What's that lump on my eyelid?
So you’re going about your day and notice a slight twinge when you blink. It starts off as a mild awareness, then proceeds to a painful feeling with every blink. You look in the mirror to see what could be causing it, and there... Shore Eye Associates Blog
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Are my reading glasses making my eyes worse?
Are my reading glasses making my eyes worse?
Short answer- NoAlthough we don’t know the exact mechanism by which humans have a decreased ability to focus up close as we get older (a process called presbyopia), the fact remains that it will happen to...
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Newly diagnosed with Glaucoma, what are my treatment options?
Newly Diagnosed with Glaucoma, what are my treatment options?
There are several different variations of Glaucoma and what we will discuss mostly today is what we call Primary Open Angle Glaucoma. This means that there is no specific underlyin...
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Why Do I Have to Pay Out of Pocket for Cataract Surgery?
Why Do I have to Pay Out of Pocket for Cataract Surgery?
You’ve been diagnosed with a cataract and you’ve been told you should have cataract surgery. The surgeon is also telling you that you should consider paying extra out of pocket it for it. Whe...
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Red Eye: Should I go to the Emergency Room?
At some point, you might have been the victim of this scenario: you rub your eye really hard, or walk into something, or just wake up with a red, painful, swollen eye. However it happened, your eye is red, you’re possibly in pain, and you’re worried....
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Is it wise to have cataract surgery if you have Macular Degeneration?
This is a question we get asked very frequently. Let’s start with some background. 1. Cataracts and Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) are both leading causes of visual impairment in the elderly population. 2. ...
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What are the risk factors for dry eye?
The prevalence of dry eye syndrome increases with age. An estimated 3.2 million women age 50 and over and 1.68 million men age 50 and over are affected by dry eye syndrome.Here are some risk factors for dry eye:Aging- Advancing age is the sin...
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What's that lump on my eyelid?
So you’re going about your day and notice a slight twinge when you blink. It starts off as a mild awareness, then proceeds to a painful feeling with every blink. You look in the mirror to see what could be causing it, and there...
Why do people wear those big sunglasses after Cataract Surgery?
The main reason is for protection. Both physical protection to assure nothing hits the eye immediately after surgery and protection from sun light and other bright lights.We want to protect the eye from getting hit physically because there is a small...
Are my eyes changing colors?
We commonly get patients who come in asking if the white part of their eye, the sclera, has a growth or is turning a gray color. This is a senile scleral plaque which is commonly seen in people over the age of 70. It is a benign...
How does Shingles effect my Eye?
Shingles is the tern we use to describe a condition that is caused by a re-activation of the Herpes Varicella-Zoster virus. The origin of this infection usually goes way back to childhood with a primary infection that caused an infection we know as “Chicken Pox”.When...
Why do I need glasses if I have contact lenses?
There is an old adage in the eye care industry: glasses are a necessity, contact lenses are a luxury. Ninety-nine percent of the time this is absolutely true. In the absence of unusual eye disorders or very high prescriptions which don’t allow... Search Shore Eye
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