Why am I having Difficulty Adjusting to My New Glasses?
Eye doctors typically pride themselves on being able to improve someone’s vision through either glasses or contact lens prescriptions. Whether it’s a first time glasses wearer, or someone having either a small or large change in their prescription, we like... Shore Eye Associates Blog
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How Much Should I Pay Out of Pocket for Premium Cataract Surgery?
How Much Should I Pay Out of Pocket for Premium Cataract Surgery
This is the third installment of a three-part series. In the first installment “Why do I have to pay extra for cataract surgery?” I addressed the reasons why there are now optional par...
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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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Do I really need cataract surgery?
Cataracts are part of the natural aging process. Everyone gets them to one degree or another if you live long enough. Cataracts, as they progress, create increasing difficulty with the normal activities of living. The symptoms vary ...
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Why am I having Difficulty Adjusting to My New Glasses?
Eye doctors typically pride themselves on being able to improve someone’s vision through either glasses or contact lens prescriptions. Whether it’s a first time glasses wearer, or someone having either a small or large change in their prescription, we like...
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 all of us.The leading theory of...
Top 4 reasons you need your eyes checked more frequently as you get older.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology has recommendations for how often adults need to get their eyes examined. The recommendations vary according to the level of risk you have for eye disease.For people who are not at elevated...
Fireworks Eye Injuries Have More Than Doubled in Recent Years Fireworks sales will be blazing across the country from now through the Fourth of July. As retailers begin their promotions, Shore Eye Associates joins the American Academy of Ophthalmology in shining a light on this explosive fact: the number of eye...
Is there anything I can do to stop getting more nearsighted?
I recently received a text message from an out of state relative asking if he should have his college aged daughter put in progressive lenses to help retard her progression of her near-sightedness. I told them that there wasn’t good... Search Shore Eye
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