The Dangers of Rubbing Your Eyes
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If you have lived in Atlanta for any length of time, you are no doubt familiar with pollen. In the spring, when that yellow dust is heavy in the air and your eyes start to get itchy and watery, it is only natural to start rubbing your eyes to find relief. This simple reflexive action…
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Why Does Our Vision Get Worse as We Get Older?
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Everyone is familiar with the common effects that aging can have on the body. As cartilage and muscle tissue start to break down, early morning aches and joint pain become a frequent occurrence, and the skin begins to sag and wrinkle as it loses its natural elasticity and volume. However, many do not realize that…
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What Makes a Comprehensive Eye Exam Different?
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Prescription vision correction is more common than you might think. According to the Vision Council of America, an estimated 75 percent of the adult population worldwide uses vision correction products, and approximately 64 percent of them wear glasses. Regular wearers of glasses and contacts are all no doubt familiar with the standard vision screening, or…
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Childhood Eye Diseases and Conditions
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The eyes are intricate and complex organs that constantly change throughout a person’s lifetime, a fact that can, at times, make diagnosing and treating the various problems that affect the eyes a complicated undertaking. Some issues that may be common in patients over forty, for example, may be virtually non-existent in young adults for patients…
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Common Conditions that Irritate Your Eyes
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At Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons, board-certified ophthalmologist Dr. William Segal and comprehensive consultative optometrist Dr. Marc Lay treat thousands of patients for issues ranging from the merely inconvenient to the potentially dire. While we have spent a great deal of time in our weekly blogs discussing conditions that could cause permanent blindness, like glaucoma,…
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Conditions that Affect Aging Eyes
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Like it or not, we are all eventually going to feel the effects aging. Whether it’s aching bones and joints, greying or thinning hair, or just the occasional facial line or wrinkle, time will sooner or later take its toll on us all. One of the most common and troublesome complaints that is frequently associated…
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Why is Sunlight Bad for Your Eyes?
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With winter behind us and summer right around the corner, many are looking forward to spending more time outside, but people are also concerned about the potential dangers that sunlight may cause. We’ve all heard the warnings to use sunscreen and wear sunglasses, but it can often be difficult to figure out why these things…
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Breaking Your Bad Eye Habits
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Whether it’s skipping the gym one night or ordering pizza instead of making a healthy dinner, we all occasionally take short-cuts with our health, and while conveniently forgetting to do the various little chores that we all know should be a part of our daily routine once in a while may be no big deal,…
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What Exactly Do Corrective Lenses Do?
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At Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons, our comprehensive consultative optometrist Dr. Marc Lay helps hundreds of men, women, and children achieve better vision by prescribing glasses or contact lenses. However, despite the fact that more than 150 million Americans use corrective eyewear to compensate for refractive errors in vision, many people do not understand exactly…
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How Can Blue Light Hurt Your Eyes?
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Your eyes face many dangers every day. Wind and artificially heated hair can dry out the eyes, dust, pollen, and windborne particles can damage the cornea, and exposure to even a small amount of ultraviolet light has been shown to increase the risk of developing cataracts, the most common cause of blindness worldwide for adults…
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