Reasons for Digital Eye Strain: Sustained Focus
Our eyes work like cameras. Before autofocus cameras we manually focused a camera by moving lenses closer and further apart by twisting the camera’s lens system. Moving the lenses would change the focal length and create clarity.
Our eyes work very much the same way with a flexible lens in the eye changing shape to create clarity. Our eyes are not designed to hold static close focus. They are designed to focus dynamically and continually move. Keeping the same high point of focus (e.g. smart phone) fatigues the system and it becomes sore.
If you do.. or do not wear glasses at all, there are options to relax your eyes. Essilor EyeZen, Zeiss Digital and Nikon Relaxsee are examples of antifatigue lenses. These lenses help reduce eye strain by assisting your eye’s focusing system.
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Safe Eye Whitening
Our clinic is close to the US border. Before its recent Health Canada approval, we had patients crossing into Michigan to buy this medication because of its unmatched effectiveness.
Can Glaucoma cause Dry Eyes?
Glaucoma and dry eye disease are conditions that have correlation but no causation. Glaucoma does not cause dry eye but these conditions often appear together... The medications used to treat glaucoma are commonly implemented as a toxic cause mild-to-moderate even severe dry eyes.
If you are currently using standard glaucoma medications then there is a very good chance that you also have dry eye issues. What can you do?
Dangerous Fake Medication. Are my Eye Drops & Eye Vitamins Authentic?
Fake or counterfeit eye-related products such as eye drops and vitamins are a relatively new phenomenon. This is dangerous not only because the content is now unknown but patients that are not receiving a proper supplement will have increased risk of vision loss. Imitation product creeps into the market though three channels... Read more