SUBSCRIBE Can You Eat Garlic If You Have Diabetes? Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — Written by Daniela Ginta — Updated on May 29, 2020 Benefits Risks and warnings Tips and tricks Supplements Takeaway The basics People who have diabetes are unable to produce enough insulin or use the insulin their body does produce in an efficient manner....
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Headaches and your eyes
How a Headache Can Affect Your Eyes and Vision By Troy Bedinghaus, OD Medically reviewed by Diana Apetauerova, MD on September 08, 2020 Have you ever had a headache that affected your vision? Sometimes a headache can cause pain around your eyes, even though the headache is not associated with a vision problem. On the other hand, a headache...
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Extended wear contact lenses: Are they safe?
Want to wake up with clear vision instead of searching for your glasses every time your alarm rings? If so, extended wear contact lenses might be the right choice for you. In general, contact lenses can be categorized into two types, based on how long they are approved to be worn before being removed: Daily...
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Foods that lower blood sugar
When a person has diabetes, either their body does not produce enough insulin, or it cannot use the insulin correctly, so glucose accumulates in the blood. High levels of blood glucose can cause a range of symptoms, from exhaustion to heart disease. One way to control blood sugar is to eat a healthful diet. Generally,...
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Eye Diseases in Africa
Blindness is a major public health problem in African because of the sheer number of people so afflicted. Economic survival is a struggle for the average, non-handicapped person in a developing country. The burden of blindness is therefore a major added frustration to the individual’s economic independence and social development. Eye care delivery has not...
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Bandage Contact Lenses
The Case for Bandage Soft Contact Lenses A primer on the use of these therapeutic lenses to serve and protect the corneas of our patients. By Susan Gromacki, O.D., M.S., F.A.A.O. The concept of a protective eye bandage originated in the first century A.D., when Celsus reportedly applied a honey-soaked linen to the site of...
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Ocular Trauma
Eye Injuries Eye Trauma Eye trauma refers to damage caused by a direct blow to the eye. The trauma may affect not only the eye, but the surrounding area, including adjacent tissue and bone structure. There are many different forms of trauma, varying in severity from minor injury to medical emergencies. Even in cases where...
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Light and your eyes
Explore the latest research regarding bright lights and retina damage, and how to properly protect your eyes. Parents will often tell children not to stare at the sun. This is good advice, since permanent retinal damage occurs after staring for just a few minutes! This is called solar retinopathy. Lasers and very bright industrial lights...
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Transposition of ophthalmic lenses
Transposition by Andrew Othuke Akpeli Introduction / definition According to Efe (2012) transposition as the process of changing a lens prescription from one form to another equivalent form without changing the value i.e. it is also to rewrite the expression of its power without actually changing its value. It can also be define as the act...
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What Is Type 2 Diabetes?
Type 2 Diabetes What Is Type 2 Diabetes? Type 2 diabetes is a lifelong disease that keeps your body from using insulin the way it should. People with type 2 diabetes are said to have insulin resistance. People who are middle-aged or older are most likely to get this kind of diabetes. It used to be called adult-onset...
