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General
FAQ | LASIK
FAQ
People with nearsightedness have difficulty
seeing at distance but usually can read fairly well at close.
This is an eye that is a little too strong.
Minimal farsightedness is diagnosed in people
who have to focus a little bit to see at distance and focus
more to read. This is a normal situation in small children.
Extreme farsightedness can cause crossed eyes. Adults who are
farsighted tend to need reading glasses earlier.
Irregularity In the curvature of the eye causing
decreased sharpness of vision.
When the eyes dry out, they get irritated and
irritation causes secondary epiphora or tearing.
Floaters are spots in the interior jelly part
of the eye that are moving around. The floaters themselves do
not need therapy, but they can be a sign of a retinal tear which
requires treatment
Macular degeneration is not preventable. A
recent study did show vitamins including zinc are protective
regarding progressive macular degenerative pathology.
Macular Degeneration (ARMD) Recommendations
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Wear 100% UV-protection sunglasses
and hats when out in the sun for extended periods of time.
In moderate to severe ARMD, if sun glasses significantly degrades
clarity, do not wear them. |
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Do not smoke. |
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Control high-blood pressure,
cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease. |
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Check the Amsler grid through
your reading glasses with each eye daily. |
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Be sure that your eye glass
prescription is optimal, and know that low vision reading
aids are available. |
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Eat a balanced diet rich in
the beneficial vitamins and minerals such as, dark green leafy
vegetables, sweet potatoes, blueberries and strawberries,
and cold water fish such as salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines.
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Take a daily multivitamin with
2 mg lutein if 'at-risk' of early ARMD. |
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For intermediate and advanced
ARMD take a daily multivitamin, plus 2 tablets of Bausch &
Lomb Ocuvite Preservision in the morning and 1 tablet of Ocuvite
Preservision and 1 tablet of Ocuvite Lutein in the evening
with meals. Note (if a smoker DO NOT take Preservision but
only take Ocuvite Lutein once a day plus your multivitamin.)
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Have regular, dilated eye exams
by an eye-care provider trained in the diagnosis and treatment
of ARMD. |
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Always have evaluated any changes
in your vision as soon as possible. |
The normal range is somewhere between 12 and
20. It is not normally related to blood pressure. Occasionally
people with glaucoma and hypertension have progression of their
glaucomatous damage with better control
of the blood pressure secondary to a smaller head of blood pressure
in the eye.
A cataract is an opacity of the normal lens
of the eye precluding or distorting visual function. The cataract
is usually removed with a machine called a phaco-emulsifier.
A laser could indeed cut or partially absorb a cataract, but
you still have to put an intraocular lens implant in the eye
to correct the visual function of the normal crystalline lens.
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