Have you ever felt concern over prescription eye drops or dilation drops used by your eye doctor? The most common eye drop is rated category c as outlined below. Nursing can be a higher risk period than pregnancy due to drugs being secreted directly through the milk. In our Fort Collins Optometry Practice we usually [...]
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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 [...]
Cataract Prevention at NASA
Categories: Cataracts, Eye Diseases, Eye Nutrition, Eye Symptoms, Eye Vitamins, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, Vision Insurance, Vision Service Plan -VSP
NASA and the National Eye Institute have been working together to develop a non-invasive method to measure very early development of cataracts and monitor any progression. This is important to astronauts receiving higher daily dose of radiation, especially on a long mission such as the future Mars flight, but there are great potential applications for [...]
Eyecare Resources For The Unemployed
Categories: Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, Vision Insurance
If you are desperately trying to find eyecare resources for your community for the new influx of unemployed and uninsured the National Eye Institute has published a helpful list: Financial Aid for Eye Care Many state and national resources regularly provide aid to people with vision problems. The National Eye Institute, which supports eye research, does [...]
Bleeding Eyes Aren’t All Bad But See Your Eye Doctor!
Categories: Common Eye Questions for Your Optometrist, Contact Lenses, Dry Eyes, Eye Symptoms, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, Vision Service Plan -VSP, vision therapy
The sudden appearance of a red spot on the white of your eye can be very unnerving as it appears that the eye is bleeding. When it materializes without a history of trauma or other health problems, there is usually not a serious problem. Still, is hard to imagine anything more disturbing to look at [...]
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. [...]