You can injure many parts of your body playing sports, including your eyes. One eye injury that you may suffer during your sports career is vitreous detachment. Here are three things you need to know about this eye injury. How does vitreous detachment occur? Your vitreous is the gel-like filling inside your eyeball. Your vitreous is attached to your retina, a light-sensitive tissue in the very back of your eye. In response to trauma, the vitreous can partially detach itself from the retina.
19 November 2015
Contact lenses are a simple solution for improving your vision. They are a great alternative to bulky glasses but come with their own host of problems if they are not used properly. Contact lenses work best when the eyes are properly lubricated or moist. If your eyes dry out while wearing your contact lenses, this will lead to discomfort and irritation. The tears in your eyes act as a barrier between the contact lens and your actual eyeball.
5 November 2015
What you do before and after LASIK surgery can have great bearing on how long it takes for you to recover. Following the procedure, your doctor could monitor you for up to six months. Here are some tips on what you can do before and after surgery to help your recovery. Before LASIK In the few weeks prior to having LASIK, it is important that you stop wearing your contacts. The lenses can affect the shape of your cornea, which could change the measurements that were initially taken when you were assessed for the procedure.
17 October 2015
Young adults can begin wearing contact lenses in their early teens, but this doesn't mean that this should be taken lightly. Contact lenses come with a level of responsibility that you need to ensure that your teenager can handle. If your teen wears glasses and would like to try out contacts, work with our optometrist to understand the risks and responsibilities for contacts. Here are four tips to get your teen ready for contact lenses and to assess if they can handle the care that comes with this.
31 August 2015
As you age, changes happen to your body and you may experience eye problems. One common problem is a cataract, which occurs when part of your lens becomes cloudy in certain areas, interfering with your vision. However, cataracts are not inevitable; here are some things you can do to avoid cataracts in your eyes. Eat an Eye-Healthy Diet While you may already know that you're supposed to be eating lean meats, grains, vegetables and fruits, you may not know that certain foods are better than others for good eye health.
16 July 2015
Corrective vision options continue to change and evolve, allowing anyone who suffers from degrading or poor vision several ways to address it. Corrective lenses, in the form of glasses or contacts, and vision correction surgery both allow you to resolve vision issues, but there are benefits and drawbacks to each. If your vision seems to be getting worse, knowing more about these options can help you make a more informed decision, and select a course of treatment that works for you.
30 June 2015
Until recently, having cataract surgery would fix the problem of a lens that was occluded, causing you to have vision that was cloudy or blurry. If you wore glasses for other vision problems, the surgery did not help. However, in 2003 multifocal and accommodating intraocular lenses were created. If used to replace your natural lens your vision can be restored to near perfect. If you are going to have cataract surgery and have other vision problems, here are some options you have to correct the problem and keep you from needing to wear glasses:
1 May 2015
