Archive for month: June, 2021

Are you having increasing difficulty focusing on books, magazines, or digital screens? Perhaps you find yourself holding newspapers or restaurant menus further away from your face in order to see the small print clearly? If this sounds familiar and you are around the age of 40, then your vision issues may be due to presbyopia.

Presbyopia is age-related near vision loss that results in difficulty seeing up close. It is not a disease, but rather a progressive vision condition that occurs as a natural result of aging. At first, you may just notice your eyes feeling tired or strained when reading. Then you may begin to hold things further away from your face. If you are nearsighted, you may find yourself removing your regular glasses in order to read. Over time though, presbyopia is the reason that people over a certain age often find themselves reaching for reading glasses or bifocals.

What Causes Presbyopia?

Presbyopia happens because a gradual change in size and loss of elasticity in the eye’s natural lens causes an issue with refraction within the eye. Refraction refers to the way in which light passes through the cornea on the front of the eye to the retina in the back of the eye. When the eye’s lens stiffens, it grows larger, light is no longer focused on the retina properly, and this makes it more difficult to focus on objects at a close distance.

Who Are Prone to Presbyopia?

Everyone is at risk of developing presbyopia once they reach their late 30’s or early 40’s. Presbyopia is universal across genders, ethnicities, and other demographics. In fact, everyone will eventually experience some degree of presbyopia. People will experience the loss of near vision at different rates which can cause some to notice it earlier than others, and that is why some people do not seek out presbyopia treatment until their 50’s or later.

Symptoms of Presbyopia

• You notice eye strain earlier than you used to when reading or performing up-close tasks
• Words and details are blurry at distances at which you used to be able to see clearly
• You feel tired or suffer headaches after reading or working on things at a close distance
• Books, magazines, newspapers, and electronics must be held further away in order to focus.
• You increase light to gain a slight improvement in focus

How Do I Know if I Have Presbyopia?

If you suspect you have presbyopia, you should see our experienced ophthalmologists confirm the diagnosis and monitor your eye health. Our eye doctors can recommend treatments to help you improve your vision.

Call our Patient Care Lines: (+632) 7-368 5238 l (+63) 917 862 7454 l (+63) 921 217 0517 for inquiries and appointments or talk to our consultants via LiveChat at www.shinagawa.ph so we can address and answer them for you.

Heavy eyelids, burn, and ache, a scratchy feeling in eyes; these are all common symptoms of Dry Eyes. It is a condition in which a person doesn’t have enough quality tears to lubricate and nourish the eye.

As we spend more hours focused on digital screens, our eyes get an exhausting endurance workout that results in dry eyes.

It also occurs due to aging, hormonal changes in women, and as a side effect of certain medications. Wildfires and smoke in high heat threat zones may increase the risk of dry eyes as well.

Dry Eyes make it difficult to read and write or see well while driving. Besides being an annoyance, chronic dry eyes could cause infections and damage the surface of your eyes.

You may have tried everything — opting for glasses instead of contacts and trying over-the-counter remedies. But if your dry eye has gone on for a long time such that your symptoms never go away completely, then it’s best to work with a doctor.

What are some signs that you need to see an eye doctor take care of dry eyes?

You’re using eye drops more often – If you get to the point of using eye drops frequently during the day to find relief, you need to contact an eye doctor. Your doctor can prescribe one based on your underlying cause of dryness.

You often have a blurry vision – It’s obvious when you can’t bend your finger that ‘maybe something is broken,’ but it’s not an apparent association with blurry vision and dry eye disease. But when eyes become too dry, they tend to blur up and feel wacky. Sometimes blinking a few times or applying eye drops could help. Yet if your blurry vision isn’t improving with an OTC product, then consult an eye doctor. They can prescribe eye drops or recommend other treatments.

You are more sensitive to light – With dry eyes, you may experience extreme light sensitivity or photophobia. In photophobia, fluorescent lights, watching TV, sunlight, playing games on a device, or working on a computer can trigger redness, eye pain, and headaches.

Struggles in removing contact lenses – If you have dry eyes and wear contacts, you may feel uncomfortable while wearing them, and it may get difficult to remove them from your eyes. If you struggle to remove your lenses, there is also a risk that your nails could accidentally scratch the surface of your eyes.

Don’t just ignore your dry eyes. Talk to our eye doctor in Shinagawa BGC about your symptoms so that they can suggest the treatment that is right for you.

Call our Patient Care Lines: (+632) 7-368 5238 l (+63) 917 862 7454 l (+63) 921 217 0517 for inquiries and appointments or talk to our consultants via LiveChat here on our website.