Vision

As a parent, one of your most important jobs is not just to take care of your child’s health but to teach them how to take care of themselves. If your family or your spouse’s is prone to vision trouble, you’ll want to teach your kids how to take good care of their eyesight and … Read more

What You Can Do to Protect Your Eyes From Bad Air Quality Exposure to pollution and other airborne irritants increases the risk of many diseases and health conditions, including heart disease, asthma, stroke, respiratory illnesses, and lung cancer. Unfortunately, your eyes may also suffer when the air quality is bad. Taking a few of these … Read more

Testing Your Eye Pressure High pressure inside your eyes increases your risk of glaucoma, a disease that can cause vision loss. Although you can’t tell when your eye pressure is rising, a simple test conducted at your optometrist’s office helps your eye doctor detect and treat pressure changes. Why It’s Important to Keep Your Pressure … Read more

Could Pain Around Your Eye Be Caused by Periorbital Cellulitis? Periorbital cellulitis could be to blame if you’re experiencing pain and swelling around your eye. Prompt treatment will prevent the infection from spreading to your eye. What Is Periorbital Cellulitis? Periorbital cellulitis occurs when your eyelid or the skin around your eye becomes infected. Although … Read more

Are Eye Freckles a Reason to Worry? Freckles can appear anywhere on your body, including your eyes. Although eye freckles are often harmless, they can be a sign of cancer in some cases. How Do Eye Freckles Form? A freckle develops when melanocytes clump together in your eye. Melanocytes are cells that give your hair, … Read more

Can You Pass Along an Eye Disease or Condition? Have you noticed that children who wear glasses often have parents who also need a little help seeing? Myopia, or nearsightedness, is just one of the eye conditions and diseases that can be inherited. Inherited Eye Diseases and Conditions In addition to determining your eye color … Read more

Eye Conditions That Cause Low Vision Low vision causes permanent changes to your eyesight that can make life a little more challenging. You may have low vision if you can’t see well, even when wearing prescription eyeglasses. If the best you can see with your glasses is 20/70 to 20/160, you have moderate low vision, … Read more