Does your child sit too close to the computer screen? Does he/she squint when reading a book? Can he/she see things that are close up but has trouble when they are far away, or vice versa? Any of these signs might mean that your child needs glasses.
Here in my ophthalmology practice at Westchester Health, I often have patients come to me complaining about dry eyes, a common and often chronic problem, particularly in older adults. Dry eye disease (also called keratoconjunctivitis sicca) is a condition in which a person doesn’t have enough natural tears to lubricate and nourish the eye.
Do you like the color of your eyes? Do you wish it was different? Do you wonder what color your children’s eyes will be? Here at Westchester Health, we get these kinds of questions all the time, especially from our younger patients, so we thought we’d create a blog explaining the fascinating subject of eye […]
Have you noticed that your child sits too close to the TV or computer screen? Holds a book too close when reading? Closes one eye when trying to see something? Does he/she have trouble seeing things up close, or far away? These are signs that your child might have a vision problem. To learn more, here is an […]
A detached retina is a serious condition that could possibly cause vision loss in that eye, and occurs when the retina becomes separated from its underlying supportive tissue. If the retina gets torn, the fluid inside the eye can leak underneath and separate the retina from its underlying tissue. Because the retina cannot function when these layers are detached, […]
Do you have trouble distinguishing between red and green? Do you confuse the colors blue and purple? Do many of the crayons in a box look the same? If you answered yes to any (or all) of these, you may be color blind.
Ironically, one of the clearest signs that you might need glasses is the inability to read an actual sign. However, there are many other clues that can reveal if your eyesight needs correcting with glasses (or contact lenses). As I frequently tell my patients who aren’t thrilled to be needing glasses, roughly 60% of the world’s […]
At Westchester Health, we often see older patients who have developed glaucoma, a condition that causes damage to the eye’s optic nerve and unfortunately, may get worse over time. Linked to a buildup of pressure inside the eye, glaucoma tends to be genetic and may not show up until later in life. This increased pressure, called intraocular pressure, can […]
Do you think you may have a cataract? Maybe two? If so, you wouldn’t be alone. Nearly 26 million Americans over the age of 40 have cataracts, and this number is estimated to almost double in the next 20 years. While the only way to remove cataracts is surgery, the best time to have cataract surgery […]
Over the last several years, the vision-correcting procedure known as LASIK has become very popular and a lot of my patients ask for it. While the thought of having a laser pointed at your eye may seem scary for some people, in reality, laser eye surgery is an easy, safe, relatively painless and FDA-approved procedure. Are […]