Call us right away if you experience these symptoms of an acute attack:

Intense eye pain

Sudden blurry vision in one or both eyes

You feel nauseous or throw-up

Halos around lights

Generally, IOP between 10 and 20 is considered normal. If someone has elevated pressure but no symptoms, it is considered ocular hypertension. With glaucoma, elevated pressure causes damage to the optic nerve. Damage from glaucoma cannot be reversed, so it is important to catch it early.

When picking out glasses, it is important to consider your face shape. Do you want to bring attention to your eyes, highlight certain features, or balance features out? Take your time choosing and try on as many frames as you need to before you find the pair you love.

During your comprehensive eye exam, the goal of eyeglasses or contacts is to correct your vision as best as possible. So what exactly does 20/20 mean?

Have you been diagnosed with myopia, hyperopia, an astigmatism, or presbyopia, but you want to know what that actually means?

Your eyelids are far more than lashes and skin. They can build up an excessive amount of oily residue, bacteria, allergens, biofilm and even demodex mites. This accumulation is typically subtle and hard to see with the naked eye. A thorough eye exam is necessary to detect problems on your eyelids that can make dry eye symptoms worse.

Some of the more common signs associated with an eye emergency include:

Pain

Blurred vision

Seeing flashes of light

A loss of peripheral vision

A sudden loss of vision in one or both eyes

Redness or swelling in the eyes or eyelids

A foreign object in your eye- you might experience pain, pressure or discomfort, a sensation that something is in your eye, extreme watering, or light sensitivity

Uncontrolled high blood pressure can have a cumulative effect on a patient’s overall health. Signs of hypertensive retinopathy in the eye include narrowing of the blood vessels, hemorrhaging, buildup of fluid under the retina and blockage of blood flow to the optic nerve. Visual symptoms, such as blurriness, dimming of vision, or headaches, may not show up for years.

It is wonderful to be able to see at a distance better than I have in my entire life. I must agree with a patient I had in the office years ago that was quite anxious about having his cataract surgery. When he returned to our office for his post-op care he said “Doc, that was as easy as having a cup of coffee.”

InfantSEE is a public health program that is designed to ensure that eye care becomes an important part of an infant’s life and to improve the overall quality of life. Under this program, participating doctors of optometry provide a comprehensive infant eye assessment between 6 and 12 months of age free of charge regardless of family income or access to insurance coverage.

February is age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) month. Currently, over 2 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with some form of ARMD, with over 20% of people over the age of 75 affected. In this post, learn more about ARMD and how Coastal Woods Vision is using the latest technology to provide early detection and treatment.

A comprehensive eye exam with an optometrist not only evaluates visual acuity (20/20 vision) to obtain an accurate glasses prescription, but your eye care provider will also analyze how the eyes work together. An efficient binocular visual system will help relieve eyestrain, fatigue, or possibly even double vision - all of which can greatly reduce learning potential.

Patients who were told they could never wear contacts in the past are now often finding true success with these new scleral contact lenses.