Patient Education
Video Education
Frame Gallery
- Details
- Written by Harbor View Eye Care Team
Red, Itchy, swollen eyelids are often due to a condition called blepharitis. Blepharitis tends to be a chronic condition due to thick eyelid mucous gland production that sticks to the bases of the eyelashes. This adherent mucous can allow bacteria to overgrow and also attract and retain allergens. The standard treatment for blepharitis is doing warm compresses and cleaning off the eyelids with...
- Details
- Written by Harbor View Eye Care Team
As an eye doctor, diagnosing a red eye can be challenging. Are we dealing with an infection, allergy, inflammation or dryness?
One of the most common questions I get is, “Doc, my eyes are red, burning, itchy, and tearing. Is this dry eye or from allergies?” The short answer is it could be one, both or neither. I’ll outline various ways these conditions present clinically and the treatments...
- Details
- Written by Harbor View Eye Care Team
The word “astigmatism” is used so much in the ophthalmic world that most people have talked about it when discussing their eye health with their doctor.
“Astigmatism” comes from the Greek “a” - meaning “without” - and “stigma” - meaning “a point.” In technical ocular terms, astigmatism means that instead of there being one point of focus in the eye, there are two. In other words, light...
- Details
- Written by Harbor View Eye Care Team
One of the hardest questions eye care professionals deal with every day is when to tell people who are having difficulty with their vision to stop driving.
Giving up your driving privilege is one of the most difficult realities to come to terms with if you have a problem that leads to permanent visual decline.
The legal requirements vary from state to state. For example, in New Jersey...
- Details
- Written by Harbor View Eye Care Team
A quick explanation and background of a progressive addition lens is necessary in order to understand the importance of choosing the proper lens for your needs.
A progressive lens gives people an array of prescriptions - placed in the proper positions throughout the lens - to best imitate normal vision. Imagine having the precise correction needed to see a television screen more than 15...
