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Today, the world’s largest disability is impaired vision. That’s why FYidoctors is gearing up for Optometry Giving Sight’s World Sight Day Challenge during the month of October, in celebration of World Sight Day on October 12th. Hoping to beat last year’s fundraising total of $92,415.10, donations will go toward Our Children’s Vision, an organization that aims to deliver vision care to 50 million children by the year 2020. With more than 600 million people around the world suffering from blindness or vision impairment due to lack of access to eye examination and glasses, World Sight Day is more important than…

Have you heard of orthokeratology? It’s a fascinating regime that has been in place since the 1970s to correct refractive errors using custom-designed lenses that are worn during sleep. FYidoctors has put together a review of this treatment plan, how this form of vision therapy works, eligibility requirements, and its long-term success. Also known as ortho-k, the specially designed gas-permeable contact lenses gently reshape the front surface of your eye (cornea) while you sleep at night so you can see clearly the following day after you remove the lenses when you wake up. The process can correct vision complications such…