Every time I dilate a patient (or the patient declines to be dilated for that matter) I talk about the 3 things that require an immediate call to me: sudden onset flashes of light (like lightening blots across your vision) sudden onset floaters (whether it is a large floater or a swarm of small floaters that obscure your vision) or vision suddenly going...

Echenique wearing protective glasses.  The yellow tint also increase contrast sensitivity! Like so many Americans, I spent the past weekend on the couch, watching every basketball game I could devour.  Imagine my surprise when I the words "retinal detachment" crossed the airways while I was indulging in an optometry-free weekend.  Creighton has since been eliminated from the tournament, but for those of you...

The 18 year old football player whose brain was found to have Alzheimer's type misfolded proteins in his brain after suffering multiple concussions on the field is still on my mind.  See this post for the link.  As an optometrist, I do see patients from time to time that have suffered concussions.  Typically they are getting to my office several weeks to months...