Amazingly enough, here in Maryland, smoke from the California wildfires has spread across the country and people are feeling the effects in their eyes. People who already suffer from eye conditions such as dry eye, blepharitis, or allergic conjunctivitis are especially susceptible to the burning and stinging eye pain that smoke can cause. Get relief [...]
Do you ever fall asleep wearing your contact lenses? It’s hard to remember every night to take out your contacts and it’s not always convenient, either. You know it’s bad for your eyes. But sometimes you might think not having to go through the trouble of taking out your contacts is worth the risk. What [...]
When you check the daily weather forecast, you’ve probably noticed the accompanying air quality reports. Ozone levels can spike in the summer months, which makes our eyes even more vulnerable to air pollution. In the Earth’s lower atmosphere, ozone, an odorless, colorless gas, isn’t formed naturally. Rather, it forms when pollutants from cars, power plants, [...]
Believe it or not, the same harmful rays our eyes encounter in the hot summer months are still present in the winter. Even if most of our skin is covered, our eyes are still vulnerable without proper protection. There are several ways the winter sun can be harmful to our eyes, especially in the snow. [...]
Did you know diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults? And more than 40 million people living in the United States have diabetes? Having diabetes increases the risk for vision lost and blindness from diabetic eye diseases, the most common of which is diabetic retinopathy. People with diabetes are also at disk [...]
