🍁 Happy October! 🍁
Did you know that spinach, broccoli and kale are actually better for your eye health than carrots? These foods are full of antioxidants (like lutein and zeaxanthin)that can protect your retina from the degenerative effects of age. So eat those greens and keep yourself seeing 20/20 for the rest of your life! 🤓
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Happy long weekend! Many of us can take this time to enjoy a much needed break from screen time! Did you know that excessive screen time is contributing to a rise in myopia (or nearsightedness)? Be sure to take frequent breaks (20-20-20 rule....every 20 minutes look 20 feet or further for 20 seconds) and fully blink your eyes to prevent dryness and fatigued eyes. Enjoy your weekend! 😊
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FACTS ABOUT FLOATERS!
Clear, strand-like floaters that are cellular in appearance, like the ones pictured here, are actually normal. They are present in the inside of your eye called the vitreous. You notice them when looking at a homogenous background like the blue sky. Other times your visual environment is too busy for you to see them. If you notice a new onset of black floaters in one eye, it is likely a posterior vitreous detachment. This occurs most commonly with age when you're in your 50s-60s (although it can happen earlier, particularly if associated with trauma). This is typically a natural part of the aging process of the eye, and it occurs when the vitreous gel starts to separate from the retinal tissue behind it. While getting floaters is likely an inevitable part of life, when they first form you need to get your eyes examined very soon. This is because when the separation is happening, the gel can be adhered to the retinal surface and cause a tear in the retina. This tear can lead to a retinal detachment if not treated. If you have new floaters in your vision, especially if they're associated with flashing lights (an indication that the vitreous gel is tugging on the retina as it's separating), showering-type floaters like dust specks in your vision, or any shadowing in your peripheral vision, call our office right away to have your retina evaluated. Even though schedules are busy right now (partly due to the covid shutdown) we will always make room to see you when you have a problem! You can always call the office and explain your symptoms as well, as we can determine the urgency based on what is happening to your vision. Once floaters occur and we determine there is no problem with your retina, you have to start the process of learning to live with them. They tend to get much less obvious with time, as our brains are very good at adapting to these visual annoyances. If they are too visually destructive for your to adapt, there are surgical options that can be considered.
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Cataracts are not a disease, they are part of the normal aging process of the eye. They occur when the lens inside of your eye becomes cloudy. Most people develop visually significant cataracts in their 70’s, but they can occur earlier than that.
Here are some vision changes you may notice if you have a cataract:
*Having blurry vision
*Seeing double (when you see two images instead of one)
*Being extra sensitive to light
*Having trouble seeing well at night, or needing more light when you read
*Seeing bright colors as faded or yellow instead
Cataract surgery is a safe and effective solution to this problem.
(The person pictured below has a very severe cataract. Most patients will opt to have surgery long before their cataract gets this dense)
Our socially distanced Christmas party was tons of fun! Merry Christmas from all of us at SECC ❤️ May 2020 be hindsight soon!!
Spearfish Eye Care Center
January 25 at 2:23 PM ·
Got our COVID-19 vaccines! 🤗 No negative side effects - actually we’re all feeling great! At SECC, we’re continuing with all of our safety protocols but wanted to let our patients know we’re one step closer to getting through all of this!! Stay healthy 😊
Got our COVID-19 vaccines! 🤗 No negative side effects - actually we’re all feeling great! At SECC, we’re continuing with all of our safety protocols but wanted to let our patients know we’re one step closer to getting through all of this!! Stay healthy 😊
