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Table of Contents
- August is Children's Eye Health and Safety Month!
- The Cataract Facts
- Lens Replacement: Surgical Video
- Do You Need Intraocular Lens Implantation?
- Meet Dr. Gabriel Carpio, Cataract Surgeon
- Dr. Roberto Dalli, Argus Clinic of Ophthalmology
- Survey Says: What specialized diet results in a LOWER risk for cataract devleopment?
- 10 Foods That Protect Your Vision
- Seeing Is Believing
- What You Need To Know About Man's Oldest Medical Treatment
- New Guestbook
August is Children's Eye Health and Safety Month!
Most Beautiful Eyes Contest For Children: $25,000 scholarship! (psst free sunglasses for 1st 50 entries)
The organization Prevent Blindness America is America's leading volunteer eye health and safety organization dedicated to saving sight and fighting blindness. The group is sponsoring "Most Beautiful Eyes Contest" which gives US children a chance to win a $25,000 scholarship.
Children must be 17 and under to be eligible. Parents can submit the photo to the Prevent Blindness America Facebook page here: facebook.com/preventblindness.
The contest supports the Star Pupils program by Prevent Blindness America and is sponsored by Eagle Eyes® Optics, Real Kids Shades, Marchon Eyewear, and Advantica,(RKS).
Visitors to the Facebook contest page will vote for their choice the child with the most beautiful eyes. The first 50 entries will receive a free pair of RKS Sunglasses.
There will be 50 winners, one for every US state. Children who win at the state level will receive as pair of Eagle Eyes OpticsAstro and Rocketeer Sunglasses for kids p well as a Kids' Fisher® Space Pen. Judges for the most beautiful eyes include an astronaut, a professional baseball player and bespectacled television interview personality Larry King.
The Cataract Facts
click on the picture to learn more about what to expect before, during and after cataract surgery
Bet you didn't know that recovery from cataract surgery is very brief, with patients often spending no more than 90 minutes from prep to release. Bet you also didn't know that most people return to their normal activities within a day after surgery
Lens Replacement: Surgical Video
from the PreOp® Patient Education video series
Do You Need Intraocular Lens Implantation?
people with cataracts experience these 5 symptoms
One of the first/earliest symptoms of cataract formation is a gradual decline in visual acuity - this can occur over a period of years, but in some cases can occur in a period of weeks or even days.
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Another typical hallmark of cataracts is that 'long vision' (e.g. for driving) declines more slowly than near (reading) vision. Other sight issues impacted by the presence of cataracts include:
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If you experience problems with night driving such as glare that forms 'halo's around sources of light, this might be a sign of cataract formation.
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Myopic shift, also called 'second sight' might indicate nuclear sclerosis - an age-related change in the density of the normally clear lens nucleus.
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Experiencing impaired depth perception (diplopia, or monocular vision) is a sign of cataracts.
Meet Dr. Gabriel Carpio, Cataract Surgeon
fluent in English, Spanish, Italian / Member, American Academy of Ophthalmologists
Cataract surgery in a U.S. clinics costs on average $3,000 - $5,000 per eye, depending on the geographic location and the experience of the surgeon performing the procedure. By comparison, your cost in the Vision Angeles Center at Hospital Angeles Tijuana -- including travel -- is about half what you would pay to a U.S. doctor - and you get the benefit of the world's top medical technology and a 5-star private hospital!
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Dr. Roberto Dalli, Argus Clinic of Ophthalmology
fluent in Engilsh, German, Spanish / Member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Dr. Dalli is a founding partner of the Argus Clinic of Ophthalmology, S.C., in Guadalajara, Mexico, and has served for many years as Physician in Charge of Transplant Corneal Program (when performing Corneal Transplant Surgery, the corneas used are brought directly from the Lions Eye Bank at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas).
Survey Says: What specialized diet results in a LOWER risk for cataract devleopment?
the eyes have it: click on the picture for the answer
27,600 participants older than 40 were in the study and completed dietary surveys between 1993 and 1999. Medical charts were reviewed in 2008 and 2009 to see if participants developed cataracts. Nearly 1500 people did develop cataracts during that period.
10 Foods That Protect Your Vision
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Seeing Is Believing
What You Need To Know About Man's Oldest Medical Treatment
- Myths and Facts About Cataracts
- While cataracts affects nearly 20.5 million Americans age 40 and
older, cataracts can occur among young adults or children. Read about the real risk facts for cataracts - Your Guide To Cataract Surgery
- Every year more than 1 million cataract surgeries are performed in the US, 99% with no complications.
- Weighing the Benefits and Risks of Cataract Surgery
- Studies have shown patients enjoy improved quality of life after cataract surgery. Activities such as reading, sports, cooking, driving, using a computer and sewing become easier after the operation. Even in patients who suffer from other problems such as retinal disease, remaining vision is usually improved by cataract surgery.
- No Couching Please: The Long, Strange, True History of Cataract Surgery
- Cataract surgery is one of the oldest procedures known to man. Today's techniques are positively space aged compared to the earliest treatment, 'couching', which involved a heavy object, a patient lying down, and (probably) a lot of screaming. Today it's not even in-patient surgery!
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