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Sharp-eyed dad saves Lauren from losing sight
(The Scotsman 17/10/2008)
WHEN two-year-old Lauren Duncan looks into her father's eyes in the future, she will know she has her dad to thank for saving her vision. For had it not been for his occupation, the toddler could be facing a lifetime of being blind in one eye. The Broxburn youngster has accommodative esotropia, a condition that, if left untreated, can lead to the victim losing use of one eye.
Sore eyes
(BBC 13/10/2008)
Imagine what it is like not to be able to read without getting a headache from trying to focus on the print, which seems to dance and blur before your eyes. If you are one of the 15% of the population who suffer from a condition called binocular instability, then that is the reality - but you may not even realise you have it.
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