Keeping your body and eyes healthy can help save your vision as you age. Vision gradually decreases as we grow older, and conditions such as presbyopia may arise. The hardening of the lens causes presbyopia as a part of the natural aging process. The lens becomes less flexible, making it difficult to focus on things near and far. If you want to keep your eyes and vision healthy, here are some tips to follow. [Read more…] about Save Your Vision
Some research indicates that in 1%-3% of COVID-19 cases, the infected person developed a case of Conjunctiva (Pink Eye). Practicing physical distancing, wearing masks, and washing hands is currently the best way to reduce your chances of catching COVID-19.
Diabetes can cause problems with your eyes. Glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular edema, and cataracts are common conditions that affect many diabetics. It is important to manage your diabetes and maintain regular eye exams with an ophthalmologist in order to protect your vision.
If you smoke, it is very important that you stop as soon as possible. You also need to manage your glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol. Your general practitioner can help you with your diabetic maintenance. It is important that you take your health seriously.
Diabetic eye disease rarely shows symptoms before the problem has become severe. This is why regular exams by an ophthalmologist are so important. Problems need to be caught early. You will need a dilated eye exam at least once a year. Dilation allows the doctor to check the blood vessels in your eyes. This is where diabetic eye disease begins.
A third of people with diabetes will develop diabetic retinopathy. Your chances of having glaucoma or cataracts are doubled if you are diabetic. African Americans, Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, and American Indians have particularly high rates of diabetic eye disease. Older adults and pregnant women are also high-risk populations.
If you have diabetes or are experiencing any vision disturbances, you need to schedule an eye exam right away. Even if you have no symptoms, you should schedule an exam if you haven’t been seen in the last six months. While there are treatments for diabetic eye disease, they rely on the condition being caught early. Once you are experiencing symptoms, the damage may already be permanent. Contact Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey in Bloomfield Hills for an appointment today.
Even though strokes usually affect one side of the brain, both eyes can be affected since the nerves from each eye travel together in the brain. If the left side of your brain is damaged, the right side vision in each eye can be affected and vice versa.
We so appreciate when our patients take the time to share their experience with us regarding our doctors and our practice. We work diligently by continually training on the newest techniques, using state-of-the-art technology, and providing each individual patient the best treatment plan and outcome. We are proud to be Michigan’s Leading Eye Care Physicians. If you are looking for an outstanding experience with an ophthalmologist, please contact our office in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan for an appointment.
October 8th is World Sight Day. We dedicate this day to raising awareness about blindness and vision impairment. The goal is to encourage people to get regular eye exams and to encourage governments to include vision coverage in universal health plans. The day was created by The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness. The theme for 2020 is “Hope in Sight”.
Last year there were over 200 events across the world. Organizations in 48 countries hosted a range of activities. The World Health Organization released a report called the “World Report On Vision”, which compiled health data from around the globe to give updated figures on blindness and vision loss. These events laid a strong foundation for the 2020 World Sight Day to build on.
According to the WHO, an aging world population and an increase in myopia will cause an increase in blindness and vision impairment. Many of these conditions can be treated if they are caught before vision loss occurs. However, vision loss is usually not reversible once it has begun. This is why it is so important to encourage your loved ones and friends to get an eye exam. Contact Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan to schedule an appointment today.
Conjunctival melanoma is a rare type of cancer that affects the eye. It often appears as a brown or pink spot on the white of the eye. The lesion is painless and, as such, is often dismissed by patients until it changes in size, shape, or color. Upon examination, it may potentially be misdiagnosed as a conjunctival nevus – a benign pigmented lesion more akin to a freckle.
Lesions associated with conjunctival melanoma are often supplied with nutrients by prominent blood vessels and can vary greatly in size. For many patients, the lesion can be monitored by an ophthalmologist two to three times each year to ensure it remains stable. In some cases, the lesions can invade deeper into the orbit or metastasize to different parts of the body. If the mass invades the orbit, surgical removal of the eye – called enucleation – may be necessary. Approximately half of all patients with conjunctival melanoma will have a recurrence of the ocular lesion and 1 in 4 will experience metastasis to another area of the body. Most commonly, the cancer spreads to the brain, liver, lungs, or specific lymph nodes in the head and neck.
While incidence of conjunctival melanoma is rare, it is essential that any lesions on the eyes or lids should be checked by an ophthalmologist. It is important for everyone to have routine visits with your eye doctor to ensure optimum eye health. Contact Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey, the leading ophthalmologists in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan for an appointment today.
Do you see an array of colors when you look at bright lights? Do you have trouble driving at night due to glare from oncoming headlights? If so, it is time to get your eyes checked. When patients struggle with glare and rainbows, it is often because the light coming into their eyes is not being focused correctly. The two main parts of the eye that are responsible for focusing light are the cornea and the lens. The cornea is the clear front of the eye and provides approximately 67% of the eyes ability to focus light. The lens, which is embedded deep in the eye, provides the remaining refractive power.
When the cornea is scratched, swollen, or overly dry it is unable to focus light as efficiently as it normally would, which can result in patient’s seeing rainbows around lights. More commonly, the cause of glare and rainbows stems from cataracts. A cataract is an aging change in which the lens of the eye becomes yellow and cloudy. As the cataract worsens, the lens becomes less able to focus light and glare is often one of the first symptoms people notice. The vast majority of people will develop cataracts at some point in their lifetime. There is currently no known method of prevention. Fortunately, cataract surgery is a quick, safe, and relatively straightforward procedure that boasts a 98% success rate.
If you’ve noticed changes in your vision and think you may have a cataract, schedule an appointment with Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey Michigan’s Leading Eye Care Physicians in Bloomfield Hills to have your eyes evaluated.
Grosinger, Spigelman, and Grey Eye Surgeons (“GSG”) specializes in refractive cataract surgery. We carefully evaluate each eligible case and offer the latest technologies available to improve our patients’ lives. Since FDA approval in August of 2019, we have been offering the Alcon Panoptix trifocal lens to patients interested in increasing their independence from glasses after cataract surgery, and our patients have been enjoying excellent results and much more freedom from glasses following surgery.
Before the Panoptix lens was available, reducing a patient’s reliance on glasses after cataract surgery involved certain compromises. We needed to determine which of the three available “distances of vision” were a priority to the patient, then we would choose a lens to fill that need. Our best options were to either choose a lens for both far away vision (road signs) and intermediate vision (computer monitors), or a lens optimized for far away vision and for near vision (phones). At the time, we could only offer lenses that helped reduce glasses dependence in two out of these three distances of vision. Since we started using the Panoptix lens, our patients have been able to enjoy the full range of distances without needing to make those compromises.
It is important to remember, however, that while Panoptix represents a major step forward in our ability to help patients obtain independence from glasses for most of their lives, there is no technology currently available that will restore the vision we all enjoyed in our youth. We always tell patients that even if they choose the Panoptix lens, they should expect to be glasses free for only approximately 80-90% of their lives, and to still expect some reliance on low powered readers in specific situations, for example, reading small print on medication bottles.
Like all our premium lens options, for these technologies to work optimally, patients will need careful evaluations to ensure that they are good candidates. At GSG, every cataract patient undergoes a thorough eye exam and many forms of testing prior to being considered for cataract surgery, sometimes requiring multiple rounds of measurements in order to maximize accuracy in determining which lens is the right choice for that particular patient. GSG takes pride in achieving the best possible results for all our patients and want to do everything in our power to help our patients see better.
The feedback GSG has received in 2020 alone suggest that our patients have been extremely satisfied with the Panoptix lens thus far, and as a result, our practice has become one of the leading users of Panoptix lenses in the Midwest. For those interested in maximizing their freedom from glasses after cataract surgery, we have found this lens to be a great option. Contact Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey for an appointment to see if you are a candidate.
LASIK is a popular procedure we use to reduce or eliminate reliance on glasses. With new advancements in laser technology, LASIK surgery is even better. It can now be customized based on factors other than just your eyeglasses prescription. New measurements and enhanced lasers take into account higher order refractive errors to provide a more precise reshaping of the cornea. What does this mean for you? Patients who undergo customized LASIK surgery are even more likely to achieve a visual acuity of 20/20 after surgery when compared to those who underwent traditional LASIK. Some even attain vision better than 20/20!
Customizations in LASIK also take into account more than just your vision as it is measured in the office. Even with “perfect” vision, patients may still complain of issues like glare in bright sunlight or halos around headlights while driving at night. These are known as “higher-order aberrations” and are not taken into account with traditional LASIK. With the latest, most technologically advanced lasers, these higher order refractive errors can be corrected during your customized LASIK procedure to ensure your sharpest possible vision.
If you are considering LASIK surgery, ask us if a customized LASIK procedure might be right for you. Still wondering if LASIK is for you? Take our quiz to find out and contact Grosinger, Spigelman & Grey in Bloomfield Hills for an appointment.
