LASIK is a safe and efficacious refractive surgery procedure. It is also the most prevalent of all refractive eye surgery techniques. With such overwhelming prominence, LASIK is often believed to be a panacea for all refractive anomalies. Therefore, the expectation of patients undergoing LASIK is unduly high. But LASIK is a surgical procedure and it?s [...]
When many hear the word surgery, they automatically think of a lot of pain and possible complications. Is that also what you think about LASIK eye surgery? Think again.
The eye is one of the most sensitive areas of the body, which possibly enhances the fact that many may consider the surgery to be somewhat risky. [...]
It is true that laser eye surgery is a safe and efficacious procedure for correcting a host of visual anomalies. However, as with any surgical procedure, refractive surgery has potential side effects or complications. Complications due to laser eye surgery may be classified into four categories ? preoperative, intra-operative, early postoperative, and late postoperative. Peruse [...]
MSD?s can range from general aches and pains to more serious problems. Medical practitioners do recommend that all the users who use computers regularly should report signs and symptoms as early as possible to prevent serious injury or permanent damage. The most commonly noticed signs and symptoms of MSD associated with computer use [...]
As with any surgery, LASIK has a few complications. Scientific studies conducted in the late 1990s depicted that a meager 5% of LASIK eye surgeries resulted in some sort of complication. However, expert eye surgeons claim that the complication rate drops well below 1% if the patient is thoroughly examined prior to the surgery, so [...]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new custom lasik procedure in September of 2005. This new procedure can now treat many patients who were previously ineligible for the surgery.
Nearsightedness
Nearsightedness occurs when the eye is too long and light rays focus in front of the retina, instead of focusing on the retina. Some of [...]
Although LASIK surgery is often performed with no problem, just like with any other surgery there are risks involved. LASIK is, for the most part, a safe procedure as long as you are working with an experienced doctor. Like anything else, practice makes perfect. The more times your doctor has performed this [...]
LASIK laser eye surgery is a procedure where the shape of the cornea is permanently changed to reduce reliance on glasses or contacts. In a large percentage of cases the patient will end up with 20/20 vision even after having a very strong glasses or contacts prescription.
Note: as with any medical procedure different patients [...]
Dan liked to party. He loved to have friends over and live it up, with music and chit chat. But, Dan had a serious problem.
He drank heavily. He consumed at least 80 ounces- two bottles a week– of alcohol. Hard stuff! He had been doing this for many years. But, [...]
If you’ve watched the TV series “The West Wing”, you are no doubt familiar with the story of President Bartlett keeping from the public that he had multiple sclerosis while he was running for office. The show touched on the basics of the disease and for the most part tried to give us some [...]
