There is a race to understand the conjunctiva’s goblet cells, their full function, the role of mucin in dry eye symptoms. The conjunctiva is the partly clear covering over the white part of the eye. There is also a race to find ways to stimulate the goblet cells to produce more mucin on the conjunctiva and in […]
A priceless surgical instrument that we desperately need someone to manufacture again. Maskin Cannulas are in high demand for our patients with severe dry eye disease to be able to insert a patient’s own PRP, stem cells, or a donor’s cord blood serum into the meibomian glands to try to restore their function. The original
Maskin Cannulas have not been made since the beginning of 2020. Read More »
Since my original post, I have been having more and more success by using a combined approach of Intense Pulse Light and Meibomian Gland Probing (IPL MGP together) as discussed in the below paper. ** I have found the following over the last few months: 1. If we do IPL and little meibum/oil is coming out,
Some physicians and researchers have raised a concern about the chronic use of N95 masks in populations for long periods of time. This is a controversial subject as there are no randomized, controlled studies looking at the association between well-fitting, long-term N95 mask use, and increased future dementia risk. Most pulmonologists do not think regular
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These are the ones I use. Per pt request that I post this. SLC
Doctors and surgeons generally spend most of their professional lives trying to decrease pain and the causes of pain, along with the usual overall misery and suffering pain can bring. Chronic pain in particular is a tough one to manage, particularly if all other medical and surgical treatments have been tried. Helping patients with chronic
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This is for a patient who has POTS and burning and swelling of eyes/face frequently. Autonomic Neuroscience Volume 215, December 2018, Pages 106-118 Review Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome during pregnancy: A systematic review of the literature Author links open overlay panelKateMorganabCatherineChojentaaMeredithTaveneraAngelaSmithcDebLoxtona Show more https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autneu.2018.05.003Get rights and content Abstract Purpose Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome is most commonly seen
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The goal of cataract surgery is to be as close to 20/20 vision for distance, intermediate, and reading without glasses. This can be a challenge if a patient has corneal astigmatism (the window of the ey is shaped like an American football than basketball), macular problems, optic nerve problems, a lazy eye, or other optical
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Search results Items: 1 to 100 of 389 << First< Prev Page of 4 Next >Last >> Select item 69863731. Advances in Dry Eye Disease Treatment Erin C. O’Neil, Matthew Henderson, Mina Massaro-Giordano, Vatinee Y. Bunya Curr Opin Ophthalmol. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2020 May 1. Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2019 May; 30(3): 166–178. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000569
References of using PRP for Dry eye disease. Read More »
PRP works very well to help post LASIK symptoms. Here are references up till today.SLC Items: 41 Select item 57428911. Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma Eye Drops for the Treatment of Post-LASIK Chronic Ocular Surface Syndrome Jorge L. Alio, Alejandra E. Rodriguez, Ahmed A. Abdelghany, Renan F. Oliveira J Ophthalmol. 2017; 2017: 2457620. Published online 2017 Dec 12. doi: 10.1155/2017/2457620 PMCID: PMC5742891 ArticlePubReaderPDF–882KCitation
References of Using PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) after LASIK for dry eye pain. Read More »