Ocular Rosacea
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Step Ladder Approach to Burning, Itching, Foreign Body Sensation
Step Ladder Approach to Burning, Itching, Foreign Body Sensation [Blepharitis, Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD), Dry Eye Syndrome, Conjunctivitis] You should not feel eye discomfort when blinking & eye movement. You should not feel constant itching, foreign body sensation, burning, irritation, constantly tearing. If you have such symptoms, we know how to help. Let me give
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Read this regarding antibiotics: Must read for all patients about to take an antibiotic
All medications have risks. As a physician, we have to weigh the risk/benefit ratio for each patient. Many patients really need an antibiotic to avoid devastating consequences from bacteria. I try to tell all my patients to be aware of any side effect with any medication we give. My mom herself had major negative consequences
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Stop smoking helpful handout
Best way to quit smoking: Based on research by Dr. Michael Fiore, a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and founder of Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention: Review of 8,000 scientific articles in a meta-analytical on how to quit smoking.1. Many have tried quitting cold turkey: waking up one
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Glaucoma Drops explanation
Sandra Lora Cremers, MD, FACS GLAUCOMA MEDICATIONS: Apply Punctal Occlusion after drop placed to improve drug efficacy. Your doctor may prescribe a combination of medications or change your prescription over time to reduce side effects or provide a more effective treatment. These eye drops are intended to reduce elevated intraocular pressure by helping the eye’s
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Favorite Foods
I am trying a gluten free diet to experience what many of my patients have been on. The first time I tried this years ago, I went through a carbohydrate withdrawal that was significant. This time it is not bad at all. We are also moving to a no red meat/or very little & high
Friends: a secret to happiness
Research on happiness has shown that friends play an essential part in happiness. This is especially true for men. Widowers are often the most unhappy people if they do not have friends and family to help. Wives need to help their husbands make friends early in their marriage. It is easy often for women to
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How to quit SMOKING
Smoking cigarettes damages the retina and the lens of the eye. The direct toxicity of the chemicals in cigarettes has been proven (references to follow in future post). We need to encourage each patient we meet that smokes to stop smoking for the their benefit and the benefit of their loved ones. What’s the best
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Convergenge Insufficiency; Accommodative insufficiency: Notes
Accommodative insufficiency: prepresb; uncorrected hyperopia or over minused myopia; -while reading both eyes open, place 4PD Base IN front of eye: blurs it if AI; improves it if CI; -benefit from reading glasses with BASE IN prism (can happen in adolescents rarely for brief time) Convergenge Insufficiency: -Exophorai at near -poor near-fusional convergence amplitudes -low
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If your child is having problems concentrating at school, reading, has been diagnosed with ADHD; read NYT article regarding Behavior Optometrist
It is very possible the Hawthorne effect is at play here: Behavioral Optometrists help because of all the attention being given to the patient. But if this helps patients and the only harm is time and money consumption, it may be helpful for some patients’s parents to get this extra help. We await a good