Archive for March 2025

In the October 2024 edition of JAMA Ophthalmology, Jason Smith and colleagues published a study about dementia and visual impairment. There are many studies of this type, which leads us to believe that improving vision/preventing vision loss is very important in patients with dementia or at risk for dementia. The most common thing I do…

Some patients have very bad dry eye issues. Some patients have related issues caused by other diseases that affect the surface of the eyeballs. One of the possible treatments for problems on the ocular surface is called “serum tears.” What are serum tears? They are drops made out of the patient’s blood. No, really! The…

There are certain types of tears of the eye for which the term used is “dialysis,” such as retinal dialysis and iridodialysis. These terms are not really related to the bloodstream or the kidney. The Greek word “dialysis” means something akin to separating. When there is a tear in the edge of a tissue, it…

I frequently tell patients with inflammation in the eye that their inflammation can recur, especially if they decrease their anti-inflammatory medications too quickly. Dr. James Brodie and colleagues published an article in the November 2024 edition of the journal Ophthalmology about eye inflammation. They specifically looked at one type of eye inflammation called acute anterior…

Can a cataract grow back? The short answer is “no.” A true cataract will not grow ever again in an eye that has had its cataract removed. We put artificial lenses in the eye after removing cataracts, and it IS possible for a membrane to develop behind the artificial lens. This membrane actually grows on…