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Approximately 25,000 to 30,000 Americans develop bacterial keratitis each year, and 24 percent of these patients will develop vision-threatening complications. Risk factors include wearing contact lenses, a weakened immune system, eye trauma/injury, and problems with eye tearing. Symptoms Symptoms...

Diagnosing infections in minutes to hours – that is the goal of the Infectious Disease Institute. Directed by Michael Gilmore, PhD, and Associate Directors James Chodosh, MD, MPH, and Marlene Durand, MD, the Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) was established in 2014 to improve the diagnosis and...

Recent advancements in refractive surgery technology have rapidly expanded options for patients with vision impairment due to myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism. Currently, about 600,000 people have laser vision correction each year, and this volume largely correlates with consumer confidence and...

What is Nonorganic Vision Loss? Nonorganic vision loss (NVL)—previously known as functional or hysterical vision loss—is subjective vision loss that does not comport with a recognized pathologic process. Prevalence Some reports suggest that approximately 10% of neuroophthalmic patients may have NVL...

Tests for Bilateral Vision Loss Optokinetic response: Eliciting an optokinetic response is helpful if the reported visual acuity (VA) loss is severe and binocular. Optokinetic nystagmus is difficult to suppress and requires a VA of at least 20/400 in one eye. Navigating skills: When very poor VA is...

In this issue of eye Insights, we highlight two treatments for the management of strabismus: botulinum toxin and adjustable sutures. Learn about indications for their use, techniques to incorporate them into your practice, and outcomes. Inside: Message From the Editor-in-Chief What is Strabismus...

Strabismus is misalignment of the eyes. It is described by the direction of the misalignment: esotropia (inward) exotropia (outward) hypertropia (upward) hypotropia (downward) The causes of strabismus in children and in adults are varied and include: • A third, fourth, or sixth cranial nerve palsy•...

Checkpoint inhibitors are becoming more widely used in the management of cancer, so it is important for the ophthalmologist to examine the medication list carefully in a patient with new-onset uveitis. Uveitis Associated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Immune checkpoint inhibitors are used...

In this issue of e ye Insights, we discuss how vision rehabilitation can help your patients maximize the use of their remaining vision and improve the overall quality of their lives. In this issue: Maximizing Vision: From the Editor-in-Chief Low Vision Overview Who Can Benefit From Vision...

Dear Colleagues, As clinicians, we are often faced with patients whose vision we cannot improve any further by medical or surgical treatment. These patients have low vision, a condition that is predicted to affect more than 5 million people in the United States by the year 2030. Chronic vision...