by Optometric Insights | Sep 19, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum
A 36-year-old male wearing spherical daily disposable contact lenses for myopia correction came in for his yearly exam. At his last visit, he was happy with his current lenses from both a comfort and a vision perspective. This year, he reported that although the...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 19, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum
Anyone who tells us that multifocal contact lenses are “there” is delirious. Folks, we have issues. But, in the same way, anyone who tells you that progressive addition lenses are perfect is a person who doesn’t keep an eye on the progressive market. In fact …...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 19, 2018 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care, Contact Lens Spectrum
We live in an amazing digital age. Ten years ago, if you wanted resources about contact lenses, you would either need to email a friend, check at a local university, or search the web for a website that had some data (only to discover that it brought you little...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 14, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Publications, Video
Patients with ocular surface conditions do not always present with obvious symptoms. For example, meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is traditionally observed as an inflammation of glands and easily diagnosed, but there is also hyposecretory obstructive MGD. In this...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 14, 2018 | Clinical Insights, Publications, Video
David Kading, OD, is on the move to explain why he believes meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is one of the largest contributors to dry eye. Watch as Dr. Kading illustrates the anatomy of the eyelid and details how each component relates to different...
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...
