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A collection of articles that includes Anaesthesia, tanning bed concerns, dry eye, refractive errors, how to instill eyedrops, and the difference between Ophthalmologists, Optometrists and Opticians
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 Subtenon's Anesthesia
Today, many surgeries of the eye can be performed using techniques that allow your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to use injectable anesthetics to completely numb your eye before your surgical procedure rather than putting you to sleep using general anesthesia. Subtenon's anesthesia is the injection ...
- Subconjuntival Anesthesia
Although many surgeries of the eye are performed using topical anaesthesia techniques, sometimes this is supplemented with injectable anesthetics to completely numb your eye before your surgical procedure. This helps avoid putting you to sleep using general anaesthesia with its increased risks. ...
- Complete Eye Examination
A complete eye examination does more than determine how clearly you see from a distance and which lens prescription, if necessary, will give you the best possible vision. Your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) or optometrist will also run a number of tests to check the health and function of your entir ...
- Conjunctivitis
“Pink eye,” the common name for conjunctivitis, is an inflammation or infection of the conjunctiva. The conjunctiva is the outer, normally clear covering of the sclera (the white part of the eye). The eye appears pink when you have conjunctivitis because the blood vessels of the conj ...
- Refractive Errors
Refractive errors occur when light does not focus properly on the retina because of the shape of the eye. The resulting image is blurred. Common refractive errors are myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism (distorted vision), and presbyopia (aging eyes). &am ...
- Dry Eye
Your eyes constantly produce tears at a slow and steady rate so that they stay moist and comfortable. Some people are not able to produce enough tears or the appropriate quality of tears to keep their eyes healthy or comfortable. This condition is known as dry eye. Symptoms of dry eye include sc ...
- Retrobulbar Anesthesia
Today, many surgeries of the eye can be performed using techniques that allow your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to use injectable anesthetics to completely numb your eye before your surgical procedure rather than putting you to sleep using general anesthesia. Retrobulbar anesthesia is the injectio ...
- General Anesthesia
During surgery, an anesthesiologist will put you to sleep so that you do not experience any pain. The combination of drugs and/or gases that puts you to sleep and prevents pain is called general anesthesia. General anesthesia is usually reserved for repair of the eye following major trauma sinc ...
- Regional Anesthesia
Regional anesthesia is a type of procedure that eliminates the pain associated with eye surgery. Instead of undergoing general anesthesia and being unconscious for your surgery, your eye is numbed with eyedrops and your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) gives you an injection that often immobilizes you ...
- Peribulbar Anesthesia
Today, many surgeries of the eye can be performed using techniques that allow your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to use just topical drops or injectable anesthetics to completely numb your eye before your surgical procedure rather than putting you to sleep using general anesthesia. If you are not ...
- Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC)
Monitored anesthesia care (MAC) is a technique that minimizes pain and anxiety during surgical procedures. With MAC, you are not fully sedated as you would be under general anesthesia. This technique, although common for other types of surgery, is rarely used for eye surgery and usually require ...
- Intracameral Anaesthesia
Today, many surgeries of the eye can be performed using minimally invasive techniques that allow your ophthalmologist (Eye M.D.) to give you topical anesthetia with eyedrops and jelly during the surgery rather than injectable anesthetics before your procedure. In some cases, your comfort during ...
- Conscious Care Sedation
Conscious care sedation is a technique that minimizes pain and anxiety during minor surgical procedures while keeping you conscious, able to respond to verbal commands, and able to breathe without assistance. With conscious care sedation, your central nervous system is depressed using intraven ...
- Allergies and the Eyes
Approximately 22 million people in the United States suffer from seasonal itchy, swollen, red eyes. Airborne allergens, such as house dust, animal dander, and mold, constantly bombard the eyes and can cause ocular allergies at any time. But when spring rolls around and the plant pollen starts f ...
- How to Instill Eyedrops
Infections, inflammation, glaucoma, and many other eye disorders often are treated with medicated eyedrops. It is important to remember that all medicines can have side effects. Surprisingly, even the small amount of medication in an eyedrop can create significant side effects in other parts o ...
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- Tanning Beds
Tanning beds produce high levels of ultraviolet (UV) light, which can tan the skin but can also burn the cornea, the clear covering of the eye. You do not feel the burn until 6 to 12 hours after exposure, so you can suffer a severe corneal burn without realizing it while tanning or immediately ...
- Smoking and Eye Disease
Tobacco smoking is directly linked to many adverse health effects, including high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer. Smoking is also linked to eye disease. How does smoking affect the eyes? People who smoke cigarettes are at increased risk for developing cataracts, a clouding of the na ...
- Recycling Eyeglasses
The World Health Organization estimates that corrective lenses can improve the eyesight of one-fourth of the world’s population. Unfortunately, for many people a pair of eyeglasses is both unaffordable and unobtainable. The donation of old but useful eyeglasses to the needy in the US and ...
- How Are Ophthalmologists, Optometrists, and Opticians Different?
Ophthalmologists (Eye M.D.s) are different from optometrists and opticians in their training and in what they can diagnose and treat. As a medical doctor, an ophthalmologist is licensed to practice medicine and surgery. He or she diagnoses and treats all eye diseases, performs eye surgery, and ...
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