by Dr. Michael Garin | Dec 6, 2022 | Eye Care, Eye Conditions, Eye Injury, General Health
What is orbital decompression? Orbital decompression is a type of surgery that removes the bones and sometimes the fat in the orbit (socket) of the eye. The most common reason for this surgery is thyroid eye disease (also often known as Grave’s eye disease). Thyroid...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Nov 29, 2022 | Eye Care, Eye Conditions, Eye Infections / Disease, General Health
Conjunctival concretions are small vascular, granular, yellowish-white deposits being produced due to conjunctival degeneration and are found in the sub-tissues of the eyelid conjunctiva and fornix (junction between palpebral and bulbar conjunctiva) in the elderly...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Nov 15, 2022 | Eye Care
Up to 15% of all children suffer with this eye condition. Convergence insufficiency is a highly treatable binocular vision condition that affects near vision and eye muscle coordination. Convergence of the eyes occurs when the two eyes need to focus on a close object,...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Oct 27, 2022 | Eye Care, Eye Conditions, Eye Injury, General Health, Glaucoma
A black eye often results from injury to the face or the head and is caused when blood and other fluids collect in the space around the eye. Swelling and dark discoloration result in a “black eye.” Most black eyes are relatively minor injuries. Many heal...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Oct 27, 2022 | Cataracts, Eye Care, Eye Conditions, General Health
If you develop a new blurred or cloudy spot in your vision after cataract surgery, it’s likely to be posterior capsule opacification (PCO). PCO is a relatively common complication of cataract surgery that occurs in up to 50% of patients within 2-5 years of surgery. It...
by Dr. Michael Garin | Oct 10, 2022 | Eye Care, Eye Conditions, Eye Infections / Disease, Eye Injury, General Health
WHY WE NEED TO STOP RUBBING OUR EYES To put it simply…. Eye rubbing is dangerous, and detrimental to our health. Eye rubbing may seem like an innocuous gesture or habit, but it can cost us our vision. How rubbing affects the eye depends on the intensity of the ocular...
