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Why Blue Light Affects Your Eyes and How to Protect Them
Staring at screens day after day does more than just tire your brain. Your eyes feel it too. Blue light affects your eyes by straining them, drying them out, and interfering with your natural rhythms. Understanding what’s happening and how an eye clinic helps can make...
Why Dry Eyes Happen and How an Eye Clinic Can Help
Dry eyes show up more often than people realize. Whether it’s a gritty feeling, unexpected watering, or vision that fluctuates during the day, something’s off. Sometimes it creeps in slowly, other times it hits all at once. Knowing why dry eyes happen and how an eye...
How Often Should You Visit an Eye Clinic?
Most people don’t think twice about their eye health until something goes wrong. Vision changes can be slow and subtle or sudden and alarming. Either way, consistent care helps prevent problems and catches early signs before they get serious. Understanding how often...
15 Creative Marketing Ideas for Eye Doctors
Eye doctors no longer depend entirely on word-of-mouth or insurance directories to grow their practices. Marketing ideas specifically designed for optometrists help practices thrive in a world where patients research everything online. A consistent digital presence...
Are You A Candidate For LASIK Eye Surgery?
Take this short quiz to find out if you can be on the path to better vision.
Cataracts
To our patients and families: It is the rare family that never has a member affected at some time by cataracts. We find that when faced with medical choices, a better informed person is able to make more appropriate decisions regarding the treatment of cataracts. We...
Retina
What is the retina? The retina is the part of the eye that functions like film in a camera. It is the inside lining of the posterior 2/3 of the eye. The retina is made of millions of nerve endings. Light (images) is focused on to the retina by the cornea and natural...
Refractive Conditions
The Normal Eye In a normal eye, light entering the eye is refracted (bent) by the eye’s cornea and then by the eye’s crystalline lens so that it focuses precisely on the retina. The retina is the thin layer of nerve tissue that receives light images and converts them...
Educational Photo Gallery
Bleb after glaucoma surgery Bleb Infection Blepharitis Blood staining after hyphema Cataract Conjunctival hemorrhage CONTACT ALLERGY CORNEAL ABRASION Corneal transplant CORNEAL ULCER Diabetic retinopathy Hypertensive retinopathy Hypopyon Infected eye Infected bleb...
Neuro-ophthalmology
What is neuro-ophthalmology? Neuro-ophthalmology involves the assessment and management of conditions affecting vision that arise outside the eye. A neuro-ophthalmologist deals with diseases of the brain, the nerves that connect the eyes to the brain, the control of...