Do you suffer from sore irritable eyes? Are your eyes often red and swollen and do you suffer from dark rings and puffiness around your eyes? Well there are quite a number of ways you can treat sore eyes without having to resort to expensive creams and lotions. Very few people realize that there are a number of specific exercises and regular steps you can take to keep your eyes healthy and working properly. If you start a regular regime of self-administered eye related treatments you can reduce... more
Glaucoma Treatment
The first line of glaucoma treatment is the use of prescription eyedrops. Several classes of medications are effective at lowering IOP and thus preventing optic nerve damage in chronic and neonatal glaucoma. Beta blockers (e.g. timolol), carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (e.g. acetazolamide), and alpha-2 agonists (e.g. brimonidine tartrate) inhibit aqueous humor production. Miotics (e.g. pilocarpine) and prostaglandin analogues (e.g. latanoprost) increase the outflow of aqueous humor. It is important for patients to inform their doctors of any health conditions they have or any medications they take, including over-the counter drugs. Certain drugs used to treat glaucoma are not prescribed for patients with pre-existing conditions. The drugs prescribed to treat glaucoma all have side effects, so patients taking them should be monitored closely, especially for cardiovascular, pulmonary, and behavioral symptoms. Each medication lowers IOP by a different amount, and a combination of medications... more
The Problem With Allergies Allergies can be triggered by many substances. Seasonal allergies (also called hayfever) are often caused by the grass, tree, and weed pollens that are abundant in spring and late summer. Other types of allergies can affect your eyes year-round. Allergy symptoms include sneezing, congestion, and red, watery, itchy eyes. Why Allergies Occur Your body’s immune system protects you against illness by staying alert for harmful agents entering the body. If this occurs,... more
Do your eyes get itchy, red, and irritated? Itchy, red eyes can be the result of many different causes. Perhaps you were in a smoke infested environment that caused your eyes to itch. Maybe you have been sitting a computer all day and strained your eyes by not blinking your eyes as often as you normallydo. The most common reason however is because you have allergy eyes. Allergy eyes is most often a negative reaction to a substance in your immediate environment. For example, allergy eyes can be caused... more
Photography with the aid of a digital camera is beyond doubt very fascinating. However, it also has many a nooks that the users of the digital camera must be aware of and also must be well educated to deal with in order to produce good photographs worth the most prized digital camera. Such a concept is that of the red eye! In order to understand what this red eye actually is, a little detailed introspection is necessary. Basically speaking red-eye is a function of at least three things, they are... more
If you need to learn about dry eye care, you are not alone. Studies show that more than 3.2 million people in the United States need dry eye care. The condition is most prevalent in women; eight percent of women over the age of 50 in the United States need dry eye care. What Are The Symptoms Of Dry Eyes? Sufferers of dry eye syndrome experience: * Burning eyes * Scratchy eyes * Stringy discharge in the eyes * Excessive tearing * Intolerance of smoke and wind * Blurry vision What Are the Causes Of... more
Absolutely white, whites of the eye, is a myth. Veins in the eyes are and must be visible in healthy eyes. It is only when the red veins are dilated, the eye appears red. The drying up of lubricants and other protective fluids in the eye can cause irritation in the eye and result in unaccustomed redness and dilation of the veins in the eye. This makes the veins stand out on the whites of the eye giving the eye a reddish color. Dry eye is also known as Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), or keratitis... more
The incidence of dry eyes in America has grown dramatically over the past decade as the environment has changed, and the average age of Americans has increased. As such, new and better therapeutic alternatives are required to treat this chronic and potentially damaging condition. While most individuals simply chose to live with the discomfort of dry eyes, the physiological changes that can, and do occur as a result of decreased tear flow are worth noting. Dry eyes can occur either as a result of... more
Typically, when you think about finding menopause relief you don’t automatically think of dry eyes. Yet over 60% of women are affected by dry eyes, and much of the reason is directly related to the hormonal change during menopause. Dry eyes can be very annoying, and it can also cause scarring on the cornea, develop into ulcers and even lead to infections. The eye fluids normally carry away dust and debris, once this ceases there is a higher incidence of infections. What are some dry eye symptoms? Everyone... more
Dry eyes are the least likely symptom of early menopause and menopause that you would think of. It is not often mentioned as being a menopausal symptom most of the time. Menopausal and post-menopausal women often complain of dry eyes but it is with some ‘digging’ that a connection might be made. There are symptoms and causes of dry eye. There are treatments for early menopause symptoms including dry eye. Symptoms of Dry Eye Though dry eyes are not usually connected to menopause, it will... more
Many people suffer from dry eyes in varying degrees of severity. The symptoms can range from occasional and mild inconvenience to waking up to the eyelids stuck together and even adhering to the eye surface with acute discomfort lasting all day. In order to determine possible causes and treatment it is necessary to have an understanding of how the surface of the eyes function. Eyes are dependent upon tears to keep them constantly moist and lubricated to maintain comfort and vision. Tears consist... more
Vision Correction and Lasik
David Schanzlin, M.D., Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego and the Director of Keratorefractive Surgery at the Shiley Eye Center joins host Dr. David Granet to discuss the latest in vision correction utilizing refractive eye surgery. Highlighted in the program is the use of the Intralase laser and wavefront mapping to correct higher-order vision aberrations such as glare and poor night vision, conditions previously could not be sufficiently prevented or corrected by contacts, glasses, or conventional laser vision correction techniques. Series: Health Matters
