Avoiding Summer Eye Injuries
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With summertime upon us, people are no doubt looking forward to spending more time outdoors, taking part in seasonal sporting events or working on back-yard projects. But unfortunately, most people don’t realize that the summer months can be particularly hard on the eyes. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) the occurrence of eye…
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Meet Our June Spotlight Patient: Brenda
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Brenda moved to Georgia from California just a few years ago, when she retired after years of working as a travel agent. She expected that her ninety year old mother, who had moved with her, would need ongoing treatment for glaucoma, and so asked her new neighbors to recommend a good eye doctor in the…
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Advanced Options and a New Study for Glaucoma Treatment
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At Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons, we help patients suffering from a wide variety of eye problems, ranging from relatively routine refractive errors to extremely aggressive diseases that could potentially result in permanent vision loss. Among the most serious of these issues is glaucoma, a condition that affects more than 60 million people worldwide. Glaucoma…
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The Reasons for Dry Eye and How to Avoid It
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One of the most common eye complaints that we hear at Georgia Eye Physicians and Surgeons is the scratchy, gritty feeling commonly associated with a condition known as chronic dry eye. In most cases, dry eye is only a temporary irritant that can easily be soothed with various over-the-counter remedies. However, it may also potentially…
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How Do You Treat Cataracts?
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Among the most common causes of vision loss in men and women over the age of forty are cataracts, a condition that affect more than twenty million men and women in the United States alone. While the specific reasons that cataracts form are unclear, they are usually the result when age, injury, disease, or exposure…
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The 4 Leading Causes of Vision Loss
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Worldwide, between 300 million and 400 million people currently experience some form of blindness or visual impairment, with an extremely varied list of causes ranging from conditions affecting the eyes to conditions affecting the visual processing centers in the brain. However, the four most common causes of vision loss are age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic…
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What Are the Benefits of Having Two Eyes?
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The human eye is an amazingly sophisticated organ, with millions of highly specialized, light-sensitive cells that all work together to detect the most minute traces of light energy. It seems uniquely adapted to performing this one incredibly important function, but that begs the question: why do we have two? While it is obviously helpful to…
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Getting the Facts about Glaucoma
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Do you have problems with your peripheral or side vision? Do you have blurred vision, nausea, and headaches? Do you sometimes see “halos” around bright lights? If so, you may be experiencing some of the early symptoms of glaucoma, an eye condition that affects more than 60 million people worldwide and is the second leading…
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Frequently Asked Questions about Diabetic Eye Diseases
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More than 29 million people in the United States have diabetes, and it is estimated that as many as one in four of those afflicted don’t even know that they have it. Many of these men and women may already be beginning to suffer the effects of diabetic eye disease, or diabetic retinopathy, a complication…
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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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