For those who aren’t familiar, diabetic eye disease is actually several serious eye conditions that affect people with diabetes, including: Diabetic retinopathy – Causes changes to retinal blood vessels which can distort vision; it is the most common cause of vision loss in diabetics Diabetic macular edema — DME is a consequence of diabetic retinopathy that causes…
Most people who have diabetes and manage it properly are used to checking their blood, having insulin injections, following a strict diet – doing the things they know they need to do for the sake of their health. There is something, however, that many diabetics are not including in their disease management: having regular eye…
What if you could hop out of the shower, throw on your clothes and completely skip putting on your make-up? Yet still head out the door looking your best? You can. Here’s how: Rediscover your life with permanent make-up In the hands of a skilled professional such as those at Central Florida Eye Institute, your…
It’s a sneaky disease. It puts high pressure on your eyes that can affect your sight, but the damage is so gradual, you probably won’t notice until it’s too late. And there aren’t really any signs, not even pain, to signal that you’ve got a problem. In fact, around half of the people who have…
Procedures to get rid of cataracts have been described, in one form or another, throughout recorded history. But cataract surgery as we know it only began to evolve in the latter part of the past century. And today’s methods for cataract extraction are offering positive outcomes for more than 95% of the people who undergo…
In what might be considered nothing more than pop culture news, a sunscreen produced by actress Jessica Alba’s skin care company is being accused of not working as advertised. The company believes that the people who have gotten sunburned are not using the product properly, according to instructions — and according to U.S. Food &…
Are you searching for that one last piece of amazing news that will assure you that LASIK surgery is safe and effective? And that it might be time for you to “blast off” with your plans to have the procedure? Then we might just have the information you need. That’s why we’re so happy to…
We wear shoes to protect our feet and gloves to protect our hands. We brush our teeth. We wear seatbelts. What do all these actions have in common? We do them as part of our efforts to take good care of ourselves. That’s why it doesn’t make sense that with all the smart things we…
Annual eye exams are an essential component of preventive care for your vision. As a sense that we rely upon so heavily, it’s imperative that you are monitoring your eye health continuously, especially as visual impairments can develop to the point of needing corrective lenses within the course of a year. Not only is there…
Macular degeneration is a debilitating vision problem that is growing as the country’s population ages. Generally, patients who suffer from AMD (age-related macular degeneration) have deterioration of their macula, the portion of the retina that is responsible for central vision (fine details in front of you). There currently isn’t a proven treatment for macular degeneration….
