by Optometric Insights | Oct 11, 2015 | Clinical Insights, Contact Lens Spectrum, Contact Lens Today
A recent published work of mine outlining a certain type of contact lens fitting was met with some online criticism from a fellow practitioner. Apparently my colleague had a less than ideal outcome from a similar treatment with one of his patients due to the patient’s...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 1, 2015 | Contact Lens Spectrum
Consider this tale of two patients. It is Monday morning, and a 24-year-old new patient comes into your practice. His chief complaint is that his distance vision has gotten worse. He reports never having his eyes examined before. Your exam finds that all ocular health...
by Optometric Insights | Oct 1, 2015 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care
Mile Brujic, OD, and David Kading, OD, discuss the challenge of evaluating the comfort of patients’ contact lens-wearing experience in the context of dry eye disease. It is important not to silo patients and instead consider both their individual CL needs and ocular...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 27, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
JK is a 38 YOF who is new to the office. She reports that she has been wearing the same lenses until they become uncomfortable. She reports boastfully that it used to be that she could wear a lens for an entire year but more recently her eyes have been “bothering” her...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 22, 2015 | Clinical Insights / Advanced Ocular Care
Diet plays a role in ocular health, and its the job of eye care providers to educate patients to this fact. Know the data, be prepared to explain how omega-3 fatty acids can improve the composition of the tear film and help manage dry eye disease, and then make a...
by Optometric Insights | Sep 13, 2015 | Contact Lens Today, Publications
Lens manufacturers first learned to mass produce soft contact lenses using hydrogel, an easily moldable material that allowed instant comfort on lens insertion as compared to rigid lenses. As companies developed their own hydrogel materials, the FDA developed...
