the visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, stereopsis and color vision. methods: 81 normal subjects wer...

purpose: to introduce a patient with best disease and fluctuation in vision and oct changes. case report: a 26-year-old man presented with decreased va in his left eye due to cnv secondary to best disease. va improved after ivb injection. after 3 years he complained of metamorphopsia in his right eye with a decrease in subretinal deposits which improved spontaneously. the same sequence of event...