by AEOAdmin | Nov 13, 2017 | Eyecare Tip Of The Week
Eye Exams Patients often ask me, “Doc. What do you see when you look in the back of my eye?” Well, we see lots of things, we see lots of things related to your general health. Because we look at the optic nerve, we can tell if certain types of brain tumors...
by AEOAdmin | Nov 12, 2017 | Eyecare Tip Of The Week
Cataracts In Seniors My senior patients frequently have cataracts. A cataract is a cloudiness in the lens behind the pupil and when the cataract is bad enough, it obscures vision. The of the lens of a child’s eye as a clear pearl onion, over the years that clear...
by AEOAdmin | Nov 11, 2017 | Eyecare Tip Of The Week
Reading In The Dark Parents often tell me that their kids like to read in the dark and they are concerned that that is bad for their eyes. When a child or anybody reads in the dark it really does no permanent damage to their eyes or their vision. However, when...
by AEOAdmin | Nov 8, 2017 | Eyecare Tip Of The Week
Patients often ask me if they can use dime store reading glasses, cheaters or magnifiers. And certainly they can, depending on the power. Powers under 200 are usually safe to wear for a length of time without causing eyestrain or headaches. However, since these...
by AEOAdmin | Nov 7, 2017 | Eyecare Tip Of The Week
Many patients who wear reading glasses ask me if they are able to wear contact lenses, and really patients with reading glasses have three options; The first option is to wear what is called mono-vision. Mono-vision means there is one reading contact lens worn usually...
by AEOAdmin | Nov 6, 2017 | Eyecare Tip Of The Week
People often ask me about having their pupils dilated during an eye exam. Now the reason we dilate is the make the pupil larger so that we have a more extensive view of the inside of the eye. Some of the side affects of being dilated include: light sensitivity, and...
