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Is My Cataract “Ripe”?

50 years ago this was a common and important question for cataract patients and their ophthalmologist to address. The modern technology of how cataracts are now removed, how surgical wounds are constructed and sealed, and how intra—ocular lens implants (rather than thick “aphakic” spectacles) are the universal methods of visual rehabilitation all combine to make […]

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New Onset of Floaters & Flashes

New Onset Floaters & Flashes, Don’t Wait…… Harmless Floaters Noticing a few new dark cobwebs, specks or thread like strands darting around your vision more noticeable under well-lit conditions? These “Floaters” are the result of new opacities within the vitreous gel core of your eye casting shadows on the film like retinal tissue lining the

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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA): Ocular findings, treatment and screening

The link between JIA and eye inflammation (uveitis) has been known for about a century. Unlike other forms of uveitis, the eye of an affected JIA patient is often normal appearing & does not appears inflamed. The insidious onset of ocular inflammation can result in significant problems if diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Uveitis refers

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