Understanding Floaters: Causes and Treatment
Understand the various causes and treatment for floaters in your eye. Consult Fraser Valley Cataract and Laser for treatment.
Why are regular glaucoma appointments necessary?
Essential for glaucoma management: Regular appointments ensure early detection and effective treatment.
Diabetes and eye complications: symptoms and treatment options
You might be asking yourself, how do diabetes and eye complications tie in together? High blood sugar can result in severe damage in your eyes. In Canada, diabetes is one of the leading causes of blindness in adults. Since it is a painless disease, this is why you need to see your eye doctor for…
Measles Outbreak in BC: Connecting Measles and Eyesight
With the recent measles outbreak in BC, specifically the Greater Vancouver area, measles awareness has increased dramatically in the past couple of months. With Spring Break coming up, and more families travelling to foreign countries that have lower levels of measles immunization, so we wanted to spotlight the connection between eyesight and measles, especially for…
Eye Safety; Prevent Sports Injury
Do you love to play hockey, squash, baseball or golf? If you play any sport that involves balls, pucks, racquets, sticks or bats, the risk of serious eye injury is very real. In fact, about 40% of eye injuries over the last few decades, are from playing ice hockey, with racquet sports being the second…
Retinal Exams: Early Detection Of Diabetic Retinopathy
What is Diabetic Retinopathy? This is a medical condition caused by diabetes where the tiny blood vessels in the retina are damaged by chronically high blood sugar. This damage causes bleeding, which distorts vision and, eventually, leads to blindness if untreated. This disease affects 80% of the people who have had diabetes for 20 years…
Vancouver’s Winter Can Be Tough For Your Eyes
The winter can be tough for your eyes. For most people, their eye health is probably one of the last things on their mind during the long winter months – but winter eye care is more important than most people realize. Damaging sun reflections off snow and dry indoor air conditions can irritate your eyes…
Playing Outside Can Help Reduce Risk Of Eyesight Trouble In Kids
Remember back in the ‘good ‘ol days’ when our parents would send us outside to play until the sun went down? We were encouraged to play outside to get ‘fresh air’ and likely to get out of their hair while dinner preparations happened. What has happened? With the increase in technology, less school organized sports,…