What is a Punctal Plug?
Punctal plugs are something we use to help treat Dry Eyes. Dry Eyes is a multifactorial problem that comes from a generalized decrease in the amount and quality of the tears you make. There is often both a lack of tear volume and inflammation in the tear... 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 is a Punctal Plug?
Punctal plugs are something we use to help treat Dry Eyes. Dry Eyes is a multifactorial problem that comes from a generalized decrease in the amount and quality of the tears you make. There is often both a lack of tear volume and inflammation in the tear...
We commonly see patients who come in saying that their eye is bleeding. Patients are usually referring to the white part of their eyes which has turned bright red. The conjunctiva is the outermost layer of the eye and contains very fine blood vessels. If one of these blood vessels breaks, then...
Parkinson’s Disease and Your Eyes
Parkinson’s Disease is a progressive degenerative condition of the neurological system. The majority of Parkinson’s effects are on movement. It often starts off very slowly and subtly. One of the earliest symptoms is a slight tremor in one or both hands. Other early symptoms include a lack of...
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... Search Shore Eye
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