Archive | Eye Conditions

Did You Know Your Diet Is Affecting Your Eyesight?

Are your eyes going bad? Is your vision getting blurry? Do you think you’re developing a serious eye condition? If your answer is, “Yes,” then your poor vision may have something to do with a poor diet. Read how your diet can affect the quality of your vision below. How Does Your Diet Impact Your Vision?…

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Make Time for Your Eye Health This Year

This is the month during which many people turn their attention to the topic of love. Thinking outside the box, we say that love is much more expansive than that which involves candy hearts and expensive cards. To us, love includes what we give to ourselves, too. At Central Florida Eye Institute, we provide an…

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Women’s Eye Health: A Discussion Worth Having

Women have had to learn over many, many decades to get to know their own bodies again, as their great-great grandmothers may have. A woman’s body is unique in so many ways, and those many ways influence every aspect of her being, from her reproductive health to her eye health. And yet, we’ve only come…

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Does Eye Pain Need a Doctor’s Care?

When our head hurts, we think of a headache. When a tooth hurts, we think cavity. When our eyes hurt, we may not know what to think. Here, we discuss some of the common causes of eye pain and answer the big question: “should I see a doctor?” Types of Eye Pain Part of the…

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Symptoms that Your Eye Doctor Needs to See

The eyes are more than windows to the soul, as they say; the eyes are also an indicator of health. Like all organs, the eyes respond to internal and external factors. Responses can look similar even when they are to different factors. For example, a speck of dust may feel like a foreign body in…

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Promoting Eye Health as You Age

We know that a lot can change as we get older. We may not even be surprised when the time comes to start wearing reading glasses. However, because eyesight is an aspect of health and wellness, it is important to know how it may change and what to watch out for to reduce the risk…

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COVID-19 and Your Eyes

This year has delivered more than its fair share of surprises. The most prominent, the one that 2020 may be most well-known for future generations, is the emergence of the novel coronavirus. For several months now, healthcare experts have been working hard to understand the risks, viable treatments, and prevention strategies to mitigate the effects…

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Eye Conditions

Astigmatism Requires Specific Eye Care

Blurry vision is often caused by astigmatism, the condition with a funny name that affects nearly 1 in 3 Americans. Astigmatism is not nearsightedness or farsightedness; it can occur alongside either one of those refractive errors. Being diagnosed with astigmatism isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A diagnosis allows you and your eye doctor to develop…

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Cell Phone Use can Affect Your Eyes

Eye strain is far more prevalent today than it ever has been in the past. We don’t have to look very far to realize that our heavy reliance on digital devices may have a little something to do with this. Many people are aware that they can strain their eyes by sitting in front of…

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