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Myopia Control with Ortho-K
Imagine what it must feel like to tell a patient that you can decrease his or her myopia progression and they would no longer need to wear glasses or contacts during the day. Not only that, but in order to do this they would wear a contact lens at night, much like how some people
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Going Retro: A Guide to Retroillumination
Retroillumination Retroillumination from the fundus is a quick and easy way to examine the lens, iris, and cornea. The red reflex, the reflection of light off the back of the eye, can be used to highlight opacities in the cornea or lens, and defects in the iris. This article will outline the technique, offer
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Dry Eye – Drug Chart
Dry eye is constantly in the news and the way we treat it is always changing. We wanted to give you something that would help keep track of some of the prescription drugs, over the counter drugs, and artificial tears that you will commonly see in practice. We have broken it down into three main
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Demodex Blepharitis: A Mite-y Fine Problem
Your body, including your eyelids, is covered by mites. On average, the human body is covered with millions of mites at any given time. Some scientists believe these mites live in symbiosis with humans, surviving off the dead skin cells that we slough off. Others believe the relationship is more commensalistic, where a mite
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Hepatolenticular Degeneration
Quick Boards Review: Hepatolenticular Degeneration Wilson’s Disease, also known as Hepatolenticular Degeneration, is a rare, autosomal recessive mutation in the ATP7B gene.1 This mutation causes a decrease in serum ceruloplasmin which is an important chaperone protein that aids in removing copper in the body.2 This is detrimental because when copper is not removed from the body, it
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Ptroublesome Ptosis
Ptroublesome Ptosis That ptroublesome ptosis: A patient presents with a new “droopy” lid. So, brilliant optometrist: What are you going to do about it? Ptosis is an abnormally low position of the upper eyelid. It is more common in older patients due to a gradual loss of function of the muscles working to hold the eyelids up. However,
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