Should Patients Simultaneously Undergo Cataract Surgery on Both Eyes?

July 20, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

Cataracts often affect both eyes if they are age-related. Studies indicate that more people will be diagnosed with cataracts in one or both eyes by age 80.

Usually, surgery is performed to replace your clouded endogenic lens with artificial intraocular lens. For both eyes, bilateral surgery can be carried out simultaneously on the same day or a few weeks between surgeries.

In a recent Cochrane review, they discovered that performing cataract surgery on both eyes the same day or a few days apart produced the same results. However, same-day bilateral surgery could have some consequences.

The benefits and drawbacks of this approach include:

Benefits

Minimal clinic visits
Lower procedural costs
Faster vision recovery for both eyes

Drawbacks

There’s the risk of simultaneous postoperative complications in both eyes.
It’s impossible to utilize the same visual acuity on both operations.

If you have cataracts in both eyes, surgery is usually performed on one eye, and then a few weeks later, it’s performed on the second eye. This allows the first eye to recover and your vision to become normal before surgery is performed on the next eye.

Even though there may be some benefits, many cataract surgeons are reluctant to perform cataract surgery on both eyes simultaneously. The risk of eye infection and other serious complications from cataract surgery is very low. Nevertheless, if both eyes were to become infected or experience complications at the same time, the results could be visually overwhelming for a period and could possibly affect your vision permanently.

A benefit of performing cataract surgery on each eye with time in between allows you and your doctor to evaluate the visual outcome of the first surgery, which might effect choices made for the second surgery.

During your pre-operative eye exam, ask your eye doctor or cataract surgeon to discuss the pros and cons of all your cataract surgery options to determine the best choices for your particular needs.

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Foods to Eat or Avoid After Undergoing Eye Surgery

July 5, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

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Lasik surgery is performed to enhance your eyesight. To help with fast recovery and avoid surgery complications, you should follow the rules and instructions given to you after your surgery. But another thing to be mindful of is your diet after eye surgery.

Let’s look at the foods you can eat and avoid after LASIK surgery to help with your recovery.

Foods to Eat

Proteins: Foods rich in protein can benefit your eyes and the whole body. They rejuvenate body cells, blood vessels, and veins to improve recovery. The best protein foods to eat after your eye surgery include organic chicken, eggs, salmon, dairy products, seeds, and nuts.

Vitamins: Vitamin foods (vitamin C specifically) are great for eye health. They help to slow down eye aging, reduce any risks of developing eye cataracts, and speed up recovery. The best vitamin C fruits to consume are citrus fruits, green leafy vegetables, carrots, red bell peppers, milk, tomatoes, and berries.

Carbohydrates: Carbohydrate foods supply energy to the body and promote healing. Excellent foods to eat after surgery are whole wheat foods, quinoa, oats, buckwheat, and bananas.

Healthy Fats: Healthy fats are essential to healing as they aid the body in absorbing vitamins and other nutrients. Foods like sweet potatoes, whole eggs, avocado, nuts, and seeds are enriched with healthy fats.

Foods You Should Avoid

Sugar-Rich Foods: The first thing you should do after your eye surgery is to reduce your sugar consumption. High sugar foods can elevate your blood pressure. These include high-sugar fruits, honey, packed juices, candies, cakes, pastries, etc.

Deep Fried Foods: Fried foods accumulate a lot of unhealthy oils. When fried, the nutrients are killed, leaving only empty shells that are useless and unhealthy for the body.

High Sodium and Processed Foods: Salty foods also trigger high blood pressure and other health issues that can complicate your eye recovery. As much as possible, steer clear of pickles, canned foods, ultra-processed foods, and preserved foods like chips, burgers, pizza, etc.

Always eat nutritious food to ensure quick and complication-free eye recovery.

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A Quick and Painless Alternative to Wearing Spectacles

June 20, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

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Laser eye surgery is a form of refractive surgery performed to correct hyperopia, astigmatism, and myopia. These are spectacle errors found in people with uncorrected or impaired vision.

By 2011, more than 11 million patients had undergone laser eye surgery in the U.S.; by 2009, over 28 million surgeries had been performed globally.

An ophthalmologist performs laser eye surgery using a microkeratome or laser to reshape the cornea and improve the patient’s visual acuity. Most patients who undergo the procedure receive a permanent alternative to wearing contact lenses or eyeglasses.

The procedure involves three main steps where:

The ophthalmologist creates a lean flap in the cornea’s surface layer and sets it on the side.
They’ll then reshape the bare area using precisely targeted laser pulses. The laser is guided by sophisticated algorithms to remove tiny corneal tissue amounts from various positions of the cornea that were pre-determined. This will correct the overall curvature of the cornea.
Once done, the flap will be put back into its initial position, re-attaching onto the eye’s as it heals.

This procedure has helped correct many patients’ far and near-sightedness, enabling them to see clearly (20/20) without wearing spectacles.

It is a quick and painless surgical procedure that takes about 10 to 20 minutes. A numbing drop is administered to lessen the pain. Vision recovery is often rapid, with patients reporting vision acuity within 24 hours.

Through a technique known as mono-vision, laser eye surgery can minimize the need for contact lenses in patients aged 40 and above who use bifocals.

Candidates for this type of surgery are those over 18 years with healthy eyes and adequate thickness in their cornea. Corneal disease, chronic dry eye, and other abnormalities can disqualify one from the surgery.

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What Is a Tecnis Multifocal Lens Implant?

June 5, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

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The Tecnis multifocal lens implant is a cataract surgery involving the removal of the eye’s natural lens. The lens is then replaced with a clearer artificial lens implant (IOL).

By ‘multifocal, it means that the implanted lens is designed to produce a clearer vision for both near and distant visions without the glasses. This is different from a monofocal IOL, which is designed for specific visions without a clear range of focus.

Tecnis multifocal IOL sets the patient free from using contact lenses.
It uses wavefront technology. The technology corrects visual distortion (optical aberrations) that may cause halos, glare, and low visual quality.

Tecnis is a diffractive lens that comes with concentric rings of distinct power. The rings provide vision at distance and near levels. The lenses are independent of the patient’s pupil size. It improves the reading vision even in low light conditions.

Tecnis multifocal lens implant offers quality vision at multiple distances. The enhanced vision for a specific near point is often personalized to the patient’s lifestyle. This allows them to focus on places they use their vision most.

The lenses correct presbyopia and astigmatism while reducing one’s dependence on contact lenses.

Beneficiaries of this procedure are patients with healthy eyes who want to stop using glasses at all distances. It cannot work well if the eye has severe glaucoma or macular disease (macular scar or hole, macular pucker, or macular degeneration). Also, Tecnis multifocal lens implant cannot correct astigmatism, especially if it’s significant.

A multifocal lens implant works best when implanted in both eyes. If performed in one eye, the patient may need glasses to accomplish some tasks. This procedure aims to provide independence from contact lenses at every distance.

The good thing about the Tecnis multifocal lens is the lack of risk during surgery. After surgery, a patient may experience some halos and glare with night driving. There’ll also be slight ghosting or blurring or a waxy vision for a short period.

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The Best Treatment For Keratoconus

May 20, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

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Taking the static out of the disease

Keratoconus, which is sometimes called KC is a non-inflammatory eye condition. It typically causes the round dome-shaped cornea to thin and become weak. This then causes the development of a cone-like bulge. People who have this condition often say they can see a “static” in their vision which can cause serious visual impairment.

Corneal Cross-Linking

The best-known treatment for Keratoconus is available at The Eye Center, a Columbia SC Eye Clinic, which is iLink corneal cross-linking. This procedure is minimally invasive and is an outpatient procedure that uses ultraviolet light and a specific kind of formulated eye drops to strengthen and cause the corneas to stiffen that have been affected by this disease or refractive surgery. This procedure is considered the standard in the care of Keratoconus worldwide.

Thickening and shortening of collagen fibrils
Stiffening of the corneas
Creating a new corneal collagen cross-links

The Use of Riboflavin

iLink corneal cross-linking consists of the use of formulated pharmaceutical-strength riboflavin drops. These drops are called Photrexa and Photrexa Viscous, which help modify the cross-linking reactions.

The Use of Ultraviolet Light

The Columbia eye center utilizes UV light by applying the light from a machine called the KCL system. It is applied after the cornea is drenched in the Photrexa (riboflavin) and Photrexa Viscous eye drops. And once both the UV light and the eye drops are applied together during the procedure, the cornea begins to stiffen and strengthen slowly and/or stop the keratoconus.

If your doctor diagnoses you with keratoconus, you will be referred to an ophthalmologist who has the training and certification to determine which option is best for you and the severity of your condition. Before your first appointment, gather notes of what you’ve been experiencing, such as:

Your vision changes
How long your symptoms have persisted
Stress or any life-changing events
Any medications you take – including eye drops and vitamin supplements
Any questions you think you might like to ask your doctor

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Don’t Let Glaucoma Control Your Life – Try Durysta

May 5, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

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Don't Let Glaucoma Control Your Life - Try Durysta

Are you suffering from glaucoma? Patients with glaucoma know the seriousness of the disease and how it can lead to visual field loss, blindness, and even death. However, there are approaches to prevent or delay these consequences and live a full life despite glaucoma.

What are the symptoms of Glaucoma?

Unfortunately, glaucoma doesn’t present symptoms right away, and most individuals do not realize they have the condition until they experience vision loss. Therefore, having regular eye exams, especially as you age, is extremely important in preventing blindness due to glaucoma.

Your doctor can determine if your IOP or intraocular pressure is out of balance. This is one of the only symptoms present to indicate glaucoma.

There are several types of the condition, but “open-angle” glaucoma is the most common. The good news is that Durysta can help treat it.

What is Durysta and how can it help glaucoma?

Durysta is inserted into your eye by your doctor. A medication called “bimatoprost” is then released into your eyes to lower your IOP levels. Durysta works to slowly release the medication over a few months. This is an effective method and a great alternative for eye drops which might be hard to take at the same time each day.

As Durysta is not able to reverse damage due to glaucoma, it works best for patients who have high IOP but who do not have glaucoma yet. However, if the patient already has glaucoma and damage to their optic nerve, Durysta can still help by preventing further damage.

To see if Durysta is right for you, make an appointment with your eye doctor. Remember that this method of treating glaucoma is only for patients with open-angle glaucoma or individuals who have high IOP pressure. Here are some reasons why you may still not be a candidate:

If you have an eye infection
If you’ve ever had a corneal transplant
If you have an allergy to the ingredients in Durysta
If you have narrow or obstructed iridocorneal angles

If Durysta is not the best glaucoma treatment for you, be sure to talk to your eye doctor about other options.

Bottom Line
You can take steps to protect your vision and keep your quality of life high. If you’re diagnosed with glaucoma, work closely with your doctor to create a treatment plan that works for you. Stay active and involved in your community, and don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it.

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Is There A Cure For Keratoconus?

April 20, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

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Is There A Cure For Keratoconus?

Healthy corneas are clear and dome-shaped at the front of your eye. It’s what’s responsible for focusing light into your eyes. Keratoconus causes cornea thinning and bulging, changing the shape and bringing light out of focus. This causes cloudy and distorted vision and makes everyday activities difficult to complete, such as reading, driving, etc. And because of the many symptoms, it decreases the quality of life.

Anyone who has keratoconus can relate to the frustrations of the diagnosis. The Eye Center in Columbia, SC, can provide life-changing services that will bring quality back to living.

Is There A Cure?

In its early stages, keratoconus is easily treated with contact lenses or eyeglasses. As the disease progresses, a prescription won’t be enough to correct the blurry vision, headaches, and other symptoms associated with the condition.

Unfortunately, there is not a permanent cure for Keratoconus, but there is a way to help restore vision in the advanced stages. Here are options for advanced vision correction:

Scleral or Rigid Gas Permeable Contacts – these specialized contact lenses are customed to fit over the cornea in a way that will allow light to focus into the eye more accurately, restoring clearer vision.
Cornea Transplant Surgery – the procedure removes all or part of the cornea and replaces it with a healthy cornea.
Corneal Cross-Linking – increases the strength of the corneal tissue and can help fight against bulging in the early stages.

Keratoconus will not go away on its own, but can be helped with medications or surgery. The shape of the cornea can’t change, even with specialized contact lenses. But there are various options at The Eye Center in Columbia, SC, that can restructure better healthier vision.

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Never Ignore These Early Signs of Glaucoma

April 5, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

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There are different types of Glaucoma and each condition leads to optic nerve damage. The disease adds pressure to the optic nerve and causes fluid to build up in the eyes, leading to blind spots and total blindness if not medicated. Individuals over the age of 60 are most likely to develop glaucoma, but younger individuals are not exempt from developing the disease.

The Early Symptoms of Glaucoma

The early symptoms of glaucoma can vary from person to person, depending on the type of glaucoma they have. Usually, early signs can be subtle and missed. This is why it’s important to keep up with regular eye visits to diagnose the disease early on in its progression. The team members at The Eye Center in Columbia, SC, are dedicated to eye health and wellness. By Scheduling an appointment, they will easily confirm or rule out the risk of glaucoma.

Some common symptoms of Glaucoma include:

Eye pain
Headache
Blurred vision, double vision, and blind spots
Nausea
Red eyes

Any of these symptoms merit a visit with your eye care doctor, as glaucoma can cause sudden vision loss if not monitored.

Those at Risk for Developing Glaucoma

Those over the age of 40, extremely nearsighted or farsighted, have a history of glaucoma in their family, or have had previous eye surgeries are at risk of developing glaucoma. These risks are even higher if other medical conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure, are present.

There is no treatment for vision loss due to glaucoma, but the progression of glaucoma can be slowed down, and protection for remaining vision can be maintained through treatment. Residents in the Columbia, SC area should visit The Eye Center for regular eye exams to detect glaucoma while there’s still time to prevent the loss of vision.

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Is Diabetes Affecting Your Eyes? Simple Ways to Find Out the Condition of Your Eyes

March 5, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

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The easiest way to determine if diabetes is affecting your eyes is to get an annual eye exam. According to the American Diabetes Association, individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes should have their first eye exam immediately after diagnosis. However, it suggests that those diagnosed with type 1 diabetes receive their first exam within five years of their diagnosis. For those with diabetes, annual eye exams are vital to a healthy life.

It is well-known that diabetes is considered to be the leading cause associated with adult-onset vision loss. Following simple strategies can help to prevent trouble with eyesight, such as diabetic retinopathy. There are three solid prevention methods that can make a world of difference in diabetic patients. It is critical to maintain A1C levels, appropriate blood sugar levels, and monitor blood pressure regularly. These basic tactics can help to avoid serious eye conditions such as retinopathy.

Patients that follow the preventative steps above are far less likely to develop retinopathy. However, it does not mean that their vision will not progress to a serious level, nor will it automatically stop diabetic retinopathy. It is crucial to observe your symptoms on a daily basis.

Keep in mind that symptoms such as:

Blurry vision
Double vision
Inadequate night vision and many more symptoms related to vision could be signs of retinopathy.

If you notice that you are not able to see things you once could, it is suggested to evaluate yourself. Ensure that you take care of your contacts or glasses. For example, do not reuse daily contacts. In addition, pay close attention to any changes in your capability of reading and seeing, both close-up and from afar. Be sure to read the side effects of medications so you know what could be causing any variations in your ability to see. Continue to oversee your own care by asking your family about medical conditions. Question your blood relatives regarding any history of eye conditions.

These simple things can help to determine if you have vision trouble due to your diabetes. Maintain proactive strategies and go for annual eye exams in order to determine if diabetes is affecting your eyes.

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Why Are Many People Considering Vision Correction?

February 20, 2022 marketing@etgroup.net

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According to the recent report published by the World Health Organization, about 2.2 billion people globally have vision impairment. To prevent blindness, many of these individuals seek vision correction. What type of vision impairments do they need vision correction to resolve? Let’s find out!

Four Refractive Errors Requiring Vision Corrections

Myopia – Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is an abnormal eye shape causing light to come to focus before hitting the retina behind the eye.
Hyperopia – Hyperopia, also known as farsightedness, is an abnormal eye shape causing light to come to focus at the back of the retina.
Presbyopia – This is also farsightedness that comes with age. At this stage, the eyes lose their ability to shift focus forth and back between closer and distant objects.
Astigmatism – This leads to distorted images. It often happens when the cornea is elongated instead of round.

People with these four conditions are often candidates for vision correction. Nevertheless, an eye doctor considers several factors before deciding whether contact lenses, glasses, or vision correction surgery is the best for a patient.

Factors To Consider Before Choosing The Right Type Of Vision Correction

Day-to-day Activities – For reading or driving, glasses might be practical. For all activities, surgery or contact lenses will be a better option.
Health Status – Vision correction surgery is not fitting for presbyopia.
Personal Preferences – Personal preference plays a significant role in the type of vision correction that fits you.
Overall Health – Chronic conditions might make you unfit for certain vision correction surgery.
Lifestyle – Jobs, hobbies, and sports can influence vision correction choices.

Final Thoughts

Does your vision need correction? There are several options available to you! Nevertheless, before you settle with one, our trained and licensed eye doctors will ensure that it is the best for you!

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