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Macular Degeneration Eye Drops On The Horizon Eye drops instead of injections into the eye may sson become the standard way of treating wet macular degeneration by eye doctors. Squalamine, derived from the livers of certain shark species, is being put on a fast track clinical study. It has been used as an antibiotic in the [...]
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Optic Nerve In Eye Did you ever wonder what the nerve inside your eye looks like? You can see a small circular yellow image in the middle of the streak of light in this picture to the left. That is where the optic nerve is entering the eye. Before it enters the eye it is [...]
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 [...]
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Avastin Treatment Withdrawal Avastin is a drug approved in 2004 for treating colon cancer and later several other types of growths. It acts by reducing the formation of new blood vessels that support the expansion of tumors. Subsequently in 2008 was approved for treating metastatic (spreading) breast cancer. The Food and Drug Administration has started the [...]
Categories: Cataracts, Eye Diseases, Eye Nutrition, Eye Vitamins, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, glaucoma, Macular Degeneration
The leading causes of blindness in the U.S are diabetic related eye complications, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Cataracts are generally listed as the number one cause but this is somewhat misleading. Cataracts effect in excess of 20 million people but most cataracts are treatable with modern surgical techniques and artificial lens implants. The complication rate [...]
Categories: Eye Diseases, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, Retina
Angioid Streaks In The Retina These images are pictures of the retina inside the back of the eye where the thin layer separating the retina and the tiny blood vessels underneath it has been compromised (bruch’s membrane). The result are the lines seen in the picture called angioid steaks or lacquer cracks. Over 50% of [...]