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Your eye doctor is key to controlling this diabetes complication

Diabetic Retinopathy

One of the many complications of diabetes is the damage the disease can cause to vision. Called diabetic retinopathy, the condition causes damage to the blood vessels of the retina and can develop in type 1 and 2 diabetes patients. The longer you have diabetes (and the less controlled your blood sugar), the more likely…

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Cataracts 101

Cataract Surgery

It’s estimated that 20 million people over age 40 in the U.S. have cataracts. At Aker Kasten, cataract diagnosis and surgery is one of our specialties. The surgery can change a patient’s vision so dramatically, it’s incredible. Here is some information on cataracts, especially since they are such a common eye problem as we age….

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Protecting Your Eyes from the Bright Boca Sun

Eye Care

Living in Boca Raton, there’s no shortage of sunshine. In fact, this is one of the sunniest areas to live in the United States. Because of that, we all need to be cognizant about protecting our eyes from the rays of the sun. Everyone knows about ultraviolet radiation (UV) and your skin. From crow’s feet…

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Are carrots truly good for our eyes? Learn the truth

Eye Care

We’ve all heard plenty of stories about foods and beverages that can positively affect our health, some true, some not. Probably the most famous healthy vision food story is about carrots, with their connection to our vision quite well known. Most of us heard from the time we were little that we should eat our…

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Symptoms that could mean more than normal vision changes

Eye Care,Eye Conditions

According to the National Eye Institute, some 135 million people worldwide have an eye condition that causes “low vision.” Low vision isn’t simply what happens normally to our vision as we age, but can be the result of certain eye diseases and other health conditions that cause irreversible damage — from cataracts and glaucoma to…

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Lasik can change your vision and your life

LASIK

Not everyone wears glasses as attractive fashion accessories. Some people feel tied down and held back from living their lives always needing glasses (or contacts) to negotiate their days and nights. If you’re someone who’s ready to see clearly, on your own, from the moment you open your eyes to the second you close them,…

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Why pressure is bad for your eyes

Eye Care,Eye Conditions

Being under pressure can help some people work at their highest level, but over time, stress and pressure can be bad for your health. This is also true when it comes to pressure and eye health. When the eye’s optic nerve experiences an increase in intraocular pressure (IOC), you can loose your sight to the…

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The key to treating glaucoma

Glaucoma

Glaucoma is a sneaky disease that can cause vision damage without causing a single symptom, until it’s serious. Glaucoma is actually a group of related eye disorders They all cause damage to the optic nerve, vitally carrying information from the eye to the brain. Glaucoma is typically associated with high intraocular pressure (IOP), but can…

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Saving your vision from diabetic retinopathy

Diabetic Retinopathy

Diabetes is a condition that keeps the body for being able to use and store sugar properly, causing too much sugar to be circulating in the blood. This can create many serious health problems and damage organs throughout the body, including our precious eyes. Diabetic retinopathy Diabetes damages the blood vessels in the retina, causing…

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Don’t live with this inherited condition

Eye Care,Eye Conditions

As with many health conditions we face in life, Fuchs’ dystrophy is an inherited problem, which means there isn’t much that can be done to avoid its effects. Fuchs’ causes “corneal endothelia dystrophy,” which is a vision-threatening alteration of the cornea’s delicate inner lining. But even though this disease is genetic, it doesn’t mean you…

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