Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
When patients come to our office for an eye exam, many times there is testing that we do to help us in diagnosing any problems. One of these tests is a picture called an Optical Coherence Tomography or OCT. These pictures are generated by light waves... 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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Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
When patients come to our office for an eye exam, many times there is testing that we do to help us in diagnosing any problems. One of these tests is a picture called an Optical Coherence Tomography or OCT. These pictures are generated by light waves...
Blast Blepharitis with Blephex!
We, at Shore Eye Associates, now have an excellent treatment for the most common eye disease that we treat (Blepharitis).
The Blephex system is currently one of the best treatment options available for sufferers of this eye condition, as it is the one treatment that...
In Surgery or Intraoperative Aberrometry
Yes, that is a mouthful, but the concept isn’t quite as hard as the name.An Intraoperative Aberrometer is an instrument we can use in the operating room to help us determine the correct power of the implant we put in your eye during...
Dropless Cataract Surgery
Eye drops can be hard for some patients to instill into their eyes. After cataract surgery, there are two main issues we are trying to control: preventing infection and controlling inflammation. Traditionally we prescribed antibiotic eye drops to prevent infection as well as steroid eye drops to control...
What is Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery or MIGS?
For over 40 years the standard surgical treatment for glaucoma was a procedure called a trabeculectomy. In a trabeculectomy the ophthalmic surgeon would make a hole in the wall of eye to allow fluid from the inside of the eye to flow out... 
