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Your diet is of utmost importance in managing Graves’ Disease. There is a connection between people having an intolerance to gluten, such as in Celiac disease, and those having autoimmune thyroid diseases such as Graves’ Disease and Thyroid Eye Disease. Gluten tends to exacerbate symptoms and disrupt the immune system....
Thyroid eye disease is an autoimmune eye condition that is often seen in people with thyroid disease and is usually abbreviated TED. It tends to run in families and is more frequent in women and in smokers. When you have TED, your immune system mistakenly attacks the muscle and fat...
Although there is no known direct connection between nutrition and glaucoma, certain foods have been identified that increase the intraocular pressure (IOP) in your eyes and can potentially make glaucoma worse. For instance, trans fatty acids (foods that contain partially hydrogenated oils) can raise cholesterol levels, eventually causing blood vessel...
Do not drive the first day following surgery. Protect your eyes from bright sunlight and keep the protective shield taped over your eye for several hours according to your surgeon’s instructions. Do not rub or push on your eye. Tape the protective shield over your eye whenever you lie down...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have not approved any non-surgical cures for cataracts. However, there is ongoing research into topical treatments for cataracts. Researchers in the US are developing drugs that can be delivered directly into the eye via an eye-dropper to shrink down and dissolve cataracts, the leading cause of blindness in humans....
The symptoms of cataracts can include some or all of the following: the need for more light to do ordinary tasks cloudy, foggy, filmy, hazy, or blurry vision loss of night vision, glare from headlights blinds you sensitivity to glare during the day poor depth perception loss of contrast sensitivity,...
A new analysis of existing research suggests that emotional or psychological stress can be a consequence and a cause of vision loss. In the case of cataracts, the exact origin is not known. But, doctors believe that oxidative stress may play a part in the damages to enzymes and proteins in the lens. Oxidative...
It is impossible for cataracts to “grow back”. Cataracts grow inside of the lens of the eye. During the cataract surgery, the lens is completely removed. However, people who have had cataract surgery may develop a secondary cataract. The medical term for this common complication is known as posterior capsule opacification (PCO). It...
Phacoemulsification This is also known as ‘Phaco’ and is the most common technique used for cataract removal today. It usually takes less than half an hour to remove a cataract through phacoemulsification, and requires only minimal sedation. Once the clouded lens is removed, an intraocular lens implant, also referred commonly...
No one should delay their decision to have cataract surgery due to concerns that the procedure will be painful. Quite the contrary, there is little or no discomfort during cataract surgery for most people. On the day of your surgery, you will most likely be given a mild sedative to help...
Before discussing what causes cataracts we should briefly discuss what a cataract is. If you already know feel free to skip down to the next section. What is a cataract? A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of your eye. Clouded vision caused by cataracts can make...
It is always better to have cataracts removed while they are immature, since doing so will reduce the length of surgery as well as the recovery time. However, it’s never too late to have cataracts taken out. The sooner cataracts are removed after diagnosis, the less likely that the significant visual impairment associated with very mature...
If you are looking for an ophthalmologist in Charleston or the Summerville, SC area then chances are you already know what an ophthalmologist is or you may be wondering what type of eye doctor you should see. Our eyes are so important to us so it is crucial that you...