Treating Chronic Dry Eye Depends on its Cause
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At one point or another, we’ve all experienced that dry, itchy, sandpaper feeling commonly known as dry eye. Usually it is just a passing inconvenience, perhaps just a side effect of a particularly long work day or seasonal allergies. However, for millions of men and women, dry eye is a chronic condition that negatively impacts…
Read MoreOptions to Make Your Eyeglasses Work for You
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Most people take good vision for granted. However, if you are one of the millions of people who suffer from common refractive vision problems like nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism it can be easy to think of your prescription eyewear as merely a necessary inconvenience. Given the amount of time and money that goes into caring…
Read MoreLaser Eye Surgery Treats a Variety of Vision Problems
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The eyes are some of the most sensitive and delicate organs in the human body, which is why eye surgery requires the most precise and technologically advanced equipment available. While most people are aware that lasers play a role in eye surgery, not many realize just how versatile they are. At Georgia Eye Physicians and…
Read MoreLesser Known Facts about Glaucoma
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There are many different conditions and diseases that can adversely affect your eyesight, but one of the most serious is glaucoma, which is second only to cataracts as a leading cause of permanent vision loss worldwide. Unfortunately, according to the Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group, more than three million Americans are currently suffering from glaucoma,…
Read MoreAsk the Eye Docs: Is My Computer Hurting My Eyes?
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For more than a decade, the dedicated specialists at Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons have provided patients from all across Georgia with an array of eye care services, ranging from routine vision exams for prescription eyewear and comprehensive medical eye exams to advanced eye disease treatment and LASIK vision correction surgery. In the latest installment of our…
Read More5 Things You Can Do to Keep Your Eyes Healthy and Your Eyesight Sharp
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Each and every day at Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons, board certified ophthalmologist Dr. William Segal and comprehensive consultative optometrist Dr. Marc Lay see dozens of patients to help treat both routine and serious vision problems. Many of these patients wonder whether there was anything that they could have done to prevent their specific vision…
Read MoreWhat Are the Different Fluids inside Your Eyes?
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If you ever study the mechanics of an old-fashioned camera, you’ll notice that much of the interior is made up of empty space. This is because a camera uses a lens to focus light onto a plane of special photo-sensitive film, and for that image to be clear, there needs to be a very specific…
Read MoreTreating Routine Vision Problems
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Vision problems are far more common than most people might think. Although it is difficult to know exactly just how many people in the United States wear eyeglasses, because there are so many different variables to consider, the Vision Council of America estimates that approximately 75% of all adults use some form of vision correction….
Read MoreMost Common Age-Related Eye Diseases
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Whether they are early morning aches and joint pain or sagging, wrinkling skin, sooner or later, we all have to face the common effects of aging. At Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons, we understand that aging can have a variety of adverse effects on the eyesight as well. Fortunately, when you know some of the…
Read MoreWhy Are Sunglasses Important?
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The weather is getting warmer and with summer right around the corner there is little doubt that men, women, and children will all soon be spending a lot more time outdoors in the sunshine. Unfortunately, during this time of year, it is also important to remember that the ultraviolet radiation from the sun can potentially…
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