Working From Home and Eye Strain In the event of COVID-19 causing us to stay home, we are using our digital devices more than ever. We are working from home. We are watching the tv to pass time. We are using our digital devices to stay current with major events around the world. Heck, even […]
Simple Tips on Keeping a Strong and Healthy Immune System
Keep your body healthy During these crazy times, it is never been more important to keep our bodies healthy and strong. Having a healthy body allows our natural immune system to fight off infections. As we are staying home to help flatten the curve, we are also being more sedentary and more likely to adopt […]
How Our Eyes Focus Up Close When we are focusing at something near, it is called accommodation. Here’s what happens to our eyes when we are focusing on something at near like our cell phones and computers. This process is called Accommodative Response. Eyes Converges. When viewing something up close, our eyes are pulled in (convergence). […]
Sleeping in Contact Lenses
Sleeping in Contact Lenses It will catch up to you Why do we continue to ignore the FDA, NIH and CDC’s recommendation in regards to eye safety? Do we think we are smarter than the unseen geniuses at those institutes? Or, do we just “brush it off” because we believe we are lucky and think […]
Visual Efficiency In Kids
There’ a difference between seeing and SEEING. What in the world does that mean? Your child could be seeing “fine,” but they may not be seeing efficiently. They are unaware of what clear actually can be, so they are constantly straining. Often times kids are unknowingly “working” to see the prints in the books and/or […]
Itchy and Red Eyes
Eye Allergies Itchy and Red Eyes Eyes On Norbeck: Dr. Chun AuYeung Have you recently: started to rub your eyes (especially with your knuckles)? noticed your contact lenses are more blurry, cloudy, and/or dry? experienced constant eye redness? If you are, then you may be experiencing ocular allergies. It is time to take control of […]
Back To School Time: Vision Screening
Back to School Edition: School’s Vision Screening Dr. Chun AuYeung It is that time of the year…back to school time! Let’s talk a bit about school’s vision screening. The typical school’s vision screening is a quick process where the child reads a set of letters at a distance. Got it right? They pass. Got it […]
Eyes Have 3 Unique Type of Tears
Tears, Tears, Tears Here is an overview of what they are and what they do: Basal Tears These are our normal, everyday, multifunctional tears. They help lubricate and nourish our front surface of the eyes, fight off infections (contains “fighting” cells), and act as a refractive media. These tend to have a […]
