by Optometric Insights | Apr 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
For presbyopes looking to focus things better at near, we could prescribe reading glasses over their contact lenses to maintain binocularity. However, patients won’t have the ability to see in the distance when they are wearing their reading glasses, and they must...
by Bee Enriquez | Dec 1, 2014 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
A 26-year-old female who wears contact lenses came in for an emergency appointment. She said that a few days earlier, her right eye started to get red and had been getting worse since then. She had been wearing her contact lenses for the last few days, but on the...
by Bee Enriquez | Nov 1, 2014 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
As the saying goes: “The more you know, the more you realize how much you don’t know.” With dry eye, this saying seems to be true. The more we understand meibomian gland dysfunction, aqueous deficiency, and inflammatory dry eye, the more we realize the delicate...
by Optometric Insights | Nov 1, 2014 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications, Review of Cornea and Contact Lens
As the saying goes: “The more you know, the more you realize how much you don’t know.” With dry eye, this saying seems to be true. The more we understand meibomian gland dysfunction, aqueous deficiency, and inflammatory dry eye, the more we realize the delicate...
by Bee Enriquez | Nov 1, 2014 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
Patients come to contact lens wear with a multitude of refractive and lifestyle needs and with varying levels of tear film quality and ocular surface health. With age, hormonal and environmental changes, and even contact lens wear itself, conditions on the surface of...
by Bee Enriquez | Oct 1, 2014 | Contact Lens Spectrum, Publications
Scleral lenses continue to appear in the contact lens literature. They have become a valuable tool in helping to restore visual functionality in patients who have irregular corneas. Others are even introducing them as a viable option for patients who have high levels...
