| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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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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| 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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| kaliedescopic vision | 11/5/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: i had a rather strange episode, my vision in right eye started to go progressively worse, by worse i ...
A: You must still get the eyes checked, but I suspect that the test may come normal, but at least the ...
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| Pain long after eye examination | 11/5/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: I am 56 years old and had a "diabetic" eye examination done about a week ago. There were different ...
A: You didn't really describe the discomfort except to say you still have it. I'm pretty sure it isn't ...
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| red eyes problem | 11/5/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: sir, i got permanently red eyes from 8 month ago.and am too scared about it.i did meet with many ...
A: There could be various reasons for red eyes like allergies, infection, high eye pressure, etc. ...
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| SHRINKING EYE | 11/5/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: My Step-Son was taken to Childrens Hosp. in Phila yesterday c/o severe ha...there was no voimiting ...
A: Very vague in absence of reports, but by just the details you mention, this could be possibly ...
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| air puff eye test | 11/4/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I am 39 years old white female and had an eye exam today to get glasses for driving. I am ...
A: The air puff tests ONLY measures pressure, so if she said that the measurments were not symmetrical ...
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| bulging eye | 11/4/2009 | Dr. Margaret Placentra Johnston, OD |
Q: I'm a 21 year old female. Last night I was taking out my contacts and i noticed that my left eye ...
A: I would avoid use of your contact lenses tomorrow. If the eye is still bulging the next day, and ...
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| air puff eye test | 11/3/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I am 39 years old white female and had an eye exam today to get glasses for driving. I am ...
A: When the eye pressure is recorded as high, a single test does not 'label' you as having Glaucoma. ...
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| kaliedescopic vision | 11/3/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: i had a rather strange episode, my vision in right eye started to go progressively worse, by worse i ...
A: It is a possibility that this could be an aphthalmic migraine. Usually associated with fluctuating ...
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| eye vision | 11/3/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: My 7 yr old son has 6/24 eye vision when tested ,is it a bad condition,is he really needs any ...
A: You definitely need to visit a good ophthalmologist or eye doctor, one who sees children (pediatric ...
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| An unusual question | 11/3/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: What subtle impossibilities might an optometrist notice (without equipment) in an eye that an ...
A: A good optometrist will be able to make out that the person has undergone a cataract surgery or a ...
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| ulsers/contact lenses | 11/2/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I have had dry eyes for most of my life. I have had plugs put in my tearducts. 5 years ago they ...
A: In absence of an eye report and just the basis of your description, it is very difficult for us to ...
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| Red eyes/soreness | 11/2/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: I have been wearing contacts for years, the kind you take out daily. About three weeks ago, I had to ...
A: Possibility that you have a bad allergic reaction or infection. Firstly, do not use the same lenses ...
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| Red Line | 11/2/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Dr. Shroff, This may be a tough question to answer. I am a twenty-three year old healthy male, and ...
A: The vision is usually blurry after the retinal exam and takes upto 2-3 hrs to get back to normal. ...
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| EYE DROP QUESTION | 11/2/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: We live in a world with great advances in technology,medicine... I know reduce melanin in iris ...
A: To change colour of the eyes is still easy...to change it to the colour what you are looking for ...
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| opthalmology | 11/2/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: what is the difference between phthisis bulbi and atrophic bulbi?
A: atrophia bulbi a shrunken end-stage eye that contains recognizable ocular structures. phthisis ...
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| LASER SURGERY TO CHANGE EYE COLOUR | 11/1/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Which is the currently situation of laser surgery to change eye colour? Has been devoloped? When it ...
A: I do not think any FDA approved laser technology is available today to change the colour of the ...
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| Red Line | 11/1/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Dr. Shroff, This may be a tough question to answer. I am a twenty-three year old healthy male, and ...
A: I feel it is best that you do seek an opinion as you may not know if there has been any issue ...
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| Red Line | 10/31/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: Dr. Shroff, This may be a tough question to answer. I am a twenty-three year old healthy male, and ...
A: usually the red spot is like a sub conjunctival haemorrhage which takes a long time to resolve if it ...
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| microphthalmus | 10/31/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: My daughter, Venice Starr, was born October 14th 2009 8:57 am 6lbs. 14oz. 19 1/2 inches long, she ...
A: I know that you are worried and grasping any information you may get along the way regarding your ...
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| Hard spot on eyeball | 10/31/2009 | Mitchell Axelrod |
Q: I have a very small, hard spot on my right eyeball. It showed up as a softer spot about a week ago, ...
A: look at Google Images and search the terms pinguecula, conjunctival cyst, nerve loop of Axenfeld. ...
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| RCE Recurring Chronic Erosion | 10/31/2009 | Dr. Margaret Placentra Johnston, OD |
Q: Treatment for Chronic Eye Erosion.
A: Well, there are a few treatments. At first they usually try heavy use of artificial tears. If that ...
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| Discoloured eye whites. | 10/30/2009 | Dr Anand Shroff, MD, FICS |
Q: so today i haven't really been doing anything out of the norm, and for some reason i have been quite ...
A: This yellowish discoloration commonly happens in Hepatitis or Jaundice. Please visit a physician as ...
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