Fort Collins Optometrist Sees Colorado Going Up In Smoke With Legalized Pot With the recent legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington State, more people are asking about the effects on vision from smoking or orally consuming different forms of marijuana. From an eye doctors perspective I feel there are a few things folks in [...]
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January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
Categories: Eye Pressure, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, glaucoma, Uncategorized
Close to four million people in the US have glaucoma
Contact Lens Glaucoma Test
Categories: Contact Lenses, Eye Pressure, glaucoma, pimary open angle glaucoma
Can A Contact Lens Help Diagnose Glaucoma? A company called Sensimed is improving the early diagnosis of glaucoma with a “wired” contact lens. One of the dilemmas in understanding early glaucoma detection is testing the eye pressure at the right time. Eye doctors have found eye pressure fluctuates throughout the day and a single reading may yield the pressure [...]
Whoa There Is Blood In The Eye!
Categories: Emergency Fort Collins Optometrist Contact, glaucoma, Uncategorized, Wilderness Medicine Eyes
Blood In The Eye Sometimes you step of the beaten trail and get a little far away from home and medical care. Especially in states like Colorado, people spend a lot of time in remote locations outdoors. Hyphema, or blood in the anterior chamber of the eye, is one of those situations you hopefully won’t [...]
Eye Doctors Study Projects Vision Loss Problems By 2020
Categories: Eye Diseases, glaucoma, Macular Degeneration
Fort Collins Eye Doctors-Dr Kisling | Your Eye Health Is Our Number One Concern Eye Doctors Report Macular Degeneration And Other Eye Disease Are Rapidly Increasing According to the National Eye Insitute, a study that was conducted by the Eye Disease Prevalence Research Group found the graying of America is asssociated with vision loss becoming [...]
Glaucoma and Marijuana
Categories: glaucoma
Is Marijuana Proven To Be OK For Treating Glaucoma? From This Eye Doctors Perspective The Answer is No Your Eyes Need Constant Eye Pressure Lowering effects to treat glaucoma and prevent blindness. Besides the known issues of needing dosing every 2-3 hours, especially at night when pressures tend to rise there are other reasons why it is [...]