Viral Conjunctivitis is Awful! If a patient truly has viral conjunctivitis, it really takes 2 weeks to go away & it can cause absolute misery along the way. Here are some notes I’ve made for patients: 1.If initial treatment does not get better after a couple of days or you just want peace of mind, […]
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My Favorite Diet One’s diet is incredibly important in decreasing the production of inflammatory factors in the body. If we teach our children to eat well when they are young, it will be much easier to love these diets and may not have to suffer from conditions, in part, due to inflammation, such as acne,
Anti-Cancer Diet: Your Risk of Developing Cancers, Metastasis, and other Diseases dependent on Angiogenesis & Your Angiogenic Risk Profile (ARP) Research by Dr. Judah Folkman and others at Harvard Medical School and throughout the world has identified angiogenesis as an underlying etiology for many cancers and other diseases. Angiogenesis is the process by which factors
Cataract Surgery Options The new advances in cataract surgery are truly exciting! For the first time in the history of mankind, patients with cataracts have the potential to see a wide range of distances after cataract surgery. Complication rates continue to decrease and options for patients continue to increase. It is the best time in
How to Decrease Inflammation in the Body Inflammation of the body is harmful, can lead to numerous disease (such as dry eyes). It is important to understand why you have increased inflammatory factors in your body. The main reasons are: 1. Genetics 2. Environment: too much toxins either from: 1) Diet: A Diet high in
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The Best Way to Clean Your Eyes for those with Conjunctivitis: Bacterial or Viral For Viral: Viral Conjunctivitis is extremely contagious: Avoid touching your eyes. If you do touch your eyes and then touch the phone, the doorknob, etc, you can contaminate your other eye & everyone around you. 1. If only one eye is affected:
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New Frontiers in Dry Eye Treatments: As new treatments enter the marketplace, clinical practice patterns are still being optimized. Future head-to-head studies will clarify the optimal method for treatment, number of treatments, frequency intervals of these new exciting options. Currently, we are beginning a head to head study at Visionary Ophthalmology to see which of
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Homocysteine and Ocular Rosacea Doing some research online, I was intrigued by the relationship between high levels of homocysteine and ocular rosacea. No study has been done thus far to see if homocysteine levels are higher in severe ocular rosacea patients compared with normal patients. If any of you out there have severe dry eye
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AUTOLOGOUS SERUM is a new treatment for eye surface disorders, such as severe dry eyes intractable to common therapy and certain corneal ulcers and wounds. The blood serum is the fluid component of full blood which remains after clotting. “Autologous” means that the blood to be used in the preparation of the serum will be
NARROW ANGLES The angle of the eye is the “angle” between the cornea (the clear window of the eye) and the iris (the colored part of the eye) where fluid (aqueous) inside of the eye drains out to the trabecular meshwork or “sink.” Some people are born with narrow, draining angles. Some develop increasing narrowing
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