by Dr. Michael Garin | May 19, 2022 | Eye Care, Eye Conditions, General Health
Can dry eyes be treated at home? Yes! Mild to moderate cases of dry eye can be treated at home with various remedies, including lubricated eye drops, proper eye protection and warm or cool compresses — even changes to your diet can help with dry eye. The best home or...
by Dr. Michael Garin | May 9, 2022 | Cataracts, Eye Care, Eye Conditions
Cataract post-op patients can present with a myriad of optical complaints after surgery. Dysphotopsias are one of the most frequently mentioned concern at the day 1 postoperative visit. In short, dysphotopsias are the things that patients see but we as doctors cannot...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Apr 29, 2022 | Eye Care
Heading to the pharmacy isn’t usually a fun experience. After you’ve discussed potential treatments with your doctor and selected a medication that you can both agree on, you generally have to wait some amount of time for the prescription to be filled before you can...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Apr 25, 2022 | Eye Care, Eye Conditions, Eye Infections / Disease, General Health
Bell’s palsy, or facial palsy, is a paralysis or severe weakness of the facial muscles on one side of the face, causing it to droop or become stiff. It can appear in the space of a few hours and usually resolves without treatment after some weeks or months. As well as...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Apr 13, 2022 | Eye Care, Eye Conditions, Eye Infections / Disease
Autoimmune diseases affect millions of Americans. You may have heard of some of these: Rheumatoid arthritis, Lupus, Sjögren’s syndrome, Graves’ disease, Crohn’s disease, Celiac disease, or Lyme disease. According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases...
