| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| dilated eyes | 11/21/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: I have a somewhat unusual question. My face is somewhat blotchy the way it is, but after my eyes are ...
A: You could be sensitive to the dilating drops as they have a 'anticholinergic' side effect of ...
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| Significant overcorrection | 11/20/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: Axelrod, I recently went back to wearing contacts after a 3 year break. During my fitting, my new ...
A: Something isn't right if your right eye is blurry. While it may be true that it takes a little while ...
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| mucus on eye ball | 11/20/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: notice a mucus film on my eyeball tried to move it withfinger and washed with water it want move . ...
A: If this is truly mucus, it will go with a wash or even blinking. Safe ver the counter eye drops ...
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| eyes | 11/19/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: i have a white haze at the top of color on each eye and vision is blured up close
A: It is best to get examined for your symptoms. Reading close up changes as you age so it could only ...
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| Elongated Pupil(s) | 11/19/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: Today my eye exam revealed that I have elongated pupil(s). My eye doctor said come see her right ...
A: I would have thought you would have noticed your elongated pupils in the past as they are usually ...
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| inside corner of left eye | 11/18/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: Can you tell me why my left eye gets extremely red in the inside corner? There is a red rectangle, ...
A: It is hard to tell from the description what is going on. It is easy to say that that part of the ...
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| vitreous detachment and excercise | 11/17/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I was seeing the flashing line and some floaters and was diagnosed by opthamologist with PVD ...
A: Ideally, this would be answered by a retinal specialist. yes, during the transient time when the ...
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| COLOR LENSES | 11/17/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I would like to know the best color lens in the market actually, the most natural, the most ...
A: there are many brands, but ones from Bausch and Lomb, Johnson and Johnson are more popular due to ...
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| Pigmentation | 11/17/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: My question is: Is there any way of preventing or treating the brown pigmentation of the skin ...
A: Please speak with a skin specialist to give you some pigment reducer cream for the same. Also, when ...
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| removing crystalens | 11/16/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: my mother just had cataract surgery on her left eye. I got the crystalens for her. I read now on the ...
A: No. This is not required at all. Crystalens is an excellent lens. The visual expectation of the ...
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| Cornea Scratch from Dog | 11/16/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: My husband was playing with our six month old puppy this morning, and the puppy accidentally ...
A: A corneal scratch would actually be very painful and also give blurred vision. What seems to have ...
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| Contacts/dizziness | 11/15/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I did a science fair experiment last year pertaining to if dizziness could be affected by wearing a ...
A: The eye is just a passage to the brain for 'seeing' through the visual pathway. If the visual ...
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| dark spot in eye | 11/15/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Sir, My friend has a dark spot in his right eye,touching his eyeball. Last time i noticed, it ...
A: Any change in size, shape nature of a spot anywhere in the body needs evaluation. If in Mumbai, we ...
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| muscle under eye twitching | 11/15/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I've read the others stories about being on the computer for a long period of time and that being ...
A: yes, compuetrs do stress the eyes...unfortunately we cannot do without them. One needs frequent ...
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| contacts | 11/13/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I had a cataract removed fron left eye in April 09 - am wearing a toric lens in my left eye now - ...
A: Not really. long term use makes your muscles kind of get used to seeing through a more powerful ...
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| ocular hypertension | 11/13/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Shroff, I had my visit 3 weeks ago with my opthamoligist. The Dr. performed all test for my exam,{at ...
A: Absolutely. Glaucoma does not mean loss of vision, it is 'loss' only if not controlled. You have ...
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| Cataract !!!! | 11/13/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I just wanted to ask you about the post cataract operation that one has to take ? Many people say ...
A: Please read more about cataract on www.shroffeye.org Precautions after cataract are fairly simple ...
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| Contact lens axis availability | 11/13/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: My current contact lens prescription has an axis of 80 in one eye and 90 in the other. My glasses ...
A: yes, a slight change in axis can affect your clarity of vision. Best would be to consult the perosn ...
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| Contact Lens Overwear | 11/12/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Shroff, I am 27 years old, got my first pair of glasses (for myopia) when I was 6, and have worn ...
A: The description that you have sent is elaborate, however in absence of any eye examination or ...
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| dark ring around iris | 11/12/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I have a middle school student who has a dark ring around both irises. I'm wondering if I need to ...
A: If not got a thorough eye check till date with an eye surgeon then best to see one. As it is ...
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| ocular hypertension | 11/12/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Shroff, I had my visit 3 weeks ago with my opthamoligist. The Dr. performed all test for my exam,{at ...
A: Nothing to be concerned about. You seem to have also responded well to the basic line of treatment. ...
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| contact prescription differences | 11/12/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: I had my annual eye exam yesterday and the doctor said my prescription changed just slightly...from ...
A: You don't say how old you are and age makes a difference. Usually if not too old a .25 too ...
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| Eye redness & sore | 11/12/2009 | Dr. Margaret Placentra Johnston, OD |
Q: I got an eye sore on both of my eyes and I got headache as well due to the fresh paint and varnish I ...
A: Wow - I am having a hard time understanding what you mean by an "eye sore." If there is actual ...
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| Optical measurements | 11/11/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I would like to order glasses online but they required information for OD-SPH, OD-CYL, OD-AXIS, ...
A: OD is the right eye and OS is the left eye the -3.5 is the power you have ...DS is the Dioptres ...
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| Estropia vs Amblyopia | 11/11/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I went to two pediatric ophthalmologists. She was referred by pediatrician after my husband stated ...
A: It is possible that you may be having accomodative esotropia. This needs to be thoroughly evaluated ...
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| I just got my first pair of glasses and now I feel cross-eyed when I take them off. | 11/10/2009 | Dr. Margaret Placentra Johnston, OD |
Q: I am 26 years old. I recently had my first eye exam. I always thought I had very good vision until ...
A: Seeing that your Rx is significant, and you never wore glasses before, I would expect you to have ...
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| Poked in eye | 11/9/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: my daughter got poked in the eye at daycare- although i did not see this or was told about it i saw ...
A: Usually with a definite history of a poke or injury it is advisable to see an ophthalmologist. ...
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| 8 year old with eye pain | 11/9/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: My daughter had her first routine eye exam 3 days ago. When the exam was complete she started crying ...
A: The dilating drops sometimes can cause a reaction, but this settles down without causing any concern ...
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| CONTACT LENSES - problems | 11/9/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Can wearing contact lenses (the kind that has a prescription that you can wear everyday and that are ...
A: The contact lenses only affect the surface of the eyes and reducing oxygen at a great level may ...
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| EYE DROP | 11/9/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I would like to change my colour eyes frown brown to hazel. Isnīt there any eye drop for there?ISnīt ...
A: Unfortunately there is one. In fact you will find some similar queries in the archive and also one ...
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| eye issues | 11/9/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: a year ago I had an extreme headache and was told it was a migraine. Since then my left eye will ...
A: One needs to look into the resons why your eye continues to be dilated...a good option would be to ...
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| Eye is closed due to unkown | 11/9/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: my girlfriend has been dealing with her eye for the las few days. I have noticed her using tweezers ...
A: sorry not to answer sooner. By now I hope she has seen a doctor to have it checked. It sounds like ...
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| Converting Toric to non-toric | 11/8/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: Axelrod, I am 22 years old, and I have astigmatism, but would like to order non toric because they ...
A: It's one thing to mathematically answer your question as far as power goes, but other factors come ...
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| red spot in vision | 11/7/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Yesterday, I had a sudden red spot appear in the line of vision in my right eye. I red splotch... ...
A: You seem to be on the right track. This bleed can happen in anyone, called retinal haemorrhage. ...
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| eye exam | 11/7/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: I'm in my 50's and wear both soft contact lenses and glasses (not at the same time) and am scheduled ...
A: It depends on the doctor's preference and the contacts. If the contacts are in good condition and ...
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| Lightheaded | 11/6/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: iam a 28 yo male, i experience a headache and lightheaded after taking a known eye vitamin for 2 ...
A: This may be co incidental or something to do with the tablets not agreeing, but nothing to do with ...
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| dialation | 11/6/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I had a cataract (len Implant) three weeks ago, still my pupil is dialated, sometime difficult to ...
A: The drops or gel of Cyclopentonate is a dilatingeye drop/ gel so the symptoms you face are a result ...
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| glaucoma | 11/6/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: You are a very busy person. I am afraid, You will not answer my so many questions. But you are a ...
A: Chronic OPEN ANGLE glaucoma and narrow anterior chamber angle cannot go together !! They are ...
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| glaucoma | 11/6/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: You are a very busy person. I am afraid, You will not answer my so many questions. But you are a ...
A: In general you need to know the current glasses prescription, but it doesn't have to be perfect. Of ...
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| eye impairment a cause of migraines? | 11/5/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I am 26 and have experienced migraines for as long as I can remember, though luckily they had been ...
A: Firstly if you use the computers for long hours, then I hope you are sitting correctly in fron t of ...
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