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Preserving Vision Naturally Through Chinese Medicine

Chinese Medicine can support eye health and help preserve vision. This traditional modality is helpful for people looking to reduce the risk developing eye disease and maintain healthy vision. Additionally, patients with existing eye conditions such as chronic dry eyes, cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and eye floaters can benefit from Traditional Chinese Medicine as part … Continue reading “Preserving Vision Naturally Through Chinese Medicine”

Acupuncture and Eye Disease: An Overview by Natural Eye Care

Acupuncture has been used for millennia to treat eye disease. Today, acupuncture can help preserve vision for those with a wide range of eye conditions including macular degeneration, glaucoma, eye floaters, dry eyes, cataracts and much more. Part of Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture involves a practitioner inserting tiny needles into the skin. It is licensed and … Continue reading “Acupuncture and Eye Disease: An Overview by Natural Eye Care”

Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Complete Overview from Natural Eye Care

Retinal Vein Occlusion is the blockage of veins that drain blood from the retina in the eye. The eye circulatory system depends on releasing blood back to the heart after it has nourished the retina. When the vein is blocked, hemorrhaging occurs, damaging the retina. It is typically caused by atherosclerosis, a common condition especially … Continue reading “Retinal Vein Occlusion: A Complete Overview from Natural Eye Care”

Lattice Degeneration, a Retinal Disease: Complete Overview

When our far peripheral retina, which is responsible for our extreme side vision, becomes weak and thin, its most common form is called “lattice degeneration.” This condition occurs in 8 to 11 percent of the normal population. It affects both eyes in 30-50% of patients who have the condition. The fibrosed vessels within the atrophied … Continue reading “Lattice Degeneration, a Retinal Disease: Complete Overview”

Lattice Degeneration – Who is at Risk?

Lattice degeneration’s development is often found only as a doctor examines the eyes in peripheral retinal exams or for other conditions.  It doesn’t affect central vision or cause noticeable symptoms, although the patient may notice many sudden floaters, light flashes, or loss of peripheral vision. There are no specific measurable risk factors for lattice degeneration. However, … Continue reading “Lattice Degeneration – Who is at Risk?”

Diabetic Retinopathy Guide: When High Blood Sugar Damages the Eyes

Diabetic retinopathy is an eye disease that is a complication of diabetes. In diabetes, levels of blood sugar are chronically elevated due to lack of insulin, an insulin  insensitivity, or a combination of both. Just as sugar combined with water outside the body forms a sticky substance, excessive sugar in the bloodstream does so as … Continue reading “Diabetic Retinopathy Guide: When High Blood Sugar Damages the Eyes”

Macular Holes and Macular Puckers Most Common Over Age 60

The macula is a part of the eye crucial to good vision, but as we age, it can be damaged by macular holes and macular puckers. What are the symptoms, and what are the approaches to treating and preventing these problems? Let’s start by asking, what is the macula? The macula is the central part … Continue reading “Macular Holes and Macular Puckers Most Common Over Age 60”

What are Retinal Tears or Detachments and What Should I Do?

A retinal tear is an eye problem with potentially serious complications that almost always ensue if not treated promptly. The retina feels no pain. Retinal tears can develop suddenly with little to no warning, and because of the lack of pain, people can easily fail to understand that something serious has occurred. Anyone who has … Continue reading “What are Retinal Tears or Detachments and What Should I Do?”

Age-Related Eye Disease Prevention

As people age, eye diseases and conditions that commonly occur include macular degeneration, cataracts, vitreous tears/retinal tears and detachments, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, dry eyes, and eye floaters. The question arises as to whether eye disease is inevitable with age. Will all older adults eventually have a “glint” in their eyes after cataracts surgery? More than … Continue reading “Age-Related Eye Disease Prevention”