September is Healthy Aging Month
Our eyes will go through different changes as we age, just like the rest of the body. You can’t run as fast or jump as high, and you wake up the morning stiff, and you need time to get going.
Our eyes will go through different changes as we age, just like the rest of the body. You can’t run as fast or jump as high, and you wake up the morning stiff, and you need time to get going.
Glaucoma is an eye disease that can harm your optic nerve, which is responsible for relaying visual information to your brain. When left untreated, glaucoma can lead to permanent blind spots and/or complete blindness. This is usually caused by elevated
Are you experiencing blurry or cloudy vision? If so, you could have a common condition called cataracts. Cataracts occur when the natural eye lens becomes dense and cloudy. Unfortunately, cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss in individuals over
An eye exam is also known as a dilated eye exam or complete eye exam. A normal complete comprehensive eye exam is a thorough examination of the eye which includes dilating the pupil of the eye. Eye doctors or ophthalmologists
For you to know which is the right cataract procedure for you, you first need a complete, thorough eye exam and proper testing of your eyes. There is a possibility that you don’t even need cataract surgery, you may only
The eye doctor has told you that you have cataracts and you are unhappy with your vision. What’s next? The eye doctor is unable to change your glass prescription to improve your vision; therefore, you have decided to have surgery.
My Eye Doctor Said My Cataract is Going to Explode in My Eye! Really!!! Unfortunately, cataract surgery has become one of the most unnecessary surgeries in the United States. Patients are told all kinds of crazy stories about why their
What Kind of Eye Disease is Glaucoma? Glaucoma is not a simple eye disease where the eye pressure is elevated and therefore you have glaucoma. Glaucoma is caused by a variety of etiologies and presents clinically in a variety of
“Doc, how bad are my cataracts?” “How fast are my cataracts growing?” These are two questions I get asked by my patients daily. The majority of people believe that cataracts are a film that is growing over their eyes. This