How to find a school that does not use video games and computers in every class. This is a very hard issue for many parents and especially for parents who are eye doctors. On the one hand, we want our children to learn how to use computers well to be able to get a great […]
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Lupus: How to Treat Lupus Naturally Lupus used to be a very controversial disease that was hidden in mystery. Physicians did not know what was causing patients symptoms. An excellent history of Lupus is located below. Here is what you need to know about Lupus. 1. Lupus is an autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system
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A patient from Healthap asked about a chronic sinus infection: “3 wk sore throat, sinus probs, prob due to post nasal drip. tried medrol dose pk, helped temporarily, but what more can i do? not bacterial.” Here was my quick reply, but there is detailed information below. If this is a chronic sinus issue: have
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What is Best Drop for Allergic Conjunctivitis? When I was a resident we had limited options to treat allergic conjunctivitis. Now we have many more options. As of 2016 options include: 1. Cold ice packs with cold nonprescription artificial tears 2. Crolomn sodium 3. Olopatadine: called Patanol or Pataday 4. Alcaftadine 0.25%: called Lastacaf 5. Nonsteroidal
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Causes of High ANA and High DHT (ie, Differential Diagnosis for High ANA and high DHT): What Could Be the Cause? The role of high ANA and high DHT levels in patients with severe dry eyes is not exactly clear. There are a couple of reports to indicate Lupus could be a cause: See article
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Reasons Why Dropless Cataract Surgery or TriMoxi Intravitreal Injections May Truly Help Our Patients Who Have Cataract Surgery: Benefits of Dropless Cataract Surgery Here are the top 5 reasons why Dropless Cataract Surgery or TriMoxi Intravitreal Injections may be an excellent innovation in cataract surgery. 1. Injecting antibiotics into the eye instead of using them
The Dangers of “Dropless Cataract Surgery:” The Dangers of Intravitreal Trimoxi Cataract surgery remains the most commonly performed surgery in the world. While we have made great advances in cataract surgery in the last few years (i.e., in particular the advent of using a femtosecond laser to achieve unprecedented accuracy in correcting astigmatis, making our
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Innovations in Dry Eye Treatment: Lifitegrast, for the treatment of signs and symptoms of dry eye disease in adults We are all waiting for the approval of Lifitegrast which has the potential to create a different and better category for dry eye treatments. Millions of patients suffer from debilitating dry eyes in the US, so
iStent: An Innovation in the Care of Glaucoma Patients: One of the Best Innovations in Eye Surgery in the last 5 years. Glaucoma is damage to the optic nerve, which is the nerve (ie, like a tv cable) that connects the eye to the brain. If optic nerve damage is severe, patients begin to loose
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Office Too Dry? Try a Travel-Size Humidifier A portable, ultrasonic humidifier is your best bet if you work in an open-office or a cubicle. Here are the two best devices we found ENLARGE Air-N-Mist Humidifier PHOTO: MARKO METZINGER FOR THE WALL STREET JOURNAL By MICHAEL HSU Jan. 19, 2016 2:49 p.m. ET 2 COMMENTS Q: The air
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