General Vision Health Topics. Mostly we talk about myopia here, which we don’t consider to be an illness. While on that subject we do often end up crossing over into related issues that you may encounter, while working to reduce your myopia.
Everything from dry eyes, to the dangers of certain antibiotics, to risks of retinal detachment and glaucoma and lattice degeneration, you’ll find all the vision health related topics in this category.
Not All Optometry Business Is Created Equal: How To Choose Wisely
Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist I have been reading Steve's post in the forum entitled 'The Dark Side of the Vision Industry', and it brought back memories of the good old days in the optics business. The family-run business, providing a professional service to loyal patients that came back year after year, the child patients that grew into adult patients, and the ones that came in just for a chat. Sometimes they needed new prescriptions, sometimes they didn't. Perhaps we [...]
Those Tough Days
Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist No, I haven't disappeared off the face of the earth. I'm still here, focusing away, at all times of day, wherever I happen to be, looking like a total wierdo to anyone who may notice. And it's a good job I am still here. Someone has to keep Jake in check. As you may have noticed, he is ranting quite a lot these days, his rants directed at non other than the poor old optometrists [...]
Ophthalmology Science: “Glasses Cause Myopia.”
Let's do this again, kittehs. For the sake of repetition. Glasses. Cause. Myopia. Glasses. Cause. Myopia. Glasses ... That much isn't a debate. Yes, you could argue that Jake is nuts, you could argue that having too much time and money turned Jakey into a raving lunatic, you could argue that proclaiming yourself an eye guru is a clear sign of mental instability. Jake = Totally unstable, mentally. But that part only concerns how we address stopping and reversing myopia. That part yes, [...]
An Avoidable Childhood Fate: Bullied Because Of Glasses
Imagine a piece of glass. Imagine a pebble hitting the piece of glass. Slow motion. It's a single point of impact. The glass cracks. But it doesn't just crack where the pebble hit it. The crack spreads, like a spiderweb, moving outward in all directions, moving through the entire surface. One small pebble, a singular point of impact, affecting so much more than where it hit. What, Jake, you say, sipping your coffee. What are you on about, [...]
Dina: How Astigmatism Fix Cured A Lifetime Of Headaches
Do you get a lot of headaches? Do your glasses (contact lenses) include astigmatism correction? Then you, kitteh, may have astigmatism headaches - and must read this post. ;) The endmyopia Facebook group has only two rules. One of them, the more important one, is: Don't give diopter specific advice. In other words, don't comment "hey I think you should try a -4.50, that sounds about right". Why this no-diopter-advice rule? Well, liability potential for one. But also because in [...]
Normal Tension Glaucoma: ‘Normal’ Isn’t Always Normal
Written By Despina Contributing Optometrist I promise this is the last time I talk about glaucoma (unless there's some amazing discovery). The important thing is to catch it in time, use the eye-drops and check it regularly. My glaucoma, I'm happy to report, is under control. But before we forget about this topic completely, I need to tell you one more really important thing that you may not be aware of. In case you are thinking that normal eye pressures [...]