4 min read13 October 2026
Glaucoma: the silent thief of sight that gives no warning
It's the world's second cause of blindness and shows no symptoms until the damage is large. The good news: caught early, it's controllable.
Eye and hearing health advice from your trusted opticians in Cardedeu.
4 min read13 October 2026
It's the world's second cause of blindness and shows no symptoms until the damage is large. The good news: caught early, it's controllable.
5 min read5 October 2026
Keratoconus makes the cornea thinner and cone-shaped, distorting vision. Today, special contact lenses allow people to see well without surgery in most cases.
5 min read22 September 2026
Going progressive is the biggest optical jump after 40. Done carefully it's wonderful; done sloppily it's a guaranteed headache.
5 min read14 September 2026
Running, cycling, pool, football, gym... Sports contact lenses work differently from everyday ones. Here's the practical part: which lenses serve which sport, and why water is the real trap.
4 min read8 September 2026
Lenses that clear up indoors and darken in sunlight are a marvel of chemistry. But there are catches: the windscreen, the heat, and the fade-back time.
4 min read1 September 2026
Little shadows drifting when you look at a blue sky. Almost everyone has them. The key isn't having them — it's sudden change.
4 min read25 August 2026
Night glare, faded colours, a forever-dirty windscreen feeling. Cataracts aren't a film on the eye — they're the lens itself going cloudy, and they have a solution.
6 min read24 August 2026
Childhood myopia is growing worldwide and appearing earlier every year. Detecting it early and applying control strategies (special lenses, habits and outdoor time) can make a big difference to your child's eyesight.
4 min read18 August 2026
It happens to everyone from about 43-45: the menu blurs, the arm stretches. It's not a disease and it's not your fault — it's physics. Here are the honest options.
4 min read17 August 2026
Before September there's one thing many parents leave until the end: eyesight. A quick children's eye test before the return avoids a whole term of slipping grades for reasons that have nothing to do with studying.
4 min read11 August 2026
Half the population has some. Nobody explains it well. It's not a disease, it's geometry: a cornea shaped like a rugby ball instead of a football.
4 min read4 August 2026
A dark lens without UV protection is worse than no sunglasses at all: your pupil opens and the door to UV stays wide open. Here's how to buy properly.
5 min read1 August 2026
On 12 August 2026 the Sun will be almost completely covered from Catalonia. You only get one chance at this: your retina has no pain sensors.
7 min read18 July 2026
Blurry distance vision is no modern invention: 2,300 years ago Aristotle had already described the first myopes. Here's how we went from a scribes' rarity to an epidemic that could affect half the planet by 2050.
8 min read27 July 2024
Ten practical recommendations to improve hearing care, the most common causes of hearing problems and strategies to identify and reduce risk factors.
6 min read27 April 2024
Discover how to prevent and treat myopia with practical tips and effective treatment options. Visual hygiene, eye exercises, a balanced diet and every correction option explained.
7 min read24 April 2024
Discover Blue Light glasses: they protect your eyes from the blue light emitted by screens. They filter blue light, reduce eye strain and come in modern frames to combine style and protection.