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When it comes diagnosing and treating eye diseases, you can count on us at Palisade Eye. Glaucoma, cataracts, and diabetic retinopathy are just three examples of common conditions that can lead to eye damage and/or loss of vision. Fortunately, our ophthalmology office in Hoboken can address these problems and either prevent serious consequences entirely or stop the worst of them from occurring.
Glaucoma, in which your eye pressure increases to an unsafe level, is due to an imbalance between the amount of fluid your eyes produce and the amount that they drain. Something as simple as that can lead to a lot of complications, including optic nerve damage and vision loss. Complete blindness is a very real possibility if it is not addressed in a timely manner. In fact, glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. Risk factors include facial trauma, scarring, and inflammation, but in many instances, glaucoma presents and progresses without any warning signs until it has reached an advanced stage. Our ophthalmology office in Hoboken can treat mild to moderate cases with special eye drops. However, sometimes laser treatments or surgery are required in order to correct the imbalance between fluid production and drainage.
Cataracts cloud and blur your vision due to protein buildups on your eye lenses. Early on, they can be treated by our ophthalmology office in Hoboken with eyeglasses or contact lenses. But it's a progressive disease, and eventually you are likely to need cataract surgery. Your natural eye lenses must be removed, which eliminated the cloudy and blurry vision. And with multi-focal lenses, you will be able to focus clearly once again.
If you have type one or type two diabetes, you are prone to diabetic retinopathy, a complication of those diseases. If not managed and treated, diabetic retinopathy can lead to vision loss, and even blindness. There are two types: background and proliferative, which is the more serious of the two. Treatment will always include an attempt to control your blood sugar, but our ophthalmology office in Hoboken can also offer laser treatments to prevent blood from leaking into the eye, and laser surgery to shrink enlarged blood vessels.
By Palisade Eye
May 13, 2016
