by Brett Neal, OD | Mar 20, 2019 | Blog, Glaucoma
Glaucoma is known as the “silent eye disease” because progression of the disease slowly steals peripheral vision. In many cases, people do not realize the effects of the condition until a significant amount of irreversible vision loss has occurred. The...
by Brett Neal, OD | Mar 6, 2019 | Blog, Eye Care, Medical Conditions
Type 1 herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common condition that can cause cold sores around the mouth and lips, and can also lead to infection of the eye. Usually, when HSV1 infects the ocular region, it affects the front surface of the eye (the cornea) and has the...
by Brett Neal, OD | Feb 20, 2019 | Blog, Eye Care
Floaters or flashes of light in your vision can be an alarming, nerve-wracking, or downright annoying. These disturbances may appear to be in front of your eye and in your field of vision, but in actuality are phenomenon occurring inside your eye. For the...
by Brett Neal, OD | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog, Medical Conditions
Have you ever experienced short-lived but alarming visual disturbances? Perhaps you’ve noticed strange blind spots in your vision, shimmer lights or bursts of colors. These visual experiences can be confusing and at times even scary, but are typically...
by Brett Neal, OD | Jan 23, 2019 | Eye Care
A droopy eyelid can appear many ways and may be caused by a wide variety of reasons. Eye doctors refer to a droopy lid as a ptosis, pronounced toh-sis. A ptosis can occur with one or both eyelids, can droop only a millimeter or cover the entire eye, and...
