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East Florida Eye Institute
Stuart, FL |
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Glaucoma Diagnosis |
Macular Degeneration
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| Diabetic Retinopathy
Diagnosis
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Dry Eye Disease
Diagnosis
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Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis
Your Visual Acuity will be assessed using the Snellen eye chart which measures how well each eye can see. A detailed history of your blood sugar variations will be obtained. Drops are put in your eye that help to widen (dilate) the pupils. Then, using a special magnifying lens, your eye doctor will look at your retina.
Specialized imaging tests may be ordered to better assess the health of the retina. The Ocular Coherence Tomographer, (OCT) scans through your dilated pupil to assess the quality of the retinal tissue, reflecting areas damaged by diabetes. In Fluorescein Angiography (FA), a special dye is injected into a vein in your arm and as the dye passes through the blood vessels in your retina, pictures are taken of the back of your eye. This test allows an eye doctor to see the circulation of the retina, which is critical to assessing the level of damage to the retina from diabetes. |
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Exciting New Developments in Reversing Blindness
- Scientists at Harvard have shown that until about the
age of two, the neurons in the human brain are still growing
- They have found a molecule (SOCS3) that appears to put
the brakes on neuron growth in adult mice.
- They also found that damaged neurons sprout after
blocking this molecule in adult mice with crushed optic nerves
- This work is an important advance towards understanding
why axons of adult nerve cells don't regenerate.
- In future the ideal treatment will probably involve
delivering drugs to an injured area of the brain or spinal cord so that the
nerve tissue re-grows especially in conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and
Glaucoma.
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Glaucoma Diagnosis |
Macular Degeneration
Diagnosis
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Dry Eye Disease
Diagnosis
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