Shore Eye Associates Blog

Charles Bonnet Syndrome Who is Charles Bonnet?  He was a Swiss naturalist, philosopher and biologist (1720-1793), who first described the hallucinatory experiences of his 89-year-old grandfather, who was nearly blind in both eyes from cataracts.   The Charles Bonnet Syndrome is now used to describe simple or complex hallucinations in people who have impaired...

  Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)   When patients come to our office for an eye exam, many times there is testing that we do to help us in diagnosing any problems.  One of these tests is a picture called an Optical Coherence Tomography or OCT.   These pictures are generated by light waves...

What to expect during an eye injection A common in office procedure is an eye injection for treatment of various eye conditions, such as wet macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy or vein occlusion.  It is normal to be anxious prior to your first eye injection but knowing what to expect may alleviate...

Diet and Age Related Macular Degeneration Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of vision loss in people over age 65.  There are 2 types of AMD, wet and dry AMD.  The treatment for wet AMD is injection of medicine into the eye. Currently, there is no treatment for dry AMD but...

Top 4 reasons you need your eyes checked more frequently as you get older. The American Academy of Ophthalmology has recommendations for how often adults need to get their eyes examined.  The recommendations vary according to the level of risk you have for eye disease.For people who are not at elevated...