Early Detection and Treatment Leads to Healthy Eyesight

There are two main forms of Dry Eye disease. Are you treating the right one? Tears are necessary for your overall eye health. Dry Eye occurs when the eyes do not produce sufficient tears or the tears evaporate too quickly. Without proper treatment, inadequate tears can make daily activities frustrating, affecting your personal and professional life, from reading to watching TV, to driving or working on the computer. The most common form of Dry Eye is Evaporative Dry Eye, which affects 9 out of 10 (86%) Dry Eye cases.1 This form results from a shortage of oil in your tears caused by a blockage in your eyelid (Meibomian) glands, leading tears to evaporate faster than normal. This lack of tear oil is often referred to as Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD). Now, with the breakthrough LipiFlow® technology, it’s possible to directly treat the root cause of Evaporative Dry Eye. With LipiFlow®, treat the cause of Evaporative Dry Eye LipiFlow® is a new procedure designed to treat the root c

This April we are acknowledging sports eye safety. We are informing and urging athletes to wear protective eye wear when playing a sport. Sports provide good exercise for maintaining proper weight, improve strength and coordination, and helps build lifelong healthy habits and attitude. But, there are health risks in playing sports including eye injuries; the vast majority of which are preventable. About 42,000 sports eye injuries occur every year. The majority of the victims are children. Injuries include corneal abrasions, eyelid bruises, and internal eye injuries, such as retinal detachments and internal bleeding. many of these injuries lead to vision loss and permanent blindness. For young athletes, baseball and basketball account for the largest number of injuries. Little league pitchers may throw the ball up to 70 mph, which is fast enough to break bones and do serious damage to the eye. In basketball, you cannot prevent contact with flying elbows or fingers. Many other popular