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what do your eyes do when you sleep?

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  Your eyes roll slowly, opening and closing during stage 1 of sleep, when in deep sleep during stages 2-4 your eyes are still. There’s a stage of our sleep cycle called rapid eye movement (REM). During REM sleep, our eyeballs move rapidly behind our eyelids and our bodies become more still. It’s during this stage that we dream. It’s not known why our eyes move so much during this stage, but some believe it could be because we’re watching the scenes in our dreams. When you don’t get enough sleep, your eyes can feel strained, dry and itch y the next day. Lack of sleep can cause eye strain, burst blood vessels and dry eye. Our eyes go through a lot during the day. After spending so many hours using your eyes, it's important for them to get enough recovery time when you're asleep. Getting enough sleep will give your eyes moisture throughout the night so that they can function properly when you wake up.

Are you aware of Eye cancers ?

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  There is an existence of Cancer in eye where it is termed as intraocular cancer. Melanoma and Lymphoma are mostly common Intraocular Cancer in the adults. Retinoblastoma is most commonly seen in children. Cancer starts in the Cells of Retina in the eye. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the eye. Ocular Melanoma is most dangerous in adults it becomes severe when it reaches to Liver of the human body. It might lead to Death in 30% to 50% patients. Treatment depends according to the stage of the Eye cancer. If the Ocular Melanoma spread over then Survival becomes difficult as below 1year. There are some of the tests involved to diagnose the Eye Cancer. Radiation therapy is the main treatment for most people and Chemotherapy is also suggested to some people. The wide Exposure to the Ultraviolent Rays directly to the eye increases the risk of Eye Melanoma. Any Deviations from the functioning of the eye leads to the Disorders of the Eye vision.

Do you know what lazy eye is?

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Lazy eye is also known as Amblyopia. Sight in which the brain doesn’t stimulate inputs from one eye and overtime the other one. It results in decreased vision in an eye and typically appears normal. Amblyopia is the most common disease where results the vision in a single eye in children and younger adults. It can be seen in children at the age of five. Rarely 1-5% of the population get affected by lazy eye. Effect of lazy eye is more in children than adults. Parents couldn’t recognize this lazy eye at initial time and promptly treated, reduced vision can be avoided. But if left untreated, lazy eye can cause severe disability in the vision of affected eye, including legal blindness Diseases can be occurred if the lazy eye left untreated or not improper treatment is provided ·          Refractive errors ·          Strabismus ·          Cataracts ·          Droopy eyelid (ptosis) Treatment Treatment of Amblyopia consists of correcting the optical often forcing use of th