by Optometric Insights | Sep 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dry eye disease is a chronic, progressive condition, and patients experience a continuum of dryness. The ocular damage caused by DED can become irreversible, and we now know that we cannot trust objective signs to correlate with patients’ symptoms. Lemp’s...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 11, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications, Video
Blepharitis affects many dry eye patients and could be the underlying cause of a number of ocular surface conditions. Mile Brujic, OD, describes three stages of dry eye blepharitis syndrome and shares a two-step process for ridding the lid margins of microbial...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 11, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications, Video
David Kading, OD, hits the road and discusses how optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be used in the anterior segment for scleral lens fittings. Dr. Kading says that OCT can help physicians evaluate the depth of scleral lenses with more accuracy than from a slit...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 11, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications, Video
David Kading, OD, gives a comprehensive update on the state of dry eye disease (DED). Due to the broad definition of what classifies as “dry eye,” it is important to gain a full understanding of patients’ signs and symptoms. Dr. Kading provides an overview...
by Optometric Insights | Aug 23, 2018 | Contact Lens Spectrum
I have had a longtime patient, Nancy the nurse, who has been a happy contact lens wearer. Recently, she became presbyopic and is ready to try something new. She works at our local hospital in the Labor and Delivery department. She has been wearing her distance contact...
