As National Diabetes Awareness Month comes to a close, the doctors at Coastal Vision would like to remind everyone of the health risks diabetes poses to your eyesight. Our doctors see many patients who are struggling with diabetes related vision issues, or are at risk to develop them. To give […]
Ok, I admit I completely made up that statistic. But, personally, I do want patients to ask more questions about their vision and their ocular health. One of the things I enjoy most is a patient who presents some questions to me during the exam room encounter. Whether these questions […]
You may have noticed, at our office, the patient care technician checks your blood pressure as part of your testing during the eye exam. But why? What does blood pressure have to do with your eyes or your vision? The answer: a lot! Almost everyone—the news, our doctors, Dr. Oz’ […]
I’m pretty sure my few remaining hair follicles are holding on for dear life, so I’ll admit this headline would catch my attention. And although there is no “cure” for thinning hair or baldness, one company is looking to a derivative of a particular glaucoma medicine as a way to […]
At Coastal Vision, almost half of the patients who visit us are children. So, we frequently get questions about how old a child must be in order to wear contact lenses. The truth is there is no magic age or set answer to this question. But, there are several studies […]
Since every person is unique in their combination of visual needs, ocular health, and amount and type of prescription it’s hard to say that one type of lens is absolutely the best for everybody. But now that we have that disclaimer out of the way, I would say that ‘dailies,” […]
An interesting fact is that iris color is actually the result of the amount or density of pigment cells in the iris. Pigment cells, called melanocytes, produce the pigment known as melanin. The amount and density of the melanin determines what colors of light are absorbed and what is reflected. […]
Twitching of the eye or the eyelid can be quite a disturbing event to experience, but it’s actually a pretty common problem. Most often the twitching is something called “eyelid myokymia.” Myokymia is a local irritation of the nerve controlling some of the muscles around the eyelid. Typically, eyelid myokymia […]
I received this question from a facebook fan yesterday. And practicing in Virginia Beach, where outdoor activities are such an important part of our local culture, this is a pretty common question. The yellowish, slightly raised areas on the white part of the eye are called Pinguecula (pin-ˈgwek-ye-la). It’s a […]
This is a great question emailed to us yesterday by one of our facebook fans. Polarized lenses present a great benefit to almost any person who finds themselves outside driving, playing sports, or just relaxing in the sun. The technology behind how polarized lenses work is really interesting. Sunlight […]