Do your child a favor when they visit their optometrist for back to school eye exam this year. Discuss sunwear protection with the eye doctor. Lifetime doses of UV radiation from the sun are associated with nuclear sclerosis. This is a type of cataract where the lens yellows then turns brown similar to plastic left [...]
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Blindness Prevention and Treatment-Free Glaucoma Treatment
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 [...]
Cataracts
Categories: Cataracts, Common Eye Questions for Your Optometrist, Eye Symptoms, Eye Vitamins, Flashes, Floaters, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, glaucoma, Pinkeye, Retina, Vision Service Plan -VSP
A cataract is a clouding, opacification, yellowing, or accumulation of fluid in the lens of the eye that results in a loss of vision that interferes with your lifestyle. Most cataracts are related to aging, and by the time you reach the age of 70 it is almost universal to have some early signs of cataracts. [...]
Glaucoma Eye Doctors Study on High Pressures and Early Treatment
Categories: glaucoma, pimary open angle glaucoma
The Ocular Hypertension Study was the first well documented research to justify treatment of patients with high pressures in the eyes. After years of unvalidated therapy the results were conclusive, early treatment was preventative. Ironically, today intraocular pressure has become less definitive measure for glaucoma as blood flow disruptions to the optic nerve appear to [...]