Eye Injuries: What To Do!

It’s an eye emergency any time you have a foreign object or chemicals in your eye, or when an injury or burn affects your eye or the area around your eyes. Remember, you should seek medical attention if you ever experience swelling, redness, or pain in your eyes, or if you receive trauma to one or […]

Preventing Cataracts Naturally

The world’s leading cause of blindness is cataracts. Cataracts occur when the lens of the eye becomes clouded. Responsible for letting light rays to pass onto the retina, the lens is a transparent structure mostly made up of water and protein fibers. When those fibers clump together, the lens loses its clarity, leading to blurred […]

Vision Changes Caused By Pregnancy

“Pregnancy itself can cause changes in refraction,” says Dr. Kathleen B. Digre, MD, a neuro-ophthalmologist at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. “These refractive changes are thought to be due in part to progesterone-mediated fluid shifts in the cornea — and these same fluid shifts may lead to complaints of blurred vision and […]