Dry Eye Care
Ashbrook Eyecare is proud to offer dry eye treatment for our patients. Ocular Surface Disease, also known as dry eye, can occur from certain medications, naturally by aging, or as a symptom arising from systemic diseases such as Sjogren’s syndrome, Rheumatoid arthritis, or Lupus. If you have a minor case of dry eye, you may be experiencing irritation, excessive tearing, fluctuating vision, and/or a burning sensation in your eyes. Excessive dry eyes, or dry eye symptoms that go untreated, have the potential to damage eye tissue, scar your corneas, and impair your vision.
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Myopia Control
Myopia is a progressive and irreversible eye disease. Its common vision symptom is nearsightedness or the inability to see distant objects clearly. The underlying cause of myopia is due to the eye growing longer than it should.
WHAT CAUSES MYOPIA?
When parents have myopia, their genetic risk may be passed along to their children.
Genetics
The likelihood of children developing myopia is:
- 1 in 2 when both parents have myopia
- 1 in 3 when one parent has myopia
- 1 in 4 when neither parent has myopia
Lifestyle
Research shows that modern lifestyles may influence the development of myopia.
- Insufficient time spent outdoors
- Prolonged time spent reading and playing or working with digital devices, like smartphones or tablets
- Poor lighting levels
What are the long-term implications of myopia?
- 96% of childhood onset myopia worsens as the child grows1
- Myopia progression, left untreated, increases the risk of sight-threatening conditions later in life, including:
– Retinal detachment
– Myopic maculopathy
– Glaucoma
– Cataract
- Wearing glasses with stronger and stronger increased prescriptions can impact child’s learning, participation in sports/activities, and their overall confidence level.