Eye care technology has seen significant advancements in recent years, improving diagnosis, treatment, and overall eye health.
Same-day appointments in optometry have become increasingly important for providing timely care and addressing urgent eye health issues.
When considering eye care, checking if an optometrist is board-certified can help you make an informed choice about your healthcare provider.
A comprehensive eye exam is essential for maintaining eye health and ensuring clear vision, and it provides valuable insights into overall health.
Blurriness or blurred vision refers to a lack of sharpness of central vision. Vision loss is a decrease in central or peripheral vision. Blurred vision is often thought to be due to a change in the eyeglasses’ prescription. While this is sometimes true, any recent, sudden, severe, or progressive change in vision could be due to more ominous causes and should be investigated as soon as possible.
Double vision refers to seeing two separate images of a single object or seeing a shadow image. It could be due to more benign conditions such as dry eyes or more severe causes such as an aneurysm or a tumor in the brain. A sudden double vision should be investigated as soon as possible.
Red eye refers to anything from a pink eye to a fully bloodshot eye. The causes include dry eyes, contact lens intolerance or more serious infections or inflammations.
Light patterns or flashing lights could be hard to tell apart. Although they could be due to migraines, occasionally they are due to a retinal tear or detachment and can lead to permanent vision loss. Therefore, they are considered an eye emergency.
Floaters are dark or gray spots, lines, or bugs or spider-web-like patterns that move across vision. They are due the specks floating inside the jell (vitreous) of the eye. Recent-onset, sudden, or numerous floaters could be due to a retinal tear or detachment and could lead to permanent vision loss within a few hours or days. Therefore, they are considered an eye emergency.
Eye pain, soreness, burning, itching or other discomfort could be from a simple dry eye or more serious infections or inflammations inside the eye.
Eyelid bump causes include stye or chalazion, benign, and malignant eyelid tumors. Allergies and infections can cause swelling of the eyelids.
Drooping of the eyelid could be due to excessive eyelid skin, or diseases of the muscle or nerves of the eyelid. Neurologic causes of droopy eyelid (ptosis) could be especially dangerous. A sudden or recently noticed droopy eyelid should be considered an emergency.
Eye infection can present with redness, discharge, swelling, change in vision, light sensitivity, pain and discomfort. If you think you might have an eye infection, make an appointment.
Dry eye syndrome is more common in dry environments like Colorado. It can lead to decreased vision or corneal scarring in more severe cases. Common symptoms of dry eyes include:
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, book your appointment to find relief today.
Dr. Abed Namavari is a medical doctor and surgeon, a board-certified ophthalmologist, and a fellowship-trained retina specialist. Dr Namavari received a Medical Degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and completed a transitional year at the Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He finished his ophthalmology residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago and graduated with a medical retina fellowship from the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, the highest-ranked ophthalmology program in the US. He then moved to Colorado and founded the Colorado Eye Clinic to provide personalized eye care to the community.
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