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    • Blepharitis
    • I know this topic has been discussed before, but please bear with me.My doctor told me I have blepharitis, which was the reason for the discharge in my right eye. She gave me a sheet of instructions for soaking, massaging, and cleaning the eyelids. The instructions require a lengthy process tw
    • wierd darkened "streaks" bouncing across my peripheral vision
    • for about 4 or 5 years i've noticed this rather disturbing phenomenom in my peripheral vision, where these blotches of dark seem to follow my eyesite around, randomly streaking across then going away. these are fairly consistant, i see them all the time. when im in a bright room i can conju
    • Near-sided....laser surgery?
    • im near-sided and i have 2.5 for both eyes and im 16 so should i consider laser surgery later on or is there anything better and cheaper any suggestions would help a lot thx!
    • i have white spots black spots & blue light in my vision
    • hey guys. i have white spots black spots and blue light in my vision too.my blue light i can see especially when in the dark. It looks like one of those screen savers where the object gets bigger and smaller. hard to describe. I went to a neuro optomologist and he couldnt find anything, i a
    • Dark Floaters?
    • This is kind of along the lines of my other post about CMV Retinitis, but im trying to gather data about different types of floaters.My bothersome floaters that recently developed are dark brown ones. Theres one at the far left corner of my field of vision in my right eye that occasionally float
    • Please help me with my Tracoma
    • I am an Egyptian, and i live in Russia, where it is nice and clean,i visited my family in my dirty country of Egypt back home and i got Chlamedyia in my eyes,it's been two months now, my eyes start to swell, i did not know what was wrongi went to a very stupid egyptian doctor, she knew what
    • Question on Nikijo
    • Hi there Nikijo,I was just wondering, have you got restasis now? does it work for you?Regards Shahara
    • Chlorine & contacts?
    • I went swimming 3 days ago in a friend's pool, and I was sure to take my contact lenses out. After I got out of the pool I had a shower and put my contacts in, but they were really uncomfortable and kind of burned so I took them out and put them in the next day they were a little better but
    • Roll & polish lens for amblyopia glasses?
    • My DD, age 4.5, was recently diagnosed with Amblyopia. Her perscription is +5.00 and +.25I was quite unhappy when I saw her very expensive glasses. I did get the aspheric lens, but they still looked very thick. I showed them to another optician who said "they should have rolled and polished t
    • Hello!My dad was just diagnosed with a large float...
    • Hello!My dad was just diagnosed with a large floater. I'm not exactly sure what this means, but he describes it as a painless but extremely annoying blemish over his line of vision. We just got back from vacation and he commented numerous times on how it was bothering him...not from pain,
    • hard to read the board at school..
    • sometimes at school it's hard to read the board...and in most of my classes, i'm in the second row. they do use white boards, and the teachers LOVE to write in orange and blue...which make most things blurry. i also have trouble reading street signs for my mom now...she can read them
    • Got New Glasses-AGAIN!
    • I did get new glasses today, and they seem to be taking care of the increase in strength of the eyes--for NOW. "Now" meaning maybe a few days. I'm already afraid my eyes will "outgrow" these glasses in less than a week! I sure hope not, but I guess I'll find out.I do have smearing s
    • hit in eye with dart.......
    • im 19 yrs old and when i was 4 i was hit in the right eye with a dart. my vision has never gotten better, evertting is fuzzy and distorted through that eye but i can see very well becuase of my left eye has perfect vision. can i have surgery to fix the damage so that i can have perfect vision
    • Daughters unusual eye exam
    • This will be long, to be able to explain....About a year and 1/2 ago, I took my daughter (now 13) in for an eye exam at the recommendation of her school. After the exam, the Dr. took me aside and asked me if she wanted glasses because the results were so scattered he thought she was faking.
    • Friend Scared of Cataract Surgery
    • Hello,I have a friend who has increasingly deteriorating vision in one eye due to cataract. All his life, he had bad luck whenever going under the knife for surgery, even dental surgery! But now, he desperately needs this cataract removed, and he wants to have the surgery done within a month. An
    • Shimmering
    • Sometimes when I stare at vertical objects it looks like the object is shimmering or vibrating ever so slightly. I mentioned this to my doctor and optometrist. Although they didn't seem concerned, I never got a good explanation of what was happening. I don't suffer from migraines.
    • Droopy Eye lids.
    • Hi all ,I need some help. I had three detached retina surgery and also 2 laser surgery for glaucoma on my right eye then i had a cataract removed from my eye. I am only 31 years old. And the vision is left with 10%.But now my eyelid is droopy and it makes me one eye bigger than the other one. On
    • birth control pill & dry eyes
    • I've read that birth control pills can cause dry eyes and intolerance to contact lenses. Are there any dry eye sufferers here on birth control pills? Or has anyone had relief of dry eye after going off the pill?
    • neovascularization
    • my fiance is the most important thing in the world to me. she was diagnosed today with what i percieve as a diorder rather than disease; neovascularization. what is it and can someone relieve my fear? they recommended at first disposable contact lenses, and secondly lasic. any doctors in the hou
    • light sensitivity
    • Anyone have a problem with light sensitivity? I have keratoconus and sometimes my eyes get so bad that I have to literally hold my eyes open to drive. At night, headlights on cars are unbearable and I need to wear sunglasses. Fortunately it only gets this bad once in awhile, but it's alw
    • Whats the best laser out there as of March 2005?
    • I've been researching this for the past year and am getting ready to do this for my wife in September. I realize the skill of the doctor is important, but I also want the best laser for the surgery.According to my research a few months back, the Allgreto laser was a very popular choice arou
    • blurred vision in the morning
    • hello, lately i have been experiencing blurred vision in the mornings, it takes a few minutes for them to regain regular focus, also, if i rub my eyes they tend to go blurry for a few seconds...I have dry eyes, and about a year ago was told to cut back on wearing contact lenses, something about
    • Eyes constantly blood shot
    • Hello, I am 23 years old and my eyes are "permanently" blood shot. Meaning the blood vessels, particularly in the corner of my left eye is always dilated. I went to an ophthalmologist and traced part of the problem to overuse of "clear eyes." He said that my blood vessels were constricted for
    • Safety Glasses Causing Problems at Work
    • Hi Everyone, First off I would like to thank everyone for what you are doing here. Helping people in every aspect of health. Its great to have a place to go with you problems, see if they are normal, get some advise. Having said that, I have a problem:I have been working in a factory for abou
    • Scratchy feeling in my eye
    • New thing is now an apparent irritation on my cornea. Feels scratchy or like I have a piece of sand in my eye. Doc has given me erithromycin in ointment form and it helped for a few days and now the eye is all scratchy . The bad watering and burning has stopped though. Do you all think this is j
    • What I wish I knew before my Lasik surgery...
    • I had Lasik yesterday and all is well! I have read a lot on these boards, but I never saw the video that other mention. I think I'm kinda glad, it would have freaked me out. Here is what I wish I knew before the surgery...1. I got a script for 2 Valium pills, 10 mg each. I was told to take
    • Bump under eye
    • I have this bump under my eye below my lower lashes. I can't really explain what it is. It's just a little but easily visible bump. I suddenly got it one day. It hurt at first, but now it just itches once in a while, if it does at all. It feels like there's a little hard ball unde
    • Has any one had any experience with ortho-k? I wou...
    • Has any one had any experience with ortho-k? I would like a less expensive option than RK or lasik. Icould handle sleeping with contact if it means I didn't have to deal with contacts or glasses all day.
    • Sensitivity to Light
    • It seems lately that my eyes are getting more and more sensitive to light. :eek: I go in the bathroom and have to have the low light on because it makes me head and eyes hurt if it is too bright. I have also noticed my eyes are constantly dry and sometimes sting a little bit if I get tears in m
    • UPPER EYE LID TWITCHING
    • MY UPPER EYE LID HAS BEEN TWITCHING FOR ABOUT 4-5 DAYS NOW AND I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHY.IT STARTED OFF WITH JUST LIKE ONE AN HOUR OR EVERY TWO HOURS. NOW I CAN GET THEM SEVERAL TIMES AN HOUR OR EVERY MINUTE A CLUSTER OF THEM. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU FEEL COULD HELP ME UNDERSTAND
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