Cataract, Eye Conditions, Eye Surgery, Eye Treatments
Cataract surgery is an intraocular operation that can improve degraded visual acuity. As with any operation healing after cataract surgery can depend on many associated health factors such as age, coexisting diabetes, age related retinal degeneration, ocular circulatory and other health conditions. While only a patient’s eye surgeon can advise exact instructions for post cataract surgery care, there are […]
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Eye Conditions, Eye Treatments
The eyeball has the shape of a soccer ball. There are three different coatings of tissue surrounding the central ocular cavity, (which is called the vitreous space). The outermost coating is the sclera which is a white collagenous structural and protective layer. The innermost is the retina which converts light images in to signals that […]
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Eye Treatments, Health, Outpatient Surgery, Retinal Imaging
Retinal Photography Almost every ophthalmologist in the United States has a color retinal photography camera. Retinal photography cameras can view most of the macula, retina, and optic nerve. While this test is useful in determining the level of blood build up in the retinal vessels, it does not give details of the flow of blood. Normal Retinal Photo Retinal […]
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Cataract, Diabetes, Eye Conditions, Eye Treatments, Health
The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends all persons should have a baseline ocular screening by age forty even if there are no visual issues. This includes dilation of the pupils to examine the structures inside the eye. Early maturity onset eye conditions detectable during a dilated eye exam include: Cataracts Eye pressure disease (glaucoma) Diabetic eye disease […]
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Eye Conditions, Eye Treatments
During the month of November there is heightened awareness regarding diabetes and diabetic retinopathy. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is a leader in the fight against diabetic disease. According to their mission statement the ADA is dedicated to “prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes” The ADA strives to […]
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Eye Conditions, Eye Treatments
The eyelids are an important part of the ocular system. They protect and lubricate the eyes. The eyelids have a skin (dermal) and protective substance producing (meibomian gland) component. As with any part of the body the eyelids can dysfunction or become infected resulting in “Lid Margin Disease”. Lid Margin Disease Lid margin disease can […]
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Eye Conditions, Eye Treatments
Seasonal allergies affect more than 20 million people in the United States every year (hay fever). Airborne allergen particles like molds, house dusts, animal hairs not only affect patient with respiratory allergies when inhaled but frequently come into contact with the ocular surfaces resulting in eye allergies at any time. Ocular allergies take the form of seasonal […]
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Eye Conditions, Eye Treatments, Health, Ophthalmology Clinic, Outpatient Surgery
Since the 1980s our eye surgeons have had the opportunity to educate and treat patients regarding many rare eye conditions. Here are three of particular interest. Birdshot Retinochoroidopathy (BR) Birdshot retinochoroidopathy is a rare, usually painless inflammation of the blood vessels under the retina. It can flare up and then spontaneously subside. We do not know the cause […]
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Eye Conditions, Eye Treatments, Health, Ophthalmology Clinic
Glaucoma is a condition where the eye’s intraocular pressure (IOP) contributes to the harm of the eye’s optic nerve. Sometimes in the very early stages of glaucoma, an unusual IOP may not reveal clear cut damage to the optic nerve. The opposite can also happen when an average IOP could damage an optic nerve in […]
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Eye Surgery, Eye Treatments, Laser Eye Surgery, LASIK, Ophthalmology Clinic, Outpatient Surgery
Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is a modern optical laser surgical method that reshapes the eye allowing clearer focus to produce better vision. It is available for patients that have myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), or astigmatism (a cornea with unequal curves). During LASIK surgery a corneal flap is fashioned and a thin layer of corneal tissue is […]
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