How many times have you sat in a doctor’s office and thought to yourself, hmmm, I wonder what is going to happen next? Only to be told that you need another test. I received an email from a patient the other day with the following question: Doc, the last time I was at your office […]

Great eyesight is crucial for a child’s overall well-being and development. Most children are not able to properly explain what their eye symptoms are. It is the parents or guardians responsibility to help detect poor vision in their children as this may affect performance in school and reduce reading proficiency and confidence. Here are 6 […]

As you may know, stress can cause headaches. They usually come in the form of tension headaches and they are one of the most common forms of headaches. Patients usually complain of feeling as if someone has clamped a vise around their head. Sometimes the pain can radiate from the muscles in the back of […]

Dear Doctor, I have been having severe headaches in the last few months. They are searing pains in my head and I think it relates to my eyes. My general practitioner has done numerous tests but cannot seem to find the source of the pain. Please help me! Dear Concerned, In order to be able to […]

The earliest historical reference to eyeglasses dates back to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Around 4BC-65 AD, the roman philosopher Seneca is said to have used a water filled glass globe as a magnifying glass to read “The books of Rome”. Later on glass blowers in Italy, produced stones made of glass and called them reading stones. […]

Eye bleeds or hemorrhages are caused by bleeding from damaged or broken blood vessels. These hemorrhages can be found under the eyelids (black eye), on the white part of the eye (sub conjunctival hemorrhage), inside the eyeball itself (hyphemia, vitreous hemorrhages, choroidal hemorrhages) or behind the eye. There are many causes of eye bleeds depending […]

I will show you how to test your peripheral vision by yourself. Please bear in mind that this is a rough test. You can only use it for gross defects in your field of vision. For subtler defects, you will need to do a visual field test. This is a very sophisticated eye examination that tests […]

Dear Doctor Lately I have been having headaches coupled with an inability to see clearly to read. My wife says it is due to aging. I turned 39 last month. How true is that? Worried Dear Worried You have good reason to be concerned. You may be describing a condition called Presbyopia. Of course, you […]

I love reading! My Library of books was bursting at the seams until I got my first Kindle e-reader some time ago. I believe the kindle is one of the greatest innovations of modern times. Don’t know what a kindle is? An electronic device allows you to download, read and store ALL your books. In […]