Dry eyes is an eye disease in which your eyes are unable to produce enough tears (aqueous deficiency) or the tears produced evaporate too quickly (meibomian gland disease). It’s very common and affects as many as 100 million people worldwide. If you have dry eyes, you might notice that situations like when you spend too much time staring at your computer screen or when you’re sitting in an air-conditioned room make your eyes drier.

What are the symptoms of dry eyes?

Dry eyes can cause a range of symptoms that vary in type and severity. Some of the symptoms you could experience include: Eye burning and stinging Eye dryness Grittiness Tearing Eye fatigue Stringy mucus around your eye Blurry vision Difficulty wearing contact lenses Eye redness With dry eyes you could also have a hard time driving at night, watching TV, or reading. If you’re experiencing these symptoms, the team at Cohen Laser & Vision Center can evaluate your eyes and create a treatment plan to ease or eliminate your symptoms.

What causes dry eyes?

You develop dry eyes when your eyes lack an adequate supply of tears. Your tears are comprised of water, oil, and mucus. This mixture not only keeps your eyes lubricated but also offers protection against germs. The primary causes of dry eyes include: Decreased tear production: Your tear production might decrease due to an underlying health condition, certain medication, or from inflammation in the tear duct. You tear production also decreases as you get older. Increased tear evaporation: Overexposure to wind, cold temperatures, and certain chemicals can cause your eyes to dry out. Not blinking for an extended period while you look at your computer screen can also lead to an increase in tear evaporation. Imbalance in tear composition: It’s also possible that your dry eyes are due to an imbalance in the composition of your tears. If the oil glands (meibomian glands) in your eye become clogged, then your tears might not have an adequate amount of oil to properly lubricate your eye. You could be at risk of developing dry eyes if you wear contact lenses or your diet doesn’t supply an adequate amount of vitamin A or omega-3 fatty acids.

How are dry eyes treated?

Selecting the right treatment for dry eyes depends on what’s causing the condition. You might be able to improve eye moisture by making a few lifestyle changes like limiting screen time or being more conscious of your blinking. You can also try dry eye drops to reduce inflammation and artificial tears to improve eye moisture. The team at Cohen Laser & Vision Center also offers revolutionary treatments for dry eyes, including LipiFlow and BlephEx®. LipiFlow uses Vector Thermal Pulse Technology™ to unclog your meibomian gland to improve tear composition. BlephEx is a special tool that exfoliates debris around your eye to remove bacteria and biofilm that could be causing your eye inflammation and dryness. Dry eyes can have a significant on your quality of life. For comprehensive treatment to get you the relief you need, contact Cohen Laser & Vision Center by phone or online today.

Presbyopia - Boca Raton, FL: Cohen Laser & Vision Center: Board-Certified Refractive Surgery Specialists

Presbyopia is age-related changes in the way your eyes focus up close. Around age 40-45, your eye lens grows more rigid and loses some of its focusing power. As a result, light rays from nearby objects aren’t focused on your retina and you have problems with near vision.

Presbyopia typically causes problems with reading and other things you do close to your face. When you have presbyopia, moving something away from your face might help you to see it more clearly, but you might have to hold a book at arm’s length to see the words.

Common Presbyopia Questions

What is VUITY?

What about reading glasses?

What is monovision?

What surgical options are available?

What is KAMRA ?

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What is VUITY?

VUITY™ is the first and only FDA-approved eye drop to treat age-related Blurry Near Vision (presbyopia) in adults. This once-a-day eye drop provides several hours of improved intermediate and near vision, without compromising distance acuity. It is one of several options CLVC offers to treat presbyopia.

What about reading glasses?

The most common way to treat presbyopia is using reading glasses, many are available over-the-counter. People with distance prescriptions can also benefit from a bifocal, trifocal, or progressive prescription that includes magnificaton for near vision. For those who cannot tolerate glasses, multifocal contact lenses are also available.

What is monovision?

For those who cannot tolerate glasses, monovision contacts are available, which allows for one eye to see distance and another eye to see up close. This effect can also also be achieved with laser vision correction (e.g. LASIK) or cataract surgery. While most people tolerate monovision well, some complain of difficulty with driving or depth perception.

What surgical options are available?

Fortunately, today there are many ways to treat presbyopia. For those who don't want to use glasses or eye drops every day, CLVC also offers advanced surgical treatments for presbyopia including the KAMRA inlay, monovision LASIK or PRK, multi-focal IOLs for cataract surgery, and is conducting clinical trials for a new laser to treat presbyopia without compromising distance.

What is KAMRA ?

Developed by Seattle-based CorneaGen™, KAMRA is a corneal inlay that restores your near vision without affecting your distance vision. The KAMRA inlay sits in the upper layers of your cornea, where it controls and focuses the light rays that enter your eye to allow you to see close-up without reading glasses.

The best KAMRA candidates are patients in their 40s and 50s, who need reading glasses only or need distance correction as well as reading glasses. In these patients, LASIK plus KAMRA may be recommended. The doctors at CLVC will determine which procedure, if any, is right for you.

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Common Presbyopia Questions

What is VUITY?

What about reading glasses?

What is monovision?

What surgical options are available?

What is KAMRA ?

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