By Joe Schneiderhan, O.D., Optometrist As your body ages, your eyes are aging along with it. Sometimes changes in vision happen slowly, sometimes more quickly. That is why preventive care with regular eye exams is so important. The National Eye Institute recommends getting a dilated eye exam every one to two years for those over […]
The eyes have it.
Regular eye exams are important for those with diabetes. Diabetes affects many parts of the body, including the eyes. Since November is diabetic eye disease awareness month, it’s beneficial to learn more about how vision can be affected. Diabetes results in too much sugar in the blood and can itself be diagnosed with a thorough […]
Shingles: Seek Medical Treatment to Prevent Eye Damage
Herpes zoster, commonly called shingles, is caused by the varicella-zoster virus—the same virus that causes chickenpox. After the chickenpox subsides, the virus lies dormant in the body. When the viral antibodies that had been dormant begin to move along nerve pathways, they come to life and initiate a reaction along those pathways. It’s common to […]
When Both Eyes Need Surgery
Why We Perform Surgeries Two Weeks Apart How do you schedule a patient’s eye procedures when both eyes require surgery? Some doctors perform surgeries on both eyes, a day or two apart. At Glenwood Family Eye Center, we choose the more-conservative approach of scheduling eye surgeries two weeks apart. On the rare occasion that complications […]
All About Cataracts
Changes in health can be very gradual. Weight gain, for example, seems to come on overnight when it actually takes weeks or months to put on those extra 10 or 20 pounds. Eye health is similar in that changes can be very gradual and unrecognizable at first. “You didn’t see that coming!” Getting cataracts is […]