Doka Vazquez Eye Center (El Paso, TX)

• Which kind of contact lens can change the color of my eyes?

  There are three types of tinted contact lenses: visibility tinted contact lens, color enhancement contact lenses, and opaque contact lenses. If you want to make your eyes look different, you should choose the opaque contact lenses.

• Why is there dark spot on the back of eye?

  If you have got an eye injury before, the dark spot could be extravasated blood. If the dark spot seems to move when you move your eyes, it could be eye floater. It won't damage your vision.

• Is it normal to get itchy eyes after lasik?

  Yes. It is normal. You can consult with your doctor to see how to treat this problem. Probably you itchy eyes will go away by itself very soon. But you shouldn't rub your eyes after the surgery in case it will cause some other problems.

• What is the difference between pterygium and pinguecula?

  In most cases, pingueculae and pterygia do not have obvious symptoms. However, they have different signs in some cases. Irritation-caused pinguecula make people feel something in the eye and some pingueculae may become swollen and inflamed, a condition named pingueculitis. Differently, some pterygia become red, large or thick. Large and advanced pterygia may cause corneal distortion and astigmatism.

• Can I buy eye drops for infection over the counter?

  Of course you can. I believe there are some eye drops designed to lower high eye pressure. You can go to nearby pharmacy and have a look. Maybe the staff there can give you some suggestion.

• Is there any way to have eye muscles relaxed?

  Eye muscle exercises are generally beneficial to the eyes and eyesight by relaxing eye muscles. A person can train the eyes targeting the ocular muscles. Some sports can help you relax eye muscles such as badminton and pingpong. You need to shift your focus from near to far and in this way the eye muscles can get enough relax.

• What are the symptoms of eye occlusion?

  There are several types of eye occlusion depending on the different location: Branch retinal artery occlusion, Branch retinal vein occlusion, Central Retinal Artery Occlusion, Central Retinal Vein Occlusion. Different type may have different cause and symptom, such as BRAO is usually caused by a small clot. A BRAO can cause a sudden loss of peripheral vision, BRVO can cause a small clot in a retinal vein. CRAO can cause sudden, serious, but painless loss of vision in one eye and CRVO causes mild to severe sudden but painless loss of vision.

• Is there any tips to prevent astigmatism?

  Eat healthy foods which contain much vision-beneficial substances, e.g. vitamin A, vitamin D, lutein and zeaxanthin etc. Fruits and vegetables are widely recommended. Moreover, many eye care practitioners suggest that doing eye exercises every day is helpful in preventing visual refractive errors. Some others even believe their effectiveness on vision improvement.

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