Imagine this scene: You are in the kitchen preparing a delicious surprise dinner for your spouse. You start off by chopping up some peppers and throwing them into a pan with some oil to sauté them. As the pan sizzles, a rogue pop sends a drop of hot oil straight towards your eye! Out of […]
Back to school time is here and many families are juggling a lot of activities and shopping in an effort to get ready. Family Eye Care Center is here to help at both their Raleigh location. From now until the end of the month we will be offering patients free lenses with the purchase of […]
Of all our senses, we probably rely on our eyesight the most for nearly everything. In everyone’s desperate attempts to prevent aging or eye degeneration, you may have come across advice from family and friends on how to keep your eyes healthy. Some of this advice may be true, but oftentimes, if you did not […]
It’s more common than you might think for contact lens wearers to make mistakes when it comes to caring for their eyes. While these mistakes may seem insignificant, they can have serious repercussions. One contact lens wearer tragically ended up blind after wearing her contact lenses for six months straight. The amoeba Acanthamoeba Keratitis began […]
Eye health is one of those things that many of us don’t really think about while planning your holiday feast. But since just about everything in our life relies on having accurate vision, it’s safe to say that eating eye health-focused foods should be a priority. Yet that brings the question, what foods actually support […]
Have you ever wondered what happens when you cry? Or, what your tears are made up of? Tears are salty fluids made up of mucus, oil and water. They flow down the surface of the eye and across the face. Tear production is not necessarily a result of crying or of emotional distress. Tears also […]
September is Sports Eye Safety Month, which means that we are focusing on keeping our vision healthy and our eyes protected. It’s estimated that over 40,000 eye injuries related to sports occur every year, and that a whopping 90 percent of these injuries are totally preventable. That’s why we are promoting the awareness of sports […]
Makeup is an amazing way to express yourself and enhance your natural beauty. Eye makeup helps to give your eyes definition. However, when using the same products day after day bacteria can accumulate quickly. If your eye health is important to you, the tips in this article can help you to protect your eyes and […]
Have you heard of Heterochromia? It is a rare condition in which the colors of the eyes are different. The term Heterochromia is obtained from ancient Greek. The word “hetero” indicates different while “chroma” means color. Mostly, it is visible in animals like dogs and cats. However, it can be found in humans as well. […]
BY BROOKE CAIN bcain@newsobserver.com April 25, 2018 04:09 PM Updated April 26, 2018 01:17 PM Featured on The News & Observer The first time Mike Maze noticed something was wrong was in 2010, on a motorcycle ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway. He was in the middle of a deep curve when suddenly he was […]
