Horizon Eye Care. More than 4 in 10 Americans have myopia, which lets us see things clearly up close but fuzzily at a distance. We fix that problem with glasses or contact lenses and forget about it. But a small percentage of us are born with high myopia, a potentially more serious issue. It can create a new... Read More The post High Myopia and Associated Retinal Complications appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more

Horizon Eye Care. Five years ago, ophthalmologists might have been able to offer nothing more specific than a clinical suspicion that a patient had an inherited retinal disease. With treatment theoretical at best, genetic testing cost-prohibitive, both doctors and patients found their interactions demoralizing. Since then, researchers have developed free and readily accessible genetic panels to help diagnose... Read More The post Inherited Retinal Disease and Gene Therapy appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more

Horizon Eye Care. A breakthrough drug called Syfovre – the first approved by the FDA for dry macular degeneration – offers relief from the dry form of age related macular degeneration, or AMD. Syfovre specifically treats geographic atrophy (GA), a form of dry macular degeneration that results over time in extreme central vision loss. Age-related macular degeneration remains... Read More The post Some Sufferers from Dry AMD Finally May Get Medical Help with Syfovre appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more

Horizon Eye Care. Without your retinas, you couldn’t have sight. This layer of tissue half a millimeter thick – less than two-hundredths of an inch – lines the back of the eye. Its millions of light-sensing nerve cells, called rods and cones because of their shapes, convert light into electrical impulses; the optic nerve sends those to the... Read More The post Why Our Retinas Are Integral To Vision: They Convert Light Into Sight appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more

Horizon Eye Care. Say you have retinal issues and come to Horizon Eye Care multiple times a year. Perhaps you’re older, as people with retinal problems tend to be, or have mobility issues. Wouldn’t you prefer a private office just inside the front door of the facility, one with a wide automatic door, low-light waiting area and plenty... Read More The post Horizon Opens Separate Retina Center at Cotswold Location appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more

Horizon Eye Care. Macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss among older Americans. As baby boomers age and our older population grows, we expect the condition to become more prevalent. Collectively, the doctors at Horizon Eye Care pride ourselves on staying ahead of medical trends to best serve our patients. That being said, to combat... Read More The post AMD: Early Detection Is Key To Maintaining Good Visual Acuity appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more

Horizon Eye Care. Diabetics face unique challenges from the day they’re diagnosed, including closely monitoring blood glucose levels and maintaining healthy diets. Routine screening is essential as some problems can sneak up without symptoms. Most often, an eye doctor diagnoses diabetic retinopathy, or damage to the thin light-sensitive nerve layer inside the eye. And frequently the patient is... Read More The post Diabetic Retinopathy: Collaboration is Key appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more

Horizon Eye Care. That’s your retina, a membrane less than half a millimeter thick. It’s full of photoreceptor cells called rods and cones that send information to your optic nerve: 75 to 150 million rods relay shapes in black-and-white, while 7 million cones transmit information about color. When the retina’s damaged, those cells can’t do their job. If... Read More The post Your Retina: A Thin Line Between Light and Darkness appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more

Horizon Eye Care. Almost anyone who suffers a blow to the face and sees constant flashes of light is smart enough to consult an eye doctor quickly. But eye trauma sometimes results in a subtle, long-term injury that slowly and painlessly threatens sight. What Is Eye Trauma? Most of us think of trauma as something obvious. An elbow... Read More The post Eye Trauma Can Be Blunt Or Sneaky, But It’s Dangerous Either Way appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more

Horizon Eye Care. Horizon Eye Care, consistently confirmed by peers as the most trusted eye practice in Charlotte, is now open in the one of the city’s most popular locations. Horizon’s new full-service, multi-specialty location features a state-of-the-art facility that includes 8,300 square feet of medical space. The staff at Waverly consists of four ophthalmologists, one pediatric ophthalmologist... Read More The post Waverly Location Now Open appeared first on Horizon Eye Care ..read more