Yesterday, a “wall of pollen” turned the sky a yellowish-green over the greater Boston area, and several patients came in to see me with severe ocular allergies. Their eyes were red and watery and itchy, and some could barely even open their eyes. The itching from the allergies was so bad that my patients were
Read moreWe need oxygen to breathe and so do our eyes. Blood vessels deliver the oxygen from our lungs to the rest of our body. But the cornea, the front of our eye, does not have any blood vessels. At least it shouldn’t to maintain it’s clear transparent normal state. But when we wear contact lenses
Read moreDo you see little dark blobs floating around when you look at a white background? You are not alone. I see them all the time, as do most of my patients. Why do we see them? Imagine that 80% of your eye is filled with a jello-like substance called the vitreous body. Over time, as
Read moreDo you have dry eyes? Chances are your eye doctor told you to use artificial tears. Like these ones: But what if I told you that these artificial tears only treat the symptoms of your dry eyes, but not the underlying cause? To understand the underlying cause of dry eye, lets learn a little more
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