Understanding Vision Concerns

Posted on: 23 January 2017

For many people, contact lenses are a great alternative to wearing eyeglasses. Unfortunately, the value in wearing them can be greatly diminished when you make mistakes. Some mistakes could even have a long-term impact on your vision. If you are planning to switch to contacts, here are some mistakes to avoid.   Cleaning Your Case or Lenses With Water Water seems like a safe alternative to contact lenses solution, but it actually can lead to significant eye problems.
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Posted on: 20 January 2017

If you have a child who needs glasses you want to make sure you choose the right eye doctor to give them eye care until they are old enough to choose their own optometrist. Here are things you should look for in an optometrist for your child. Flexible hours Between your busy work and home life schedule and your child's regular school hours, it can be hard to find the best times to take your child in to have their eyes checked.
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Posted on: 20 January 2017

When most people think about vision diseases like macular degeneration, they are thinking about age-related eye diseases that affect people late in life. However, there are some forms of these eye issues that can and do occur when people are younger. If you are in your thirties or forties and have been diagnosed with myopic macular degeneration by an ophthalmologist, you may be understandably shocked. In order to properly deal with your eye condition, get to know some of the important facts about myopic macular degeneration and what you can and should do to properly deal with your newfound myopic macular degeneration.
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Posted on: 15 July 2016

If you've noticed changes in your vision to the extent that you're holding things at arm's length to read them and constantly removing your glasses to read things that are close to you, it may be time to get bifocal lenses. Your local optician will assess your eyes and have lenses made that will greatly improve your ability to see at a variety of distances. When you pick up your new glasses, you'll be impressed with your ability to see both far away and close up, but it can take a little time until you're used to this major change in your lenses.
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