Eye Conditions

If you’ve faced changes to your vision through blurriness or light sensitivity, you may need something known as corneal cross-linking, a procedure that can help treat keratoconus.  Keratoconus is an eye condition that weakens and thins the cornea, eventually making it bulge, which can impair vision. If left untreated and allowed to progress, keratoconus can necessitate a …

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Getting older is no fun! And one of the more unlikeable parts of aging is that your vision changes. Maybe you have always had trouble seeing far away, but now suddenly you aren’t seeing so well up close, either! Bifocals may be the solution, but these can take some time to get used to, even if you …

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Patients who have been diagnosed with Graves’ eye disease, also referred to as thyroid eye disease or Graves’ ophthalmopathy, will often experience a range of different impacts. Graves’ disease is a result of an overactive thyroid. It is an autoimmune disease that can result in hyperthyroidism and cause patients to develop eye symptoms. In fact, …

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Patients who have been diagnosed with Graves’ eye disease, also referred to as thyroid eye disease or Graves’ ophthalmopathy, will often experience a range of different impacts. Graves’ disease is a result of an overactive thyroid. It is an autoimmune diseases that can result in hyperthyroidism and cause patients to develop eye symptoms. In fact, …

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Monitoring one’s eye and vision health is incredibly important to ensure that patients do not experience permanent vision loss, infection, and other conditions that can significantly impact one’s day-to-day activities. Many eye conditions that can develop are progressive, meaning that with early diagnosis and treatment, many conditions can be treated before permanent vision loss occurs. …

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Children and adults who have a wandering eye may be evaluated for eye concerns and diagnosed with a condition known as amblyopia. The condition, more commonly known as “lazy eye,” is often diagnosed in early childhood by an eye physician. Lazy eye commonly occurs when the brain favors one eye over the other due to …

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If you’ve ever experienced the development of little dots in your vision that tend to follow where your eye leads, you may have a condition known as “floaters.” Floaters can develop for a variety of reasons, and aren’t always an indication of a serious problem. At Richens Eye Center, Dr. Sharon Richens encourages patients who …

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If you’ve ever experienced a scratched cornea, or “corneal abrasion,” you know exactly how painful it can be. Even the smallest injury to the cornea can be painful. The cornea has many, many nerve endings that alert the brain that there is something foreign in the eye, or if there has been damage. Unfortunately, with …

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