tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20878811219645660552024-03-05T16:31:58.562-05:00Eye Care & Surgery Center NJ Bladeless LASIK Laser Cataract Surgeon BlogEye Care & Surgery Center New Jersey blog for Bladeless LASIK Surgery, Laser Cataract Surgery, Lens Implants, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, AMD.Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comBlogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-3493806476135666192020-12-06T16:29:00.001-05:002020-12-06T16:29:21.393-05:00Reading Vision Correction for Paula<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>“I was referred to
Dr. Confino by two of his previous patients. My distance vision was excellent
(20/25) but my reading vision was deteriorating. I saw Dr. Confino to see if I
had options to read well again. Dr. Confino provided all the information I needed
to make a decision. He made sure I understood what surgery could offer as well
as possible risks. My surgery was elective and I'm so glad I went forward. I
can now read without difficulty and still have 20/25 for distance! Dr. Confino,
Jerette Lerner and the entire staff at the practice were knowledgeable,
incredibly caring and efficient. Thank you!"</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>Paula H.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you or someone you know is experiencing difficulty
seeing up close you might be a candidate for multifocal lens implants. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> call </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Eye Care
& Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
appointment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is
located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.</span></p>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWestfield, NJ 07090, USA40.6589912 -74.347371712.348757363821157 -109.5036217 68.969225036178841 -39.1911217tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-58167899581225335492020-11-27T13:28:00.001-05:002020-11-27T13:28:41.230-05:00Causes of Night Vision Problems<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgvUyLsULKyVxCULOqhZz6nvGJe9zcMpFZmZM6nRHIGb8oyV8Qlf-lj_0_NdnX-19IsSg0w89lNzWTmWMNTz0EkVHP0k8ZtxqWTwBjHynmIGX1hw7EQYXTt9-R7WzeW7U-m6-x_6ugrBa/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgvUyLsULKyVxCULOqhZz6nvGJe9zcMpFZmZM6nRHIGb8oyV8Qlf-lj_0_NdnX-19IsSg0w89lNzWTmWMNTz0EkVHP0k8ZtxqWTwBjHynmIGX1hw7EQYXTt9-R7WzeW7U-m6-x_6ugrBa/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">It’s no surprise that most
people don’t see well in the dark. However, some people have considerable
difficulty seeing at night or in poor light. This is called “</span><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/symptoms/night-vision-problem"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">night blindness</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">” or nyctalopia. Night blindness doesn’t
mean you are completely unable to see at night, but that your vision is poorer
then. It is not a disease in itself, but instead is a symptom of some other
type of vision problem. Certain cells in the eye’s retina are responsible for
allowing you to see in dim light. If these cells are affected by a disease or
condition, night blindness occurs.</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Some of the eye conditions
that can cause night blindness include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-themecolor: text1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/myopia-nearsightedness"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Nearsightedness</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-themecolor: text1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-glaucoma"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Glaucoma</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-themecolor: text1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Certain
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Glaucoma Medicine<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-themecolor: text1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-are-cataracts"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cataracts</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-themecolor: text1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diabetes
<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-themecolor: text1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-retinitis-pigmentosa"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Retinitis Pigmentosa</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-an eye disease that causes blindness<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-themecolor: text1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/vitamin-deficiency"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Vitamin A</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
Deficiency<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-themecolor: text1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-keratoconus"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Keratoconus</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-an
cornea disease where it is very steeply curved<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you or someone you know
has difficulty seeing at night-especially if it seems to be getting worse-pleas
schedule an eye exam with eye doctors at</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is
located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.</span></p>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWestfield, NJ 07090, USA40.6589912 -74.347371712.348757363821157 -109.5036217 68.969225036178841 -39.1911217tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-31283269690399316212020-11-15T12:58:00.003-05:002020-11-15T12:58:53.355-05:00Caution: Kids & Laundry Detergent Pods<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0ClyuNn_pVw/X7FrioJ3gJI/AAAAAAAABBQ/nLmRJKRod9Asa6BZx-zsshkwL6eu1ERGgCLcBGAsYHQ/11-9-ECSC-1%2528ss1055474558%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="167" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0ClyuNn_pVw/X7FrioJ3gJI/AAAAAAAABBQ/nLmRJKRod9Asa6BZx-zsshkwL6eu1ERGgCLcBGAsYHQ/11-9-ECSC-1%2528ss1055474558%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b>Kids are curious! </b>Laundry packets or laundry pods are often brightly colored, and kids may mistake them for toys or candy. If a laundry packet is popped, the detergent can severely burn the cornea, eyelids and skin around the eyes. Chemical burns to the eyes can result in lifelong decreased vision or total blindness. If children swallow laundry packets, the poisoning can be fatal. Unfortunately laundry pod detergent eye injury has increased over the past several years according to researchers reporting in <a href="file:///C:/Users/Ron/Desktop/2020BLOGCALENDARS/Laundry%20packets%20or%20laundry%20pods%20are%20often%20brightly%20colored,%20and%20kids%20may%20mistake%20them%20for%20toys%20or%20candy.%20If%20a%20laundry%20packet%20is%20popped,%20the%20detergent%20can%20severely%20burn%20the%20cornea,%20eyelids%20and%20skin%20around%20the%20eyes.%20Chemical%20burns%20to%20the%20eyes%20can%20result%20in%20l">JAMA Ophthalmology</a>. Recent data suggest there has been greater than a 30 fold increase in these injuries among kids. The message is clear-if you use laundry pods, make sure you know the risks. Store them safely and keep them out of the hands of children. <br /><br />If you or a child experiences an alkali chemical eye burn, please immediately rinse with cold water and attempt to get as much of the detergent out of the eyes as possible. Then, take them to the emergency room immediately and have them call our office at The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit <a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</a>, or <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an appointment. <br /><br />The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is located at 592 Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren, New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout central and northern New Jersey.<p></p>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWestfield, NJ 07090, USA40.6589912 -74.347371712.348757363821157 -109.5036217 68.969225036178841 -39.1911217tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-3269386420388673062020-11-08T12:29:00.000-05:002020-11-08T12:29:01.268-05:00Preventing Vision Loss From Diabetes<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjND2if5L-0fg2gyjDBTOsq6skS0WTFm3jNgD7UECygP0mDa9ep3sBD1UQJu8xN1DF_ep174Hjzmg1bnBSxLk5e1T1vtLqSbhsc69hZcjgGAHCzw15hv3tvWETCpxQpIVMTM-wTgQbUMJ3b/s1200/11-3-ECSC%2528ss341453870%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjND2if5L-0fg2gyjDBTOsq6skS0WTFm3jNgD7UECygP0mDa9ep3sBD1UQJu8xN1DF_ep174Hjzmg1bnBSxLk5e1T1vtLqSbhsc69hZcjgGAHCzw15hv3tvWETCpxQpIVMTM-wTgQbUMJ3b/s320/11-3-ECSC%2528ss341453870%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Diabetes is the
leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults. This is a growing problem as
the number of people living with diabetes increases, so does the number of
people with impaired vision. Diabetes can cause a disease of the eye called <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">diabetic retinopathy (DR)</b>. In its early
stages, you may not notice any symptoms or changes to your eyesight, and you
cannot tell that this condition is damaging your eyes. If it is not detected
and treated in a timely manner, your vision can be damaged permanently. A
recent study, conducted at </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Centers for
Disease Control</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">
found that the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was high, affecting almost
one-third of adults over age 40 years with diabetes, and more than one-third of
African-Americans and Mexican Americans.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you or someone
you know has diabetes there are important steps you can take to prevent vision
loss including a) maintain good control of your blood sugar and blood pressure
with diet, exercise and medications prescribed by your physician, b) having
regular eye exams as recommended by your eye doctor. Depending on how long you
have had diabetes and the health of your retina, your eye doctor may recommend
specialized testing including scans and pictures in order to monitor changes
that occur from diabetic retinopathy. Be sure to follow up on appointments and
testing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The key to
preventing vision loss from diabetes and diabetic retinopathy is early
detection, diagnosis and treatment if necessary.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">
If you or someone you know is concerned about their risk of diabetic eye
problems and diabetic retinopathy, please be sure to schedule an eye exam at The
Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;">The Eye Care
& Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">or
<a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an appointment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is
located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.</span></p>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comIselin, Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA40.5753817 -74.322370312.265147863821156 -109.4786203 68.885615536178847 -39.1661203tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-28798103997072708912020-10-29T09:36:00.003-04:002020-10-29T09:36:57.475-04:00About Plaquenil, Your Retina & Side Effects<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsUArjT6dwWtTwKlQoNUD7jDfqFITeUTneCmGDEqW-_R3i9ho_ICylPIlGvSM-gIvzTaxb5aHKI00ajr9osn5ykUUjR7yezn8zHpT-2LQuom3GY7DLtDpeKc7ZzRBr1GlqORBDZ08a7rg/s1200/10-26-ecsc%2528ss1677582595%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLsUArjT6dwWtTwKlQoNUD7jDfqFITeUTneCmGDEqW-_R3i9ho_ICylPIlGvSM-gIvzTaxb5aHKI00ajr9osn5ykUUjR7yezn8zHpT-2LQuom3GY7DLtDpeKc7ZzRBr1GlqORBDZ08a7rg/s320/10-26-ecsc%2528ss1677582595%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plaquenil is a medication that was originally
used to prevent or treat malaria, a serious but rare disease caused by bites
from infected mosquitoes. It turns out that this drug is helpful in treating
inflammatory diseases such as certain types of inflammatory disease.
Inflammatory disease occurs when the body's immune system attacks its own
healthy tissue. Some diseases treated with Plaquenil include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lupus</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, which causes fever, rashes, skin problems, and other
symptoms.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rheumatoid Arthritis</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, a condition that causes pain and swelling in the
joints of your hands and feet.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sjorgren’s Syndrome</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">, which causes dry eyes and dry mouth.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5.0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Plaquenil lowers your
immune system’s ability to cause inflammation. This can help control symptoms
like rashes, skin and mouth sores and joint pain. However, Plaquenil has side
effects that can affect your eyes. A rare side effect of Plaquenil is damage to
the eye's <b>retina,</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/anatomy/retina-103"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">which is the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Using Plaquenil for a long period of time may
harm the retina, causing serious vision loss. People with retinal damage from
Plaquenil are not aware at first that they are losing vision. Unfortunately,
once they lose a severe amount of vision loss, it is permanent. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 5.0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you take Plaquenil, it is very important to
see an eye doctor who can examine your retina and provide any other testing and
imaging, to check your retina for problems before serious damage occurs. Please
schedule an eye exam with eye doctors at</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">
The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
appointment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is
located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.</span></p>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWarren, NJ 07059, USA40.6342489 -74.50047959999999112.324015063821157 -109.65672959999999 68.944482736178855 -39.344229599999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-29899355391430332092020-10-25T11:19:00.000-04:002020-10-25T11:19:04.289-04:00About Eyelid Twitches<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-conVmsOQQQk/X5WWzjo5EsI/AAAAAAAABAs/lzsKS6g0ecIVXP7DG6frCShOGkC2VSvsACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/10-18-ECSC%2528ss1528840826%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-conVmsOQQQk/X5WWzjo5EsI/AAAAAAAABAs/lzsKS6g0ecIVXP7DG6frCShOGkC2VSvsACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10-18-ECSC%2528ss1528840826%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>If you have ever had an <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/symptoms/spasm-twitching">eyelid twitch</a> for an extended period of time, you know how annoying it is. An eyelid twitch (or tic) is when you have a spasm or slight movement of your upper or lower eyelid. It comes on suddenly, and can last for a minute, hours, days or even longer. While it may feel as if everyone can see the twitch, most twitches are slight enough that they can’t be seen by someone simply looking at your face. Most common eyelid twitches are harmless, and do not affect your vision. However, there are some neurological problems that can make eyelid muscles contract, such as <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/eyelid-spasm-twitch">blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm</a>. These less common conditions generally tend to cause the eyelids to close more fully and for longer periods of time, limiting or completely blocking vision. Other muscles in the face may be affected as well. For the majority of us, the common eyelid twitch is a brief and minor annoyance. But when it lasts longer or occurs more frequently than usual, there are some steps you can take to make it go away: <div><br />Get Some Sleep! <br /><br />Eyelid twitches often happen to people when they are overly tired. Get some restorative sleep. </div><div><br />Step Back From Stress! <br /><br />Being under stress can lead to a twitch. If you can’t eliminate something causing you stress, find stress-reducing activities to help get rid of the twitch. </div><div><br />Cut Back On Caffeine! <br /><br />As a stimulant, caffeine can cause eyelid spasms. Limiting your coffee, tea or soda intake may help to reduce eyelid twitching. </div><div><br />Moisturize Your Eyes! <br /><br />In some cases, having irritated or <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-dry-eye">dry eyes</a> can lead to eyelid spasms. Get a dry eye exam if necessary or if you are bothered by dry eye problems. <br /><br />If you or someone you know has ongoing eyelid twitching and gritty, uncomfortable eyes please schedule an eye exam at The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit <a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</a>, or <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an appointment. <br /><br />The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is located at 592 Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren, New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout central and northern New Jersey.</div>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comIselin, Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA40.5753817 -74.322370312.265147863821156 -109.4786203 68.885615536178847 -39.1661203tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-86034269585459022912020-10-11T14:34:00.000-04:002020-10-11T14:34:07.009-04:00About Diabetes & Diabetic Eye Disease<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMCD9dx3Ut6yjtCfoFssWtuRfAIGcOCT_G5lHr_TFIo0gKsm4F5lzADU-ZwD_oy8qHZ_Htx9MUEkTlXryzmeHT0G9mpkLHAskXiU_5y2qmxZJnHK3EqUphCVxr1VG3hb_NZ_Ucr8_w_Bz/s1200/10-9-TECSC%2528ss1827974471%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMCD9dx3Ut6yjtCfoFssWtuRfAIGcOCT_G5lHr_TFIo0gKsm4F5lzADU-ZwD_oy8qHZ_Htx9MUEkTlXryzmeHT0G9mpkLHAskXiU_5y2qmxZJnHK3EqUphCVxr1VG3hb_NZ_Ucr8_w_Bz/s320/10-9-TECSC%2528ss1827974471%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s
ability to produce or use insulin effectively to control blood sugar (glucose)
levels. Too much glucose in the blood for a long time can cause damage in many
parts of the body. Diabetes can damage the heart, kidneys and blood vessels. It
damages small blood vessels in the eye as well. The </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> says that about 90% of vision loss from diabetes can be
prevented. BUT-Early detection of diabetic eye disease is the key! <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">People with diabetes should get critical,
annual eye exams even before they have signs of vision loss. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Studies show that sixty percent of
diabetics are not getting the exams their doctors recommend</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">What Is Diabetic Eye
Disease?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diabetic eye disease is a term for several eye
problems that can all result from diabetes. Diabetic eye disease
includes: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">diabetic retinopathy,<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">diabetic macular edema,<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">cataract, and<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">glaucoma.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;">Diabetic
Retinopathy</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diabetic retinopathy is when blood vessels
in the retina swell, leak or close off completely. Abnormal new blood vessels
can also grow on the surface of the </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/anatomy/retina-103"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">retina</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">People who have diabetes or poor blood sugar
control are at risk for diabetic retinopathy. The risk of developing diabetic
retinopathy increases the longer you have diabetes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diabetic
Macular Edema<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Macular edema happens when fluid builds up
on the retina and causes swelling and </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/symptoms/blurriness-2"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">blurry
vision</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. Diabetes can cause
macular edema. Diabetic macular edema can lead to permanent vision loss.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diabetes
and Cataracts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Excess blood sugar from diabetes can
causes </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-are-cataracts"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">cataracts</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. You may need </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-cataract-surgery"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">cataract
surgery</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to remove </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/anatomy/lens-9"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">lenses</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> that are clouded by the effects of diabetes.
Maintaining good control of your blood sugar helps prevent permanent clouding
of the lens and surgery.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 3;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diabetes
and Glaucoma<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-glaucoma"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Glaucoma</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> is a group of diseases that cause damage
to your eye's </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/anatomy/optic-nerve-3"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">optic
nerve</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. This damage leads to
irreversible loss of vision. Having diabetes doubles your chance of getting
glaucoma.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Other
Eye Problems Can Be Related to Diabetes!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Diabetes can cause vision problems even if you
do not have a form of diabetic eye disease.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If your blood sugar levels change quickly, it
can affect the shape of your eye’s lens, causing blurry vision. Your vision
goes back to normal after your blood sugar stabilizes. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Have your blood sugar controlled before </b></span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/eye-exams-101"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">getting your eyeglasses prescription
checked</span></b></a></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This ensures you receive the correct prescription.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is
located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><p></p>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-13731988599199330322020-10-08T09:44:00.002-04:002020-10-08T09:44:42.951-04:00Barbara & Life After cataract Surgery<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">“Dr. Shah did my
cataract surgery with special lens implants that enable me to drive, watch TV,
play with the grandkids, ski, golf and read my phone and tablet all without
having to put on my glasses. My grandkids say I don’t quite look like myself
and I tell them “that’s right I look better”.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I don’t even need to put on my glasses to see the menu when friends and
I go out to dinner. They ask me how I am doing it and I answer, Dr. Shah!"</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i><b>Barbara</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you or someone you know is experiencing cataract
symptoms such as cloudy foggy vision, glare or difficult night driving and
would like to learn more about cataract surgery & lens implants </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">please</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> call </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Eye Care
& Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
appointment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is
located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.</span></p>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWestfield, NJ 07090, USA40.6589912 -74.347371712.348757363821157 -109.5036217 68.969225036178841 -39.1911217tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-25528842643849065912020-09-19T11:24:00.002-04:002020-09-19T11:24:39.665-04:00Tips for Makeup Removal Around the Eye<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVQ0ecO3xCMXJEjj2PxtthwLwJWkjXPaxuvHRT7PCoYihnJ05xAUGptNFH5E7lObeL1JlOs149QzZ-ff6Vcj65CIfh85lthmzpgY7y7SLHF5SEzVbOCqUlJCjPDx0XHV3nPgLC0Gt7iTI/s1200/9-15-ECSC%2528ss1005923494%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVQ0ecO3xCMXJEjj2PxtthwLwJWkjXPaxuvHRT7PCoYihnJ05xAUGptNFH5E7lObeL1JlOs149QzZ-ff6Vcj65CIfh85lthmzpgY7y7SLHF5SEzVbOCqUlJCjPDx0XHV3nPgLC0Gt7iTI/s320/9-15-ECSC%2528ss1005923494%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It pays to take some extra care when removing makeup from around your
eyes. Some tips for safe, effective and gentle eye makeup remover to consider
include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Vaseline
is a very effective makeup remover. It's lubricating, soothing to skin and
helps makeup slide off without unnecessary tugging and pulling.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Baby
shampoo is an inexpensive and ophthalmologist-recommended product for
washing eyelids and the area around the eyes. These 'tear-free' soaps are
often recommended to people prone to </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-are-chalazia-styes"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">styes, chalazia</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> and </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-blepharitis"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">blepharitis</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> for washing their eyes.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Whatever
eye makeup remover you use, avoid getting it in your eyes.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Thoroughly
rinse any remover off your eyelids.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Brush a
clean cotton swab along the base of the eyelashes to remove all makeup
remnants.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Be
especially careful with exfoliating scrubs and don't use them around your
eyes. </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/exfoliating-scrubs-can-scratch-your-eye"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Cleansers with scrubbing beads or gritty additions
can scratch and irritate your eyes</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">If you should accidently get either makeup or makeup remover products in
your eye, please call us at</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The Eye
Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is
located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.</span></p>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWarren, NJ 07059, USA40.6342489 -74.50047959999999112.324015063821157 -109.65672959999999 68.944482736178855 -39.344229599999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-45677115877743061432020-09-01T09:47:00.000-04:002020-09-01T09:47:52.697-04:00Five Fabulous Foods for Your Eyes<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41oYyssZYrjdx-0VyjzmDASYmTQXU7PedzM1_PRpOLXAMFbulYNvjTm5Q6Nl1scvmKIbQIYOyiBQK12rMzNQUGRSuX0rPngu15dUWBEo6JIBl1Ax44FkP5cNd_J4IjkDhW6FZkWUBojmO/s1200/8-31-ECSC%2528ss540997561%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41oYyssZYrjdx-0VyjzmDASYmTQXU7PedzM1_PRpOLXAMFbulYNvjTm5Q6Nl1scvmKIbQIYOyiBQK12rMzNQUGRSuX0rPngu15dUWBEo6JIBl1Ax44FkP5cNd_J4IjkDhW6FZkWUBojmO/s640/8-31-ECSC%2528ss540997561%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Most people are
aware that keeping your heart healthy depends in part on what you eat.
Fortunately, the same diet that helps your heart is good for your eyes!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Eating a diet
low in fat and rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains can pay benefits not
only to your heart but to your eyes. This isn't surprising as your eyes rely on
tiny arteries for oxygen and nutrients, just as the heart relies on much larger
arteries. Keeping those arteries healthy will help your eyes.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Some foods
stand out as particularly helpful for eye health. Here are five things you
should make sure are part of your diet for healthy vision.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Leafy
green vegetables.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> Kale and spinach are high in lutein and zeaxanthin, two
nutrients found in the healthy eye that may lower your risk for </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/amd"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">age-related
macular degeneration (AMD)</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. Other vegetables with significant amounts of
lutein and zeaxanthin include romaine lettuce, collards, turnip greens,
broccoli and peas. And while not leafy and green, eggs are also a good
source of these nutrients.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Citrus
fruits</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. Oranges,
tangerines, grapefruit and lemons are high in vitamin C, an antioxidant
critical to eye health. </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://nei.nih.gov/areds2"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Research
shows that your eyes need relatively high levels of vitamin C</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> to function
properly, and antioxidants can prevent or at least delay </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-are-cataracts"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">cataracts</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> and AMD. Lots of other foods offer
vitamin C, including peaches, red peppers, tomatoes and strawberries.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Beans</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. All kinds of
beans (legumes), including black-eyed peas, kidney beans and lima beans,
contain zinc, an essential trace mineral that is found in high
concentration in the eyes. Zinc may help protect your eyes from the </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/sun"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">damaging effects of light</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. Did you know that
peanuts are a legume too? Other foods high in zinc include oysters, lean
red meat, poultry and fortified cereals.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Cold-water
fish.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260382735_Circulating_Omega-3_Fatty_Acids_and_Neovascular_Age-Related_Macular_Degeneration"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Research shows that diets rich in omega-3 fatty acid
from cold-water fish may help reduce the risk of developing eye disease
later in life.</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> These fish include salmon, tuna, sardines and halibut.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Orange-colored
vegetables and fruits.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> Carrots are high in beta-carotene, a nutrient that helps with
night vision, as are other orange-colored fruits and vegetables like sweet
potatoes, apricots and cantaloupe. Making them a part of a colorful diet
can help you keep your eyes healthy.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">You can help to keep your eyes healthy by eating a “heart healthy” type
diet. Learn about how diet can impact eye health and vision when you schedule
an eye exam at</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The Eye Care & Surgery Center
at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care &
Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a>
to schedule an appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is
located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.</span></p>Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-47669324677138077222020-08-02T10:33:00.000-04:002020-08-02T10:33:14.170-04:00Laser Cataract Surgery Was Right for Jay<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>“I
work in a lab and was having trouble seeing the intricate details of my work.
My wife would not drive at night with me anymore as the oncoming headlights
were blinding. I was afraid something was very wrong as eye disease runs in my
family. So of course, I put it off. Then my family convinced me to go get my
eyes checked. I went to see The Eye Care & Surgery Center as my kids had
their LASIK there and my wife uses them for her eye care. They told me I had
cataracts and I was so relieved it wasn’t something serious. I set up the
surgeries two weeks apart as directed by my doctor. It could not have been
easier they did everything for me. I had laser cataract surgery, no blade,
which was the part that had me scared. I felt nothing. Now I see 20/20 for distance
and just need a pair of store glasses for reading. I don’t think I remember
ever being 20/20 in my whole life. </i></span><i style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jay”</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">If you or someone you know is experiencing
cataract symptoms such as cloudy foggy vision, glare or difficult night driving
and would like to learn more about cataract surgery & lens implants </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">please</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> call </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Eye Care
& Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
appointment.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.</span></p><br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWarren, NJ 07059, USA40.6342489 -74.50047959999999112.324015063821157 -109.65672959999999 68.944482736178855 -39.344229599999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-1609330230020689672020-07-27T13:01:00.001-04:002020-07-27T13:01:17.570-04:00Ultraviolet (UV) Eye Safety Tips<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bBH_JHdEymk/Xx8IBw0zcAI/AAAAAAAAA_E/5A8uqNxq4vQ6X5BTrut4hIfQf-lIsOFhQCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/7-21-ECSC-%2528ss1661852482%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bBH_JHdEymk/Xx8IBw0zcAI/AAAAAAAAA_E/5A8uqNxq4vQ6X5BTrut4hIfQf-lIsOFhQCK4BGAYYCw/s320/7-21-ECSC-%2528ss1661852482%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Getting the
right amount of UV light is important. But, too much UV light exposure raises
the risks of eye diseases, including </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/cataracts"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">cataract</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/pinguecula-pterygium"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">growths on the eye</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, and </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/ocular-melanoma"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">cancer</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. Strong exposure to snow reflection can also
quickly cause painful damage called </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/snow-blindness"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">snow blindness</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> and direct exposure to the sun can cause “solar
retinitis” or really retina sunburn!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Growths on the
eye, such as </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/pinguecula-pterygium"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">pterygium</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, can show up in our teens or twenties, especially in
surfers, skiers, fishermen, farmers, or anyone who spends long hours under the
mid-day sun or in the UV-intense conditions found near rivers, oceans, and
mountains.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Diseases like
cataract and eye cancers can take many years to develop, but each time we're
out in the sun without protection we could be adding cumulative damage that
adds to our risks for these serious disorders. Babies and kids need to wear
hats and sunglasses for this very reason. People of all ages should take
precautions whenever they are outdoors.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">As we sleep,
our eyes enjoy continuous lubrication. During sleep the eyes also clear out
irritants such as dust, allergens or smoke that may have accumulated during the
day. Some </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/natural-light-sleep-health"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">research suggests that light-sensitive cells in the eye
are important to our ability to regulate wake-sleep cycles</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">. This may be more critical
as we age, when more people have problems with insomnia. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">While it's
important that we protect our eyes from overexposure to UV light, our eyes also
need minimal exposure to natural light every day to help maintain normal
sleep-wake cycles.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Follow these
tips to protect your eyes from the sun all year long:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to eyes can occur anytime during the year, not just in the </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/summer-sun-eye-safety"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">summertime</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, so be sure to wear UV-blocking sunglasses and
broad-brimmed hats whenever you're outside.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Don't be
fooled by clouds: the sun's rays can pass through haze and thin clouds.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Never look
directly at the sun. Looking directly at the sun at any time, including
during an </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/solar-eclipse-eye-safety"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">eclipse</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">, can lead to solar retinopathy, which is
damage to the eye's retina from solar radiation.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Don't
forget the kids and older family members: everyone is at risk, including
children and senior citizens. Protect their eyes with hats and sunglasses.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: -0.25in;">Get a moderate
amount of UV light for a good night's sleep</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">To learn more about your specific lifestyle and
risks, as well as UV eye protection, please discuss your questions with our eye
doctors when you schedule an eye exam at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comIselin, Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA40.5753817 -74.322370340.5271347 -74.4030513 40.623628700000005 -74.2416893tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-49577066927175427032020-07-13T15:33:00.001-04:002020-07-13T15:33:17.113-04:00The FDA Warns About Smoking, Eye Health & Vision Problems<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FZ7yS4p6cHU/Xwy2ouW1lBI/AAAAAAAAA-w/Hy0j-Jj42XAJnz5iGfjOH-XC-oNRIQHUwCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/7-12-ECSC-%2528ss655728556%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FZ7yS4p6cHU/Xwy2ouW1lBI/AAAAAAAAA-w/Hy0j-Jj42XAJnz5iGfjOH-XC-oNRIQHUwCK4BGAYYCw/s320/7-12-ECSC-%2528ss655728556%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We have strongly
recommended that patients stop smoking and even avoid second hand smoke as we
have reviewed the studies demonstrating the increased risk of Age Related
Macular Degeneration (AMD), Cataracts, Diabetic Retinopathy, Dry Eye and even
Optic Nerve Damage among those who smoked. This is in addition to full range of
cardiovascular problems. Now the </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.fda.gov/home"><span style="color: #557ab5; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">U.S. Food and Drug Administration</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> has recently proposed new warning labels
for cigarettes and cigarette advertising in which two of the FDA's 13 new
proposed cigarette warning labels feature effects of smoking that are linked to
eyes and vision. These two new warnings focus on the leading causes of
blindness in the United States-Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and
Cataracts! Our message to patients remains strong-<b><i>If you are a smoker-STOP! If
you are not a smoker-DON’T START!</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">If you or someone you know has been a smoker or is
around smokers it would be important to schedule an eye exam at</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comIselin, Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA40.5753817 -74.322370340.5271347 -74.4030513 40.623628700000005 -74.2416893tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-6350728921056098452020-07-06T10:27:00.001-04:002020-07-06T10:27:37.447-04:00Hannah Tells Us About LASIK<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I work in law
enforcement and I am a mother of a 3 month old daughter. I have been wearing
glasses and contact lenses since I am 14 years old. When I decided to go into
law enforcement the contact lenses and glasses made me less confident in the
field. I then had my daughter and the first time she cried during the night and
couldn’t find my glasses to get to her that was when I told my husband I wanted
LASIK. Dr. Confino was recommended by some colleagues that had gone to him for
their LASIK and they are all 20/20. I went, qualified for the procedure and had
my LASIK done at night, never missed a day of work. I was 20/15 when I went for
my appointment the next day in the afternoon. I feel much more equipped to
handle whatever situation I am faced with both professionally and personally.
So easy and life changing."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hannah S.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you or some you know is tired of the
hassle of glasses or contact lenses for seeing at distance and would like to
find out if LASIK might be a good vision correction option, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">please
call </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Eye Care & Surgery Center at
908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care &
Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or
<a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWestfield, NJ 07090, USA40.6589912 -74.347371740.5626182 -74.5087332 40.7553642 -74.1860102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-32651460022427271512020-06-29T11:42:00.002-04:002020-06-29T11:42:25.787-04:00Fireworks Eye Injuries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The most recent <a href="https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety-Education-Centers/Fireworks">Consumer Product Safety Commission</a> report found that 14% of fireworks injuries were eye injuries. In the most severe cases, fireworks can rupture the globe of the eye, cause chemical and thermal burns, <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-corneal-abrasion">corneal abrasions</a> and <a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/detached-torn-retina">retinal detachment</a> -all of which can cause permanent eye damage and vision loss. Children and young adults are frequent victims. Children age 15 and under accounted for 36% of the total injuries, according to the commission's report. And half of the injuries requiring an emergency room visit were to people age 20 or younger. Even sparklers can be dangerous, as they burn at more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Sparklers were responsible for 1,200 of the injuries in the latest report, and a sparkler mishap caused one of the fireworks deaths reported in 2017. The people injured by fireworks aren't necessarily handling the explosives themselves. In fact, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28282696">65% of people injured by fireworks were bystanders</a>, according to another study. The statistics don't lie. Children and people not handling fireworks themselves are in as much danger as the people actually lighting fireworks.<br /><br /> Please leave preparing fireworks displays to professionals in order to decrease your risk of fireworks eye injuries. If you or someone you know does experience a fireworks eye injury call us immediately or go directly to the emergency room and have them call us for consultation.<br /><br />The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group and is located at 592 Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren, New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout central and northern New Jersey.Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comIselin, Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA40.5753817 -74.322370340.5271347 -74.4030513 40.623628700000005 -74.2416893tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-44004813363679212342020-06-22T12:08:00.001-04:002020-06-22T12:08:52.516-04:00Common Causes of Eyelash Loss<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6pWjNPN2lMWAQ4abLPgNAj1zrjlFaFLYHAIuRdy39GOZQCv4Bar2RQ9DLQE-ompRRE8uZrCsA0ur6LKODJE7UqarqeiQUVhLUkd094Itrv1WfLMl99PAS23sn2uzoz6xbYOTQR8yAuXz/s1600/6-15-ECSC-%2528ss1311364298%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6pWjNPN2lMWAQ4abLPgNAj1zrjlFaFLYHAIuRdy39GOZQCv4Bar2RQ9DLQE-ompRRE8uZrCsA0ur6LKODJE7UqarqeiQUVhLUkd094Itrv1WfLMl99PAS23sn2uzoz6xbYOTQR8yAuXz/s320/6-15-ECSC-%2528ss1311364298%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/why-do-humans-have-eyebrows-eyelashes"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Eyelashes</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> are more than just a cosmetic fringe!
Lashes protect the eye from debris that can obstruct vision or cause infection
or </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/first-aid-eye-scratches"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">injury</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">. Eyelashes grow, fall out and replace
themselves in a natural cycle every six to 10 weeks, just like the hair on top
of your head. While it’s normal to lose between one and five eyelashes each day,
a more rapid lash loss-called “madarosis”-can be a symptom of an underlying
health problem in the eye or in another part of the body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">There
are many reasons people can lose more lashes than average. If you’re not also
losing hair from the eyebrows or scalp, eyelash loss may signal:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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too long, using and removing </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/eyelash-extension-facts-safety"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">lash extensions</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> and using eyelash curlers, whether heated or
non-heated, can all harm lashes and speed up shedding. Eyelash loss can
also stem from allergies to mascara and from glue used to apply eyelash
extensions.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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or burning accompanied by redness or swelling of the lids may indicate </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-blepharitis"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">blepharitis</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
This is a condition that happens when clogged </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/anatomy/meibomian-glands"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">oil glands</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> near
the base of the eyelashes cause chronic inflammation and problems in the
eyelash follicles.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: black; line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-themecolor: text1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Trichotillomania.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This
is a condition where </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/trichotillomania-hair-pulling-disorder-eyelashes"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">stress or other emotional or psychological distress
causes a person to pull out their own eyelashes</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> habitually.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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rarely, localized lash loss can be a symptom of a skin cancer on the
eyelid. Cancer can interrupt eyelash growth as harmful cells spread.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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you or someone you know experiences an abnormal amount of eyelash loss, please
schedule an eye exam at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Eye Care & Surgery Center at
908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care &
Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a>
to schedule an appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWarren, NJ 07059, USA40.6342489 -74.50047959999999140.5378429 -74.66184109999999 40.730654900000005 -74.3391181tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-53204663816568876372020-06-09T14:41:00.001-04:002020-06-09T14:41:23.817-04:00Basketball is #1 Cause of Sports Eye Injury<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Basketball
has now become the #1 cause of sports eye injury according to a study published
in t</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">he
journal </span><a href="https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/2/e20173083"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pediatrics</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Basketball </span><a href="https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/2/e20173083"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;"> caused almost 16%
of eye injuries in kids </span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">with the second and third-most dangerous
activities being baseball/softball and non-powder gun use, such as air soft
rifles and pellet guns. The through-line is clear: sports eye injuries should
be a real concern, and protective eyewear is worth it. Most of these injuries
could have been prevented with one, simple step-wearing protective eyewear.
The </span><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/injuries-sports"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">right protective eyewear</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> is the best defense
against eye injury, whether you’re a high schooler or an NBA star. Protective
eyewear made with polycarbonate lenses is the best choice for basketball
players, as well as for those who play racquet sports, soccer and field hockey.
All athletes should wear sports eye protection that meets </span><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/injuries-protective-eyewear"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration-line: none;">requirements set by appropriate organizations</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Athletes who wear
contacts or glasses should also wear appropriate protective eyewear. Contacts
offer no protection and glasses do not provide enough defense.</span></div>
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you or someone you know plays any type of sports, please visit our office and
we will be happy to help you select the proper protective eyewear for your
sport. Please visit us at experiences an abnormal amount of eyelash loss,
please schedule an eye exam at</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The Eye
Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;">The Eye Care
& Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or
<a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comIselin, Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA40.5753817 -74.322370340.5271347 -74.4030513 40.623628700000005 -74.2416893tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-31095168045783928492020-06-04T07:55:00.002-04:002020-06-04T07:55:31.776-04:00Seven Myths Regarding Children's Eyes<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">#1 Pink eye only happens in
young children.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">
While young kids are known for getting pink eye, due to close contact in
day care centers, so can teenagers, college students, and adults-especially
those who don’t clean their contacts. The best way to keep pink eye
from spreading is to practice good hygiene, including washing your hands, not
touching your eyes, and using clean towels and other products around the face.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">#2 Antibiotics are
necessary to cure your child’s pink eye.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Antibiotics are rarely necessary to treat
pink eye. There are three types of pink eye: Viral, Bacterial & Allergic Conjunctivitis.
Most cases are caused by viral infections or allergies and do not respond to
antibiotics. Antibiotics may be prescribed for bacterial conjunctivitis
depending on severity. Mild cases of bacterial conjunctivitis usually resolve
on their own within 7 to 14 days without treatment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">#3 Sun is bad for your
eyes.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">
While it’s true that long-term exposure to the sun without proper protection
can increase the risk of eye disease, some </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/time-outdoors-reduces-nearsightedness"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">studies suggest</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> sun exposure is
necessary for normal visual development. Children who have less sun exposure
seem to be at higher risk for developing </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/myopia-nearsightedness"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">myopia</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> or nearsightedness.
Just make sure they’re protected with </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/glasses-contacts/sunglasses"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">UV-blocking sunglasses</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and sunscreen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">#4 Blue light from screens
is damaging children’s vision.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Contrary to what you may be </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/news/smartphone-blue-light-is-not-blinding-you"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">reading on the internet</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">, blue light is not
blinding you or your screen-obsessed kids. While it is true that
nearsightedness is becoming more common, blue light isn’t the culprit. In
fact, we are exposed to much more blue light naturally from the sun than we are
from our screens. The important thing to remember is to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">take frequent breaks</b>. Use the 20-20-20
rule: look at an object at least 20 feet away every 20 minutes for at least 20
seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">#5 Vision loss only happens
to adults</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">.
The eyes of a child with amblyopia (lazy eye) may look normal, but
this eye condition can steal sight if not treated. Amblyopia is when vision in
one of the child’s eyes is reduced because the eye and brain are not working
together properly. </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-strabismus"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Strabismus</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> (crossed eyes) is another eye condition
that can cause vision loss in a child. Strabismus is when the eyes do not line
up in the same direction when focusing on an object.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">#6 All farsighted children
need glasses.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">
Most children are farsighted early in life. It’s actually normal. It doesn’t
necessarily mean your child needs glasses because they use their focusing
muscles to provide clear vision for both distance and near vision. Children do
need glasses when their farsightedness blurs their vision or leads to
strabismus. They will also need glasses if they are significantly more
farsighted in one eye compared with the other, a condition that puts them at
risk of developing amblyopia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">#7 There is no difference
between a vision screening and a vision exam.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> While it’s true that your child’s eyes
should be checked regularly, a less invasive vision screening by a
pediatrician, family doctor, ophthalmologist, optometrist, orthoptist, or
person trained in vision assessment of preschool children is adequate for most
children. If the screening detects a problem, the child may need to see an
ophthalmologist or other eye care professional. A comprehensive exam involves
the use of eye drops to dilate the pupil, enabling a more thorough
investigation of the overall health of the eye and visual system.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like to learn more about children’s eye health & vision problems please be
sure to schedule an eye exam at The Eye Care & Surgery Center at
908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care &
Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or
<a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWestfield, NJ 07090, USA40.6589912 -74.347371740.5626182 -74.5087332 40.7553642 -74.1860102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-54684147834903790522020-05-22T09:15:00.000-04:002020-05-22T09:15:00.490-04:00Cataract Risk, Diet & Health<br />
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Diet & Healthy Body Weight Lowers Cataract Risk </span></b><b><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Blue Mountains Eye Study showed that carefully following
dietary guidelines decreased risk of visual impairment. However, whether or not
this association extends to age-related cataract was not clear. So, researchers
have now </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jn/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jn/nxz103/5510602"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">reported on a study</span></a></span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> to determine if strict adherence to dietary guidelines, using
total diet score, impacted the incidence of age-related cataract. Using complex
statistical analysis of the Blue Mountains Eye Study, the found that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">adhering to dietary guidelines and total
diet score by itself was not associated with incidence of any cataract, BUT as
total diet score increases with a Body Mass Index (BMI)<25, there is an
association with lower risk of nuclear cataract which is a known aging marker. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you or someone you know is experiencing
cataract symptoms such as cloudy foggy vision, glare or difficult night driving
and would like to learn more about cataract surgery & lens implants </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">please</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"> call </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Eye Care
& Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;">The Eye Care
& Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or
<a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWarren, NJ 07059, USA40.6342489 -74.50047959999999140.5378429 -74.66184109999999 40.730654900000005 -74.3391181tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-23434663051434106272020-05-13T13:46:00.001-04:002020-05-13T13:46:46.120-04:00Glaucoma Risk & Cholesterol Medication<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Glaucoma,
a leading cause of blindness, is a condition where pressure builds up in the
eye and affects the optic nerve. Recent research suggests that statins-cholesterol-lowering
drugs prescribed to treat and prevent cardiovascular disease-also lower
intraocular pressure and promote blood flow to the optic nerve, which may help
lower glaucoma risk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Researchers
from</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Brigham
and Women's Hospital in Boston have reported on a study in </span><a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-long-term-statin-glaucoma.html"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">JAMA
Ophthalmology</span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">demonstrating that taking statins
for five or more years is associated with lower risk of primary open-angle
glaucoma. Their study suggests that there are possible protective associations
beyond cardiovascular conditions offered by long-term statin use. Statins may
strengthen neuroprotective mechanisms that prevent degeneration of cells in the
optic nerve. The results showed that use of statins for five years or longer,
versus never using statins, are associated with a 21 percent lower chance of
primary open-angle glaucoma and that elevated cholesterol levels may heighten
glaucoma risk. They also cautioned that the findings do not mean that
individuals with family histories of glaucoma should use statins or other
cholesterol medications for glaucoma prevention. Randomized clinical trials will
be needed to determine if a causal link exists between statin use and glaucoma
prevention before physicians can recommend statins for lowering risk of primary
open-angle glaucoma. Particularly in elderly populations, statins have
potential side effects, including risk of muscle damage and liver or kidney
dysfunction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you or someone you know are concerned about your glaucoma risks please schedule
an eye exam and glaucoma testing at</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;">The Eye Care
& Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or
<a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWarren, NJ 07059, USA40.6342489 -74.50047959999999140.5378429 -74.66184109999999 40.730654900000005 -74.3391181tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-20582590377936189752020-05-04T04:05:00.002-04:002020-05-04T04:05:24.484-04:00Visual Perception in Kids with Epilepsy<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brain surgery for epilepsy in kids is
sometimes necessary to stop seizures and allow children to function. However,
brain surgery carries significant risks, including impairment in visual
perception.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">
Normal visual function requires not just information sent from the eye, but
also image and neurological processing in the brain that allows us to
understand and act on that information, or perception. Signals from the eye are
first processed in the early visual cortex, a region at the back of the brain
that is necessary for sight. They then travel through other parts of the
cerebral cortex, enabling recognition of patterns, faces, objects, scenes, and
written words. <b>In adults</b>, even if
their sight is still present, injury or removal of even a small area of the
brain’s vision processing centers can lead to dramatic, permanent loss of
perception, making them unable to recognize faces, locations, or to read, for
example. <b>But in children</b>, who are
still developing, this part of the brain appears able to rewire itself, a
process known as plasticity.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">According
to a </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.mdlinx.com/ophthalmology/top-medical-news/article/2019/06/05/7568800/ZZF7E85810764B4D37A8337790FE3C20B2?news_id=627&newsdt=060619&subspec_id=236&utm_source=DailyNL&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=General-Article&utm_campaign=article-section"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">study</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI),
part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), due to this <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">neuroplasticity-</b> a sort of “rewiring”
process that can occur in children because they are still developing, children
can keep full visual perception—the ability to process and understand visual
information—after brain surgery for severe epilepsy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you or someone you know would
like to know more about visual perception problems in children or children’s
eye health & vision problems please be sure to schedule an eye exam at The
Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;">The Eye Care
& Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or <a href="file:///C:/Users/Katie%20Carlisle/Documents/2--Web/6--Blogs/2020/FINALS/facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a>
to schedule an appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWarren, NJ 07059, USA40.6342489 -74.50047959999999140.5378429 -74.66184109999999 40.730654900000005 -74.3391181tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-34022657136898492472020-04-26T17:36:00.001-04:002020-04-26T17:36:39.111-04:00Stephen B & His LASIK Experience<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">“I
recently received a second opinion for LASIK surgery when my primary
ophthalmologist suggested PRK. PRK has about a 3 month healing time, while
LASIK is roughly 12 hours. Dr. Confino determined I was actually eligible for
LASIK surgery, which I ended up doing on site since he has his own laser. The
service I have received from his ENTIRE staff has been completely top notch,
including his Director of Surgery, Jerette. I couldn't be happier. When I
walked into Dr. Confino’s office, my vision without glasses was measuring at
what they call, Count Fingers, meaning that I could not even see the big E on
the eye chart and could only tell how many fingers were being held up close to
my face. Now, instead of bifocals, I now have 20/20 distance vision, and wear
reading glasses for up close stuff like, a book or computers. If you are
thinking about having LASIK surgery GO HERE! I have not one complaint.<br />
Respectfully,<br /><b><i>
Stephen B.</i></b>”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">If you or some you know is tired of the
hassle of glasses or contact lenses for seeing at distance and would like to
find out if LASIK might be a good vision correction option, </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">please
call </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Eye Care & Surgery Center at
908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care &
Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or
<a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWestfield, NJ 07090, USA40.6589912 -74.347371740.5626182 -74.5087332 40.7553642 -74.1860102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-61643102672979459892020-04-20T13:21:00.002-04:002020-04-20T13:21:35.701-04:00Glaucoma & Risk of Falling from Visual Field Damage<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The visual field loss resulting from the
progression of glaucoma can pose a risk of falling to patients. Falling and the
fear of falling (FoF) is a significant risk to patients-especially seniors.
Researchers were interested in finding out more about how and when patients
with visual field damage from glaucoma were at risk of falling and thus
reported on a study in the </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="https://www.ajo.com/article/S0002-9394(19)30005-4/fulltext?rss=yes"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">American
Journal of Ophthalmology</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> in
which they investigated where glaucoma patients most often fall and how
integrated visual field (IVF) damage affects falls rates per year (falls/year)
and per step (falls/step) at and away from home.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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research conclusions for this glaucoma population suggested that a) most falls
occurred at home, b) the risk of any step resulting in a fall was higher at
home and c) those with greater visual field damage were more likely to fall for
each step taken both at and away from home. Based on this, it is important to
consider making efforts such as home environmental modification to prevent
falls while maintaining physical activity.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you or someone you know is
concerned about limited mobility and has a fear of falling as a result of
visual field loss from glaucoma please be sure to schedule an eye exam at The
Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision Group
and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWestfield, NJ 07090, USA40.6589912 -74.347371740.5626182 -74.5087332 40.7553642 -74.1860102tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-81135266130580180522020-04-16T06:17:00.000-04:002020-04-16T06:17:37.443-04:00How Common is Dry Eye Disease?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dry eye disease (DED)
is a multi-factorial ocular surface disease characterized by patient complaints
of dryness, grittiness, discomfort, irritation, and often visual disturbance.
DED can create a significant burden for patients, including problems in social
settings, occupational functioning, and reduced quality of life. Known
risk factors for DED include female gender, increasing age, and certain systemic
health conditions (i.e. autoimmune diseases), and a wide range of medications
that are known to result in dry eyes. It is estimated that some 5% to 34% of individuals
over 50 suffer from dry eyes depending on the definition of dry eye used to
prepare the estimate. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you or someone you know suffers
from dry eyes please be sure to schedule an eye exam at The Eye Care &
Surgery Center at 908-789-8999, visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or <a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a> to schedule an
appointment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk37604115"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span></a><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk37604115;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592 Springfield
Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren, New Jersey
07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWarren, NJ 07059, USA40.6342489 -74.50047959999999140.5378429 -74.66184109999999 40.730654900000005 -74.3391181tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087881121964566055.post-76963068347816869912020-04-05T14:48:00.001-04:002020-04-05T14:48:14.064-04:00Lazy Eye Risk in Premature Children<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-abZfO7xOoUE/Xoonbi5ZhPI/AAAAAAAAA8I/FxAPxZZ4UpY6A9EToC1UCZWda4M0XNC1gCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/4-6%2BECSC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-abZfO7xOoUE/Xoonbi5ZhPI/AAAAAAAAA8I/FxAPxZZ4UpY6A9EToC1UCZWda4M0XNC1gCK4BGAYYCw/s320/4-6%2BECSC.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">There is generally concern regarding vision
problems in premature children and especially those with retinopathy of
prematurity (ROP).</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><a href="https://www.healio.com/ophthalmology/journals/jpos/2019-3-56-2/%7Bb1156831-2326-4e09-9393-89f049cdcf91%7D/amblyopia-risk-factors-in-premature-children-in-the-first-3-years-of-life"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Researchers
investigated</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">whether</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> the incidence rate,
cumulative incidence, and prevalence of any amblyopia risk factors were greater
in retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and non-ROP screened groups of children up
to age 3. The incidence of amblyopia risk factors was not significantly
different between non-ROP and ROP screened children however, the prevalence of
refractive errors among premature children-especially astigmatism- was higher
than that reported in childhood in the eye care literature. <b>Based
on this, it may be appropriate to screen all children with a history of
prematurity for refractive errors around 24 months of age. </b>If a friend,
relative or acquaintance has a child born prematurely, it might be worth
suggesting that they schedule a screening eye exam by age 2 if they have not
already done so at the direction of their pediatrician.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you or someone you know is
concerned about eye health and vision problems in children please be sure to
call The Eye Care & Surgery Center at 908-789-8999,
visit </span><a href="http://www.newjerseyvision.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;">The
Eye Care & Surgery Center</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">or
<a href="http://facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter">facebook.com/eyecareandsurgerycenter</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Eye Care & Surgery Center is an affiliate of Prism Vision
Group and is located at </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">592
Springfield Avenue, Westfield, New Jersey 07090, 10 Mountain Boulevard, Warren,
New Jersey 07059 and 517 Route One South, Suite 1100, Iselin, New Jersey 08830<span style="color: black;">, and is conveniently located for patients from throughout
central and northern New Jersey.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<br />Dr. Joel Confino, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02757242697394073965noreply@blogger.comWestfield, NJ 07090, USA40.6589912 -74.347371740.5626182 -74.5087332 40.7553642 -74.1860102