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How Often Should You Use Eye Drops for Dry Eyes?

When you’re suffering from dry eyes, artificial tears or eye drops can provide short-term relief. You can use eye drops several times a day. However, it depends on the type of eye drops you’re using...


How Does Restasis Help Dry Eyes?

Can you imagine anything worse than dry eye symptoms: Burning, stinging, gritty feeling? They can affect you when you wake up until you go to bed. As frustrating as it is, there is hope and relief...


Can Allergies Cause Dry Eyes?

Anything that brings discomfort to your eyes is something we all want to avoid. Dry eyes can cause this discomfort and leave your eyes feeling scratchy and watery...


Myopia Control Contact Lenses: What You Need to Know

Poor academic performance, difficulty focusing, and squinting can indicate a problem with your child’s vision. Myopia, commonly known as nearsightedness, is a growing problem...


How to Reduce Eye Strain From Screens

In this digital age, it’s nearly impossible to avoid screens. Today, we spend more time in front of smartphones, tablets, and laptops daily compared to before...


Can Dry Eyes Cause Floaters?

When eye floaters are sneaking into your sight, you might be wondering if your dry eyes are the cause. Dry eyes can cause various symptoms, and many can impact your vision...


Can You Get Prescription Blue Light Glasses?

Do you spend a lot of time in front of a computer screen? If so, you may be at risk for digital eye strain. This is a condition that can cause headaches, fatigue, and dry eyes...


Can You Wear Contacts With Astigmatism?

Astigmatism is a common vision problem affecting a large number of Americans. This condition often results from a misshaped curve on the eye’s inside lens, or irregularly shaped corneas affecting the way light reaches the retina...


Can Eye Exams Detect Diabetes?

If you have recently been diagnosed with diabetes, it is important that you get your eyes examined by a licensed eye doctor. The effects of diabetes can cause stress or damage to your blood vessels, many of which can be found located at the back of your eye and retina...


When to Worry About Eye Twitching

Most of us know the feeling: a twitch in the eye, uncontrolled and unintentional. It can be distracting, irritating, and a little uncomfortable. An eye twitch can be annoying, but have you ever grown concerned that it might indicate something more serious...


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