HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO HEAL AFTER CATARACT SURGERY? What do we mean by “to heal” in cataract surgery? This can mean different things for different people. Summary: Most routine cataract surgery cases “heal” in 5-30 days, depending on a patient’s age, cataract density, eye risk factors (ie, narrow angle, short eye, previous eye […]
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Sleep is essential for health and happiness. In fact, the easiest way to drive someone clinically crazy –psychotic– is to disrupt one’s sleep. We also know that alterations in sleep can worse eye disease like glaucoma: see below. More soon on ways to improve sleep 🙂 Love, Sandra Lora Cremers, MD, FACS Medscape Medical News > Psychiatry
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This is a 3D imaging technique that will allow us to more clearly see all aspects of the angle in dark and light conditions to see if the angle is indeed narrow and at risk of angle closure glaucoma. The Curved Dome is the Anterior Cornea The White “ball” at bottom center is the lense
Even though this study did not show a positive correlation, still a good diet in antioxidants and green leafy vegetables is good for the whole body in general. Foods high in Selenium Brazil Nuts. Without a doubt, Brazil nuts are one of the best sources of selenium! … Shiitake/White Button Mushroom. … Lima/Pinto Beans. …
J Nat Sci Biol Med. 2011 Jan-Jun; 2(1): 43–49. doi: 10.4103/0976-9668.82318 PMCID: PMC3312698 Immunity over inability: The spontaneous regression of cancer Thomas Jessy Author information ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. Go to: Abstract The spontaneous healing of cancer is a phenomenon that has been observed for hundreds and thousands of years and
Amblyopia/lazy eye: occurs when eye does not have visual input to the brain for the connection to develop. If told have severe amblyopia, it is unlikely for a cataract surgery to improve vision. However, that said, I & many eyeMDs have patients who were told they had a lazy eye but ended up having significantly
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October 2019 The incredible story about a dear friend Lilliana below continues to remain amazing. She is still doing well despite having been told in 2011 she had only 4-6months to live with metastatic breast cancer to her liver, spine, and pericardium. She did the Gerson diet religiously for years. As she came off the
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There is little data to prove dark sunglasses increase risk of depression: Here is a case report but it is not in the greatest of journals. Likely moderation of sun exposure help in depressed patients assuming they do not have a high macular degeneration risk. #2. Is interesting but only one of its kind that
The holy grail of glaucoma care is continuous intraocular pressure monitoring! This helps the eyeMD and patient have all the facts to know if their eye pressure is too high or just right. The below innovation, if it turns out to have a high sensitivity and specificity (ie how much is it affected by rubbing
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VISION HELP HANDOUT: If you are noting a decrease in vision, please read below. ⬷ Macular Changes: are due to aging & sun exposure and are potentially part of the spectrum to ARMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration) 1. What to do: protect eyes from sun (with sunglasses & hat). 2. Check AMSLER GRID: put on
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