Low Vision and Talking Books; Look Into It

February 23, 2010

Low vision may stop you from traditional reading, but one of my favorite patients, EJ, continues to read passionately. EJ is legally blind but reads using Talking Books.

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Eye Surgery Can Blind

February 22, 2010

The risks of cataract surgery and retina eye surgery include blindness from infection or retinal detachment. The chances of these complications occurring are quite small.

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Macular Swelling: So Many Types

February 18, 2010

There are many terms to describe swelling in macula. Usually the causes are diabetic retinopathy or macular degeneration. Keeping the terms straight can be difficult.

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Your Retina Feels No Pain

February 17, 2010

Most eye diseases, especially macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, don’t hurt. There are some eye diseases that can cause significant pain, but the retina has no nerve endings, so it doesn’t hurt because…it can’t.

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Two Kinds of Blind

February 16, 2010

There are two types of blindness; legal blindness and complete blindness. Diabetic retinopathy can cause both types of blindness, while macular degeneration causes only legal blindness.

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Neovascularization Causes Blindness

February 15, 2010

Neovascularization develops in both macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. It is the neovascular tissue, or abnormal blood vessels, that causes blindness and is mediated by VEGF.

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Blood Thinners Don’t Cause Bleeding

February 12, 2010

Bleeding occurs commonly in diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration. Many patients are taking blood thinners for other reasons. When bleeding occurs in the eye, do you need to stop your medicines?

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Macular Degeneration Treatment and the Blood Brain Barrier

February 11, 2010

Getting drugs into the inside of the eye is very hard. Intraocular injections have become an effective way to deliver medications to the inside of the eye and bypass the blood brain barrier to treat retinal disease.

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Never Enough of a Dry Eye

February 10, 2010

Decreased vision can be from advancing retinal disease. It can also be from dry eye. Patients with retinal disease can have dry eye, too, but it may be hard for your doctor to distinguish one from the other.

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“Top Ten” Retinal Eye Emergencies: Part II

February 7, 2010

The “Top Ten” of retinal emergencies is completed today. Topping the list is a type of retinal detachment. Cataract surgery can also lead to relative emergent situations. Remember, losing vision, from whatever cause, can be an “emergency.”

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