SIX SIGNS YOU MAY HAVE GPC FROM YOUR CONTACT LENSES Itchy eyes as contact lenses get older Lenses that slide and stick under the upper eye lid Irritation Every Time You Blink Mucous Discharge and Foggy Vision Lenses That Discolor and Develop a Film Intermittent Red Eye With Feeling Something is Scratching Your Eye In [...]
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Lazy Eye-Parkinsons Drugs to Treat?
Categories: amblyopia, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, strabismus
If you have a child between the age of 8-27 with lazy eye (amblyopia), the National Eye Institute will soon be soliciting volunteers for a study on a new form of treatment involving the drugs levodopa and carbidopa. These drugs are precursors for the production of dopamine , one of the main neurotransmitters, and often [...]
Macular Degeneration and Vitamin D-Update
Categories: Cataracts, Eye Diseases, Eye Nutrition, Eye Vitamins, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, Macular Degeneration, Vision Insurance, Vision Service Plan -VSP
Melanocytes are specialized cells that contain the pigment found in our hair skin, eyes, and other area of the body. The eye has melanocytes in the iris, retina, and the choroidal layer under the retina that supplies it with blood. Underneath the retina is a layer of cells referred to as the retinal pigmented epithelium. [...]
Eyes Retina
Categories: Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, Retina
I couldn’t help borrowing this picture. It is a beautiful example of the future of imaging in eyecare. While this is not an example of optical coherence tomography, it is a good example of the type of details we can expect in the future. Optical coherence tomography splits a laser into multiple wavelengths that interact [...]