Your Eyes & Diabetes

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Diabetes does affect your eyes and you should be making regular eye doctor visits when you have diabetes. Blurry vision, cataracts, glaucoma, and retinopathy are problems that can occur with high blood sugar. Diabetic eye problems usually don’t have any symptoms in the early stages. Even if you think your eyes are healthy, it is…

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Wash Your Hands!

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While Covid-19 continues to evolve, wash your hands frequently. Covid-19 can enter the body through your eyes, if someone sneezes or coughs virus particles are in the air. It’s also possible to touch a surface, such as a door handle, that is contaminated with the virus and then touching your eye may become infected. Touching…

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Color Blindness

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There are an estimated 300 million people in the world with color vision deficiency. A fairly common condition in which you don’t see colors the traditional way. When cones (a type of nerve cell in your retina) aren’t working correctly. In order to perceive color, cones process light and images as they enter your eye…

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Dangers of Rubbing Your Eyes

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We all rub our eyes thinking it’s a harmless thing to do. Most of us do it on a daily basis, whether it’s hay fever or a common cold or even just feeling tired and groggy. It stimulates tears to flow, lubricating dry eyes and removing dust and other irritants. When you press down on…

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Animal Eye Knowledge

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Human eyes are already interesting as is. Did you know that a shark’s cornea has been used in human eye surgery, as it is the most similar to the human cornea. Rectangular pupils? Never seen or heard of that one, but goats do have rectangular pupils to give them a wide field of vision.  Us…

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Ultraviolet Awareness Month

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It is a golden time to highlight Ultraviolet Awareness Month since summer is right around the corner. Every human being of any skin pigmentation and age is susceptible to UV damage. Make sure to wear the proper UV blocking sunglasses and wide brim hat to protect yourself from the damaging UV rays. People with light-colored…

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Alarms Off & Weekend Mode On!

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Happy Friday! It’s finally the weekend where many of us will be getting in some extra hours of sleep. Some of us have really busy lives with not enough sleep, but we need to make sure to at least have 5 hours of sleep every night for our eyes to replenish for a new day….

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Prepare For Summertime!

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Summer is right around the corner. That means vacation, beaches, pools and being out in the sun a lot more.  Did you know that eyes can get sunburned?  Yes, just like your skin can get sunburned you can also get sunburned eyes. Sun damage could come back to haunt you later in life so protect…

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Athletes, Don’t Forget to Protect Your Eyes!

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Prepare the Family for Sports Eye Safety Month As the cold of winter starts to slip away, many welcome the warm sunshine of spring and summer with open arms and more time spent outside. As more individuals start to head outdoors, athletic events start to pop up in schools and leagues around the community. Sports…

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Allergies Are Springing Up

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Spring’s warm weather finally makes it the perfect time to have fun outside. However, common eye conditions that occur in the spring season may prevent you from enjoying the sun and the great outdoors. If you suffer from allergies, the eye doctors at Clarity Eye Center Pllc are here to share nine tips to help…

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