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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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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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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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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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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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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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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