Episode 37: Know the Root Cause of DED
by Optometric Insights | Sep 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dry eye disease is a chronic, progressive condition, and patients experience a continuum of dryness. The ocular damage caused by DED can become irreversible, and we now know that we cannot trust objective signs to correlate with patients’ symptoms. Lemp’s...
Episode 71: Management of Dry Eye Blepharitis Syndrome
by Optometric Insights | Sep 11, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications, Video
Blepharitis affects many dry eye patients and could be the underlying cause of a number of ocular surface conditions. Mile Brujic, OD, describes three stages of dry eye blepharitis syndrome and shares a two-step process for ridding the lid margins of microbial...
Episode 70: Other Uses for Optical Coherence Tomography
by Optometric Insights | Sep 11, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications, Video
David Kading, OD, hits the road and discusses how optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be used in the anterior segment for scleral lens fittings. Dr. Kading says that OCT can help physicians evaluate the depth of scleral lenses with more accuracy than from a slit...
Episode 61: Dry Eye Update
by Optometric Insights | Sep 11, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Publications, Video
David Kading, OD, gives a comprehensive update on the state of dry eye disease (DED). Due to the broad definition of what classifies as “dry eye,” it is important to gain a full understanding of patients’ signs and symptoms. Dr. Kading provides an overview...
