
As an ophthalmologist, patients often ask me, “Is there anything I need to do to keep my eyes healthy?” Here are a few simple precautions that come to mind.
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As an ophthalmologist, patients often ask me, “Is there anything I need to do to keep my eyes healthy?” Here are a few simple precautions that come to mind.

An inflamed iris is serious, so timely treatment is extremely important. Prolonged inflammation can lead to adhesions of the iris, cause the pupil to become smaller or irregularly shaped and predispose to glaucoma.

MANY PEOPLE love the idea of getting out of their glasses and or contacts but hate the thought of having a procedure performed on their eyes.

ANNUAL EYE EXAMS detect diseases of the eye like cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration and also enable early detection of other diseases like diabetes, optic neuritis as seen in multiple sclerosis and high blood pressure.

DO YOUR eyes feel dry, itchy, gritty feeling? Are your eyes burning and watery? Are your eyes sore and light sensitive? If you have some of these symptoms or even all of these symptoms then you may be suffering from a condition known as dry eye syndrome.

TVL can have many different presentations and there is many different causes as to why a person may just suddenly lose their vision.

IN 2000, according to the World Health Organization, at least 171 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes, or 2.8 percent of the population. Diabetic retinopathy falls into the “microvascular disease” complication category of diabetes.

Eye problems are often associated with diabetes. Current estimates suggest that as many as 25,000 people with diabetic retinopathy may become blind each year.
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