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Have You Heard About MIGS?
For over 40 years the standard surgical treatment for glaucoma was a procedure called a trabeculectomy.
In a trabeculectomy, the ophthalmic surgeon would make a hole in the wall of eye to allow fluid from the inside of the eye to flow out of the eye and then get resorbed by the blood vessels in the conjunctiva (the mucous membrane that covers the white part of the eye).
This surgery often resulted in a large decrease in the Intraocular Pressure (IOP). Reducing the IOP is the goal of glaucoma surgery because multiple studies show that if you can reduce […]
Chances Are Good You Have These Mites in Your Eyelids
Demodex folliculorum — often just called demodex — is a mite that occurs naturally on many people's faces and resides in hair follicles, particularly the follicles of eyelashes. Most of the time, these mites cause no problems whatsoever. However, sometimes an infestation can become particularly parasitic, resulting in unhealthy eyelid margins. This inflammation of the eyelid is called blepharitis. Blepharitis can be caused by caused by several things, including allergies, bacterial overgrowth, Rosacea and also by demodex.
Often, diagnosis of mite infestation by your eye doctor can be difficult. The symptoms can mimic other causes of blepharitis, which […]
