2. Until recently, a single vision implant lens for distance would be placed in your eye and you would still be dependent on glasses for reading. But a new Intra Ocular Lens will allow you to see both far and near for the first time since your forties!
3. Over the years, I have seen many eye injuries caused by the needles and branches of Christmas trees. Scratching and tearing of the surface of the eye (called the cornea) can cause severe pain and problems may linger even after the injury appears to have healed. I recommend that you wear safety goggles or glasses when putting up or working around your tree.
4. A corneal transplant replaces damaged tissue with healthy tissue. It was one of the first transplant surgeries to be performed and to date has success rates as high as 95%. A corneal transplant operation is usually performed under local anesthesia as an outpatient procedure. No pain is experienced during the surgery and there is minimal discomfort the following night.
5. Do you know about an important new corneal reshaping treatment that involves no surgery at all? CRT involves wearing a semi-hard contact lens overnight to gently flatten and reshape the curvature of the cornea. The contact lens is removed in the morning and no glasses or lenses need to be worn for the rest of the day.
6. Because of environmental factors like air-conditioning and heat, automobile exhaust and cigarette smoke, long hours in front of computer terminals, or even auto-immune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, all of us may experience dry eye symptoms like burning or the feeling of having sand, grit, or “something in my eye . Post-menopausal women have a high incidence of developing the disease. Certain medications like anti-histamines, anti- depressants and ulcer medications can also cause dry eye. New drug treatments like Restasis reduce inflammation which causes damage to the tear gland. Flax seed oil and fish oil which contain Omega 3 fatty acids can improve the quality of the tear film layer .
