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In advanced cases, timely surgical treatment restores comfort and improves vision.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\n<strong>Protect your eyes from environmental damage with expert care at Dr. Ankur Gupta Eye &#038; Vision Centre, Kota.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pterygium Pterygium is a non-cancerous, fleshy growth of the conjunctiva that extends onto the cornea. It usually develops on the inner (nasal) side of the eye and is commonly associated with prolonged exposure to sunlight, dust, and dry environments. Symptoms Visible fleshy growth on the eye Redness and irritation Burning or itching sensation Dryness or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/decorkafe.in\/drankur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17659"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/decorkafe.in\/drankur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/decorkafe.in\/drankur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decorkafe.in\/drankur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decorkafe.in\/drankur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17659"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/decorkafe.in\/drankur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17821,"href":"https:\/\/decorkafe.in\/drankur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17659\/revisions\/17821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/decorkafe.in\/drankur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}