The Optos clearly shows the worsening Posterior Polar Cataract. Despite the risks of capsular rupture during surgery, it is important to remove these as soon as the glare test shows worse than 20/40 vision.
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Filling out this form and sharing it with Dr. Cremers and her team will help you get your questions answered more quickly for dry eye/eye pain consultations. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OjFT41G2Ii68V8rfEKyYh3-4K8nu3UGJ-FRyDDmelZM/edit?usp=sharing
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My patients are very smart and educated. Many have told me of their frustration in finding eye surgeons who take dry eyes symptoms and eye pain seriously and knows about all the treatment option to help them with their symptoms. The focus for ophthalmologists, at least, has long been eye surgery which takes years to
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May 14, 2019 Blood test may detect myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome At a Glance Researchers developed a blood test that, in a pilot study, accurately identified people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. If validated in larger studies, the assay could one day help diagnose the disease and enable researchers to test potential treatments. Researchers have
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Rigorous eye/eyelid rubbing can change the corneal shape permanently, such as in Keratoconus. Rigorous or 15min-duration hot compresses can also change the corneal shape temporarily but it is not permanent from what I could find in the literature. If your vision is blurry after a long session of warm compresses, it is likely due
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I personally think one can. This is very controversial as the below is not approved by the CDC. But Dr. Naito wrote in the NYT, back in March, a balanced article on how to decrease viral loads. This is worth the read. He notes it is unfortunate most governments do not promote this to their
There is some concern about gargling over the counter Betadine. The concern is that it contains lye which is sodium hydroxide. Sodium hydroxide can be dangerous to the eye if splashed into the eye in high concentrations (ref 1). However, in very low amounts it appears to be very safe for ocular tissues. Povidone iodine-containing
Here is my most updated Step Ladder for Dry Eye. We have had more success with Autologous Adipose-Derived Stem cells inserted into the Meibomian glands (before the Maskin cannulas were discontinued) and as drops and Cord blood serum drops. Testosterone with our without Tacrolimus has also been helping but it is difficult to find compounding
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Randomized Controlled Trial J Clin Pediatr Dent . Spring 2010;34(3):233-8. doi: 10.17796/jcpd.34.3.l552816527xtv122. Efficacy of 10% Povidone Iodine in children affected with early childhood caries: an in vivo study Mauli Simratvir 1, Namita Singh, Saroj Chopra, Abi M Thomas Affiliations expand PMID: 20578661 DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.34.3.l552816527xtv122 Abstract For prevention of dental caries, S. mutans numbers must be reduced and prevented from returning to
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Cyproterone acetate inhibits gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and blocks androgen receptors. cyproterone acetate appears to reduce the size of the sebaceous glands. Meibomian glands are modified lobulated sebaceous gland at the rim of the eyelid. ThusCyproterone acetate likely affects meibomian glands but maybe not as bad as Accutane. Arch Dermatol Res . 1980;268(3):277-81. doi: 10.1007/BF00404289. Influence of cyproterone acetate and estradiol
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