The Eye Doctors, Local Eye Doctor and Eye Exams in Eden Prairie

Dr. Viker: Cataracts generally cause blurry vision that happens very gradually over time. Patients will typically report that they notice it has gotten harder to see at night or it feels like they are looking through smudged glasses.

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Dr. Viker: The most common symptoms of allergies are red, watery itchy eyes, nasal congestion, and sneezing.

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Dr. Viker: A large part of the examination is finding out what the patient is experiencing and determining the type of dry eye causing the symptoms. We look at the surface of the eye under a microscope to look at the quantity and the quality of the tear film.

Additionally, we examine the eyelids and the glands inside the eyelids to insure they are healthy. Typically, a drop of yellow dye is placed in the eye which helps us look for dry spots on the surface of the eye.

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Glaucoma is a disease process in which pressure builds up inside of the eye and damages the optic nerve. The optic nerve is the nerve that sends the information from your eyes back to your brain. Once the optic nerve is damaged, peripheral or side vision loss occurs.

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Dr. Gustafson: Ultraviolet rays are emitted by the sun and are invisible to the human eye due to their shorter wavelengths. UVA accounts for 95% of the solar radiation that reaches the surface of the Earth and is present during all daylight hours year-round.

UVB rays are more intense than UVA rays and their intensity varies by day and season; they are most intense between April and October and between the hours of 10 AM and 4 PM.

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Yes – there are many advantages to single-use contact lenses! Daily disposables offer the most convenient way to wear contact lenses; patients do not have to utilize disinfecting solutions or contact lens cases since the lenses are thrown away after one use.

In my experience, patients that wear single-use contact lenses benefit from a more comfortable wearing experience. Their lenses feel better throughout the day since they have a fresh, sterile lens every day. Additionally, I rarely see a patient that wears daily disposable lenses have an eye infection.

Daily disposable lenses are the easiest way to wear contact lenses. Patients don’t have to keep track of how old their lenses are, they don’t have to clean the lenses every night, and they don’t have to carry contact lens solution with them when they travel.

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Most people can wear contact lenses successfully.  The age to start wearing contact lenses can vary a bit depending on the patient.  I let parents know that if they have to remind their child to brush their teeth, the child is not yet ready for contact lenses.

There are so many great options in contact lenses that I encourage anyone who is interested in them to have an examination and find out what options are available.  People who have astigmatism or need reading glasses have many new options as do patients who previously have experienced their contact lenses getting too dry to wear comfortably.

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OCT stands for Optical Coherence Tomography. OCT is a specialized scan that utilizes light waves to obtain a cross-sectional image of the retina. It is impossible to see this level of detail directly during an examination, so OCT technology is an excellent way to find eye disease earlier.

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While pink eye is a type of viral eye infection, more commonly patients experience a bacterial eye infection.  When a foreign bacteria or too much bacteria are introduced to the surface of the eye and/or the eyelids, an eye infection can result.  This means that bacteria are living on the surface of the eye in greater quantities than is healthy.

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