by Administrator | Apr 10, 2017 | Eye Health, Uncategorized
What is a pterygium? It is a growth that starts on the white part of the eye and goes over the cornea (clear part of the eye). What causes it? It is caused by ultraviolet rays from the sun. How do we treat it? If it’s small, not growing, not bothering the...
by Administrator | Apr 7, 2017 | Eye Health, From Dr. Hearing, Uncategorized
The last Wednesday and Thursday of each July is a national holiday for me and my family. It is the Florida’s sport divers mini lobster season, a two-day jump on the commercial harvest of Florida lobster. This past July my family along with my brother and his family...
by Administrator | Apr 5, 2017 | Eye Health, From Dr. Hearing, Uncategorized
Unlike open angle glaucoma, which is asymptomatic and causes a slow deterioration in vision and visual field loss, narrow angle glaucoma, or angled closure glaucoma, is often very painful and can cause irreversible vision loss in a few days. Fortunately only 10% to...
by Administrator | Apr 3, 2017 | Eye Health, From Dr. Hearing, Uncategorized
Although the Latin definition of the word glaucoma can be confused with a cataract (an opacity of the human lens). Glaucoma really describes a group of eye diseases, which affect the optic nerve. Left untreated glaucoma can cause permanent vision loss and even...
by Administrator | Mar 31, 2017 | Eye Health, From Dr. Hearing, Uncategorized
This past Wednesday I received a call around 7 a.m. from my father. I was just arriving at Visual Health getting ready for another busy day of patient care. When I saw the number on my caller ID, I was a bit concerned, as we normally talk every Friday morning. My...
