Scheduling a comprehensive eye exam is incredibly important not only for your vision but to get a sense of the overall health of your body. The only method to see live blood vessels, nerves, and other tissues without surgery is to look inside your eyes.
You have specific needs for your contact lenses whether at work or during your leisure time. Receive superior comfort and vision with a custom contact lens fitting at our office.
Never worn contacts- no problem! Our staff will show you how to insert and remove contact lenses and you will leave our office to see the world in a new way.
Your child’s eyes are special and so are their eye exams. It is very important at every stage of growth to make certain your child’s eyes are developing to their fullest by scheduling them for an annual pediatric eye exam.
The best candidates for myopia control are children who show signs of high myopia or rapidly increasing prescriptions. Myopia control is most effective when starting at a young age.
Slowing down the progression of myopia reduces the need for stronger glasses or contact lenses later in life and the risk of complications associated with high myopia, such as retinal detachment and glaucoma.
Improves quality of life by providing clearer vision at a distance.
The main cause of cataracts is a natural aging process of the lens inside your eyes making them cloudy.
Other factors that can increase your risk include diabetes, long-term use of corticosteroids, smoking, prolonged exposure to sunlight, family history of cataracts, or an eye injury or surgery.
Symptoms include blurred vision, colors that seem faded or less vivid, sensitivity to bright lights, including halos or streaks around lights, difficulty seeing at night, or a change to your prescription.
Our office co-manages with a local ophthalmology group to provide the best outcome for your cataract surgery in an efficient manner.
Those with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes may have changes to their eye health even with well-controlled blood sugar levels. An annual diabetic eye exam is crucial to monitoring your health—the tissue inside your eyes reflects the health of the rest of your body and communicating the exam findings to your primary care physician assists in managing your diabetes.
If you take Plaquenil, you should see your eye doctor:
Within the first year of beginning Plaquenil for a baseline eye exam—assessing the initial health of your eyes and looking for disease.
After five years of Plaquenil treatment, an annual exam is needed if you are on acceptable doses without major risk factors.
Patients with major risk factors for retinal damage may need annual screening before 5 years of Plaquenil treatment.
It is crucial not to miss your scheduled exams and testing so your eye doctor can help find damage early before serious problems develop.
Schedule a dry eye evaluation if you experience any of these symptoms:
A scratchy feeling, like there’s something in your eye
Stinging or burning in your eyes
Red eyes
Sensitivity to light
Blurry vision
Dry eye is common and affects millions of Americans every year. The good news is that if you have dry eyes, there are treatments that can keep your eyes healthy and comfortable.
Conjunctivitis is an inflammation of the conjunctiva; the thin, transparent layer of tissue that lines the inner surface of your eyelid and covers the white part of your eye.
This may be caused by a virus, bacteria, allergies, exposure to irritants, dry eye, a foreign body, or certain medical conditions.
An evaluation by your eye doctor is the best way to find the root of your condition and receive the best treatment.
Same day appointments are available for urgent needs.
Consult our office if you have symptoms of:
Redness
Severe pain
The feeling that something is in your eye
Tears
Pus or thick discharge from your eye
Blurry vision
Pain when looking at bright lights
Swollen eyelids
A round white spot on your cornea
Infections cause most corneal ulcers. Properly identifying the cause of infection in our office is the key to getting the proper treatment for your ulcer. These causes include:
Bacterial infections
Viral infections such as the herpes simplex virus, which causes cold sores, or varicella virus, which causes chickenpox and shingles.
Fungal infections such as Fusarium, Aspergillus, or Candida; This could be the result of an injury by something natural such as a branch or twig hitting the eye. These infections are rare but possible.
Parasitic infections with Acanthamoeba, a small parasite found in fresh water and dirt.
People who wear contact lenses are more likely to get corneal ulcers. This risk is much higher if you use extended-wear soft contacts that you sleep in nightly. Bacteria on the lens or in your cleaning solution could get trapped underneath causing an infection or ulceration of your cornea. Wearing lenses for long periods can also block oxygen to your cornea, causing new vessel growth to occur where it is deprived of oxygen called neovascularization.
While working or playing in an environment with dust and debris, eventually you may wind up with something stuck in your eye, no matter how carefully you protect them.
If you suspect something is stuck in your eye, call our office and set a time to see the eye doctor for evaluation and treatment—the longer you wait the more complicated the issue may become!
Macular degeneration is a chronic eye disease that affects the macula, the central part of the retina responsible for sharp, detailed vision.
Symptoms include blurred or distorted central vision, blind spots in the center of vision, difficulty reading or seeing fine details, sensitivity to light, and colors appearing less vibrant.
It is important to consult an eye doctor if you experience any symptoms of macular degeneration. Early detection and treatment can help preserve vision.
When necessary, our office co-manages with a local ophthalmology group to provide the most current treatments for advancing cases of macular degeneration to best preserve your vision.
Glaucoma is an eye condition that damages the optic nerve and leads to vision loss or blindness. Damage to the optic nerve is often related to high pressure in the eye but can happen even with normal eye pressure.
Glaucoma can happen at any age but is more common among older adults. Many forms of glaucoma have no warning signs and are so gradual that you may not notice a change in vision until damage is already done.
It is important to have regular eye exams that include measurements of your eye pressure. If you have glaucoma, you will need treatment or monitoring for the rest of your life.
When necessary, our office co-manages with a local ophthalmology group to provide a simple, in-office laser procedure that reduces and often eliminates the need for multiple daily eye drops so you can live life without missing a dose.
Would you like to wake up and see the world clearly without the need for glasses or contact lenses? If your answer is YES, then schedule an evaluation for a corrective vision procedure with our office.
Our office co-manages with a local ophthalmology group to provide the best options and outcomes for your corrective vision procedure.
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Keratoconus is a progressive eye disease that causes the cornea to bulge and thin over time making vision correction difficult even with the best glasses or contact prescription due to the ever changing and irregular shape of the cornea.
Our office co-manages this condition with a local ophthalmology group for a procedure called corneal cross linking, using UV light to strengthen the collagen fiber bonds in the cornea, halting or slowing the progression of this often devasting disease.
An eye injury or a sudden change in vision is very concerning. If you experience this, call our office.
Same day appointments are available for urgent needs.
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