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HEALTH & BEAUTY

EYE SPECIALIST/
OPTHALMOLOGIST

The North Coast has a specialist in Ophthalmology no longer patients and can start being people again
just for you. is my goal,” said Dr Reddy.

If you have any medical eye related problems, Our Practice has been fitted with the latest state
require cataract surgery or other general of art equipment to ensure the best possible
ophthalmology problems, you want to know that evaluation and treatment of your eye problems.
your doctor is skilled, highly qualified, approachable Dr Reddy’s special interest is cataract surgery,
and interested in what is best for you. medical retina and glaucoma.

Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals Treatment/Services
with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the Cataract surgery, keratoconus, glaucoma and
eye, its structures and main function which is your medical retina (diabetes, age related muscular
vision. degeneration and hereditary retinal conditions).

An Ophthalmologist (eye medical doctor and Evaluation and management of the red eye, watery
surgeon) will be qualified and licensed to provide eye, painful eye, decrease in vision / loss of vision,
the full range of eye care from exams, diagnosis flashes and dry eye.
and treatment of eye diseases, prescribing
medications, and performing eye surgery to correct This is a general Ophthalmology practice offering a
vision problems. broad range of services, including routine check-
ups and consultations and range of surgical
Dr Reddy qualified from the University of Cape Town procedures.
with a medical degree (MBChB) and returned to
KwaZulu-Natal to start her post graduate training in Dr Reddy believes that prevention is better than
Ophthalmology. During this time she was awarded cure. Especially regarding diabetic eye disease.
the Neville Welsh Medal in Ophthalmology. Annual diabetic eye screening, can pick up diabetic
retinopathy and early treatment can prevent visual
“It is important for people to understand how we loss and blindness.
see. Think of the lens of the eye as a camera. When
we look at an object, light from the object passes Editorial supplied by Dr. Yavische Reddy
through the clear cornea and the lens, until it hits
the retina at the back of the eye. Like a camera,
the lens helps to focus the light coming through the
eye onto the retina. The retina receives the light and
helps process it into what we see.”

Dr Reddy said cataracts are one of the most
common treatable sight problems. Dr Reddy is
ready to help you see clearly again.

Being able to restore people’s vision is the reason
Dr Yavische Reddy loves what she does.

“Knowing that I can help my patients live a normal
life again – work, drive and be independent again,
inspires me. Getting to the point where patients are

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