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Medical disclaimer and terms of use

Easy Ophthalmology is a free educational resource about eye health and eye care. Please read this page before using it. By using the website you accept these terms.

1. Educational purpose

• Easy Ophthalmology provides general educational and informational content for health professionals, trainees and students. Some pages may also be read by patients and the public.
• The content is not a substitute for individual medical advice, clinical examination, professional training or the independent judgement of a qualified health professional.
• The website does not diagnose or treat individual patients. Using it, or contacting us, does not create a doctor–patient or other professional relationship.
• If you are a patient or member of the public, do not use this website to diagnose or treat yourself or anyone else. Speak to a qualified eye-care professional. If you have sudden loss of vision, severe eye pain, a chemical in the eye or an eye injury, seek urgent medical help immediately.

2. Professional responsibility and local guidelines

• Health professionals must assess each patient's circumstances themselves and check the relevant evidence before making a clinical decision.
• Clinical guidelines, treatment recommendations, prescribing rules, regulatory approvals, drug availability, licensed indications and standards of care differ between countries and change over time. A treatment, dose or device mentioned here may not be approved, available or appropriate where you practise.
• You are responsible for checking the national and local guidelines, regulatory requirements, product information (such as the summary of product characteristics or package insert) and current professional recommendations that apply where you work.
• Interpret any clinical information here in the context of the individual patient, the current evidence and the standard of care that applies to you. Where this website and your local guidance differ, follow your local guidance and your own clinical judgement.
• Our "resource tier" suggestions describe options in different settings. They are not a statement of the minimum standard of care in any country.

3. Evidence, updates and limitations

• We aim to keep the content accurate, evidence-based and up to date, and every article lists its sources and its review dates. We cannot guarantee that any article is complete, current, free of errors or applicable to every clinical situation.
• Medical knowledge, drug approvals, safety warnings, technologies and treatment recommendations can change after an article is written or reviewed.
• An article being shown on this website does not mean that its recommendations are final, universally applicable or endorsed by any regulator or professional body. Each article states its own review status. Draft and preview pages are marked as such and are not for clinical use.
• Before relying on an important clinical statement, check it against the original sources cited and against current official guidance.
• Some articles were drafted with the help of artificial intelligence from a fixed set of sources chosen and checked by people. See About for how articles are prepared and reviewed.

4. Images

• Images are used under the licence shown with each one, mostly from Wikimedia Commons. The credit and licence appear under each image and on the image credits page. The licence belongs to the image's creator; it is not granted by us.
• Clinical images show examples. A condition can look different in another patient, at another stage or on other equipment. Do not diagnose by comparing a patient with a picture here.
• If you believe an image is used wrongly, infringes your rights or shows an identifiable person without permission, tell us using the feedback link and we will review it promptly and remove it if needed.

5. Limitation of liability

• Easy Ophthalmology is provided free of charge, for education, "as is". To the fullest extent permitted by the law that applies, we (the editors, authors, reviewers and operators) are not responsible for any loss, harm or damage that results from relying on the content, from errors or omissions, or from the website being unavailable.
• Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. This includes, where the law applies it, liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, and any rights you have as a consumer under mandatory law.
• These terms do not change any professional, ethical or legal duty that a health professional owes to their patients.

6. Links to other websites

We link to sources such as PubMed, publishers and Wikimedia Commons. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their content, availability or privacy practices.

7. Privacy and patient information

• The website itself does not ask for and does not store personal or patient information.
• Never send us identifiable patient information, including names, dates of birth, record numbers or recognisable photographs, through the feedback link or any other channel.

8. Copyright of the text

Unless stated otherwise, the article text belongs to Easy Ophthalmology and its authors. Images remain under their own licences, shown with each image.

9. Changes and contact

We may update these terms, and the version and date at the top of this page will change. Corrections to articles are listed on the About page. To report an error or ask a question, use the feedback link at the bottom of every page.

<small>Version 0.1 (draft), 18 October 2026.</small>