Dry Eyes and Climate and Altitude

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Do you suffer from dry eyes, you know, the ones that are itchy and burning and there doesn’t seem to be any relief? Join the millions who suffer right along side you. There are many reasons one may suffer from the dry eye syndrome.

Eye Doctors Find Red, Swollen Morning Eyes Are Not Always Serious Problems Like Glaucoma Or Dry Eyes

Dr. Kisling Corneal Infections, Dry Eyes, Eye Diseases, Fort Collins Eye Doctor, Fort Collins Optometrist, glaucoma, Pinkeye Leave a Comment

Red eyes and swollen eyelids upon awakening in the morning are common eye problems that many people suffer from with vague diagnoses usually of dry eyes or eye allergies. As you sleep at night the normal tear film is not being pumped out through the tear ducts and spread across the eyes by the wiper like motion that occurs with normal blinking. The eye at night becomes a static environment while you sleep, trapping bacteria on the surface of the ocular tissues. The eye has its own immune system that is ramped up at night to compensate for this increase in bacteria. The result is a state of mild inflammation that occurs in everybody.

Fort Collins Eye Doctors to Have New Review of Contact Lens Solutions by FDA for Eye Infections From Acanthamoeba

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Fort Collins Optometrists may have new guidelines for contact lens solutions in the future. The Food and Drug Administration has decided to review the testing procedures for contact lens solutions against the organism acanthamoeba. This type of infection has shown an increasing trend in recent years. None of the most commonly used multipurpose contact lens solutions have the capacity to effectively destroy acanthamoeba cysts. Hopefully the FDA review will help fill this gap for Eye Doctors in the future. In the interim the following guidelines like the FDA suggestions should help prevent most acanthamoeba eye infections.