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What is a diabetic eye exam and why is it important?
Living with diabetes requires careful management of various aspects of your health, and one crucial area that often gets overlooked is eye health. Regular diabetic eye exams are essential…
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Watch out for eye injuries in sports and recreation
Getting hit or poked in the eye can happen while playing sports or doing recreational activities. An eye injury may be painful, but that doesn’t mean it’s vision threatening.…
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Pink eye? Understanding conjunctivitis symptoms
The first time your child wakes up with a puffy, runny or red eye may be alarming. Don’t fear. It’s probably conjunctivitis, or pink eye, a common condition among…
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Is it a bird or a plane? It may be a “floater”
Eyelashes, insects, flocks of geese – all these can be in your eyes. No, not really. But they could be “floaters.” Floaters are not usually bad in your eye,…
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Cancer treatment and vision problems
Can undergoing cancer treatment affect your vision? It may, says a Marshfield Clinic ophthalmologist. “Some cancer drugs can affect your eyes,” said Dr. Daniel Wolner. “For patients receiving cancer…
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Lasik eye surgery: Fixing nearsightedness
Lasik eye surgery is a type of surgery that corrects vision, generally distance vision such as nearsightedness. It uses lasers to remove tissue on the bed of the cornea.…
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Three O’s of eye care
Optometrist, ophthalmologist and optician – each serves a purpose in your eye care. But how do you know which one to see? Dr. Susan Ksiazek, ophthalmologist at Marshfield Clinic…
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Does my child need a pediatric eye exam?
At birth, some children have eye disease from infection, genetics or unknown causes. If undetected, disease could damage a child’s vision.