Christmas Lights & Astigmatism
People with astigmatism likely see lights streaky, blurry, fuzzy, surrounded by glare or halos. This happens because in dim light or at night your pupil dilates in order to allow more light into the eye. As it dilates and grows large, more peripheral light enters the eye. Increased blurring and glare resulting in fuzziness, particularly…
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Keep Yourself & Your Eyes Safe From COVID
As Covid-19 is still around it is important you are taking care of yourself. It is possible for people who have caught Covid to present with ocular symptoms, such as conjunctivitis, which is known as pink eye. Pink eye is an irritation or inflammation of the conjunctiva, which covers the white part of the eye….
Read More Eye Infections in the Rainy Season
On rainy days we catch a break from the scorching heat, but the rainy season also triggers several air-borne infections. Your eyes become more prone to seasonal diseases with massive bacterial growth and virus outbreaks. The main reason behind increased eye infections is the heavy moisture content in the air, which becomes an easy breeding…
Read More Ripped Contact Lens?
Ripped contacts lens can be very frustrating. We may wonder why lens can’t be made out of stronger material. More than 45 million Americans who wear contacts prefer soft lenses because the soft lens material is a lot more comfortable and is able to let a great deal of oxygen to the cornea, which keeps…
Read More Halloween Fun
We are officially in the month of Halloween. It’s a time for costume parties, haunted houses, trick-or-treating, and candy, but it is also unfortunately a time when there’s an increase in eye injuries. Many popular Halloween activities and costumes carry a risk of eye injury and eye infections. Here are some simple tips to avoid…
Read More Pressure Behind the Eyes?
Pressure behind the eyes does not necessarily have anything to do with an eye problem. There a few causes to the pressure behind the eyes such as migraines and related headaches, sinusitis, graves’ disease, optic neuritis or dry eye syndrome. Glaucoma is one common eye disease that could possibly lead to pressure behind the eyes. …
Read More Winter Eye Protection
Cold weather is just around the corner which means you still need to be taking care of your eyes. Indoor heat and forced air from car vents dries out your eyes just as it dries out your skin. In the summertime, the sun may feel hotter, but since snow is reflective it is important to…
Read More Best Vitamins for Eye Health
The best vitamins for our eye health are lutein, zeaxanthin, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin C, vitamin E, and omega-3 fatty acids. These vitamins can reduce the risk of eye diseases as well as improve overall health. Foods such as blueberries, dark chocolate, eggs and egg yolks, kale, red bell peppers and goji berries…
Read More Human Eyes vs Animal Eyes
All eyes have one thing in common and that is they focus onto a retina, turn the image into signals, and send them to the brain. Depending on what the animal does to survive, that requires different adaptations. Depth perception, the ability to see movement, and color vision are the ones we need. Humans eyes…
Read More Strabismus “Cross Eye”
A disorder in which the eyes do not align in the same direction which is strabismus, or pediatric ophthalmology squint also known as “cross eyes”. The six different eye muscles inability to work in coordination with one another is what causes strabismus. There are two different images being sent to the brain, leading to confusion,…
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