by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Nov 8, 2022 | Optical News
It’s November: Time to shine a light on how diabetes impacts your eyes during Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month. Did you know that diabetes often affects a patient’s vision? And that uncontrolled diabetes is a top cause of blindness for people aged 74...
by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Oct 20, 2022 | Optical News
What are Eye Floaters? If you haven’t yet experienced floaters in the eye, it’s understandable that you may be puzzled about what they are and what they look like. However, as you age, floaters become more common. You will get used to seeing an oddly...
by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Oct 6, 2022 | Optical News
Why Retinal Detachment is an Eyecare Emergency Your retina is the extremely light-sensitive nerve tissue at the back of your eye that enables your eye to focus and see. The retina captures and processes incoming light and images, then passes that information to the...
by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Sep 22, 2022 | Optical News
In our offices and around the country, optometrists are seeing a significant—and disturbing—new trend: more and more patients are presenting with myopia, or nearsightedness. People with myopia can see close-up objects clearly, but objects at a distance...
by Appalachian Eye Care - Princeton & Giles | Sep 8, 2022 | Optical News
Are you the parent of a college student or a new college student yourself? It’s a big responsibility! College days are full of excitement and learning. Sometimes you learn in a classroom, and sometimes you learn things from friends in a dorm or other social...
