If you are one of the thousands of those living with dry eyes in Orlando, you're not alone. Dry Eye Syndrome can compromise the eye functions. A feeling of burning, blurred vision, tired, and grittiness in the eye, making simple everyday activities uncomfortable. "Dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface characterized by [...]
If you wear contact lenses here in the Orlando area, you’re not alone. It is estimated, 1 in 6 adults, 1 in 4 young adults, and 1 in 7 adolescents wear contact lenses. With so many of us using contact lenses to correct our vision, it is vital to maintain a good contact lens hygiene. [...]
November is Diabetic Eye Disease Month, designed to bring awareness to the importance for those with diabetes or have pre diabetes to have a comprehensive eye exam. The fact is there are almost 2.4 million people in Florida with diabetes. With approximately 600,000 people in the sunshine state don’t realize they have diabetes and 5,800,000 [...]
Where do you get your contact lenses? A recent study from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's (FDA's) Forensic Chemistry Center, published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, found many counterfeit or unapproved contact lenses were contaminated with microbes frequently found in spoiled food and hospital waste water! “Of the 29 different brands of counterfeit [...]