Blogs
Dr. Cynthia P. Nix, corneal disease specialist at West Georgia Eye Care, reporting on a common malady that could concern all of us: “Shingles of the eye and orbit is called Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO). It is caused by reactivated chicken pox virus, called Zoster, along a nerve distribution causing a painful skin rash…. Read More
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“Seeing stars” is a mythic symptom or lovesickness (or migraine). But have you ever experienced a very non-magical twinkling in your eyes, in the form of floaters or flashes? Visual floaters often look like black pepper spots or squiggly lines, while light flashes (technically known as photopsias) look something like fireworks or starbursts. Be assured, this… Read More
West Georgia Eye Care Center was founded by specialists. In 1951, our inaugural year, one elite medical specialty was the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat (EENT). That is how this blogger had her own tonsils removed by Dr. Floyd Jarrell, and her first contact lenses fit by his… Read More
Award-winning, bestselling novelist Chaim Potok has written that an artist must be curious, always asking questions of his environment: “he must somehow learn to see during the blinks, he must see where no one else can see, he must see the connections, the betweennesses in the world.” ** A good physician, like a good artist,… Read More
Roses are red, violets are blue, iLASIK is sweet and so are you! Consider iLASIK as a gift that will remind your sweetheart every day of your love and devotion. Vintage valentine cards (like those below) often used eye-themed messages to express romantic notions, and newly found freedom from glasses and contact lenses through iLASIK… Read More
I know it is hard to understand, but sometimes painful things like this happen. It’s all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It’s all part of taking a chance and exploring man’s horizons. The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the… Read More
According to the last U.S. census, 1 in 4 Americans are between the ages of 45 and 65. What do they all have in common? Age-related eye changes. Billions of pairs of reading glasses are sold each year to allow patients to regain the focus they’ve lost in the aging eye change called presbyopia. Of… Read More
January is a month for goal-setting. If you’re on the lookout for a worthwhile pursuit, why not consider freedom from glasses and contact lenses in 2016? Last week, we introduced you to a patient who met that goal with iLASIK. But did you know that, for many patients, advanced cataract surgery can accomplish that goal, too? Linda… Read More
When you feel good, you look good. It radiates from inside. -Mary Lawson, iLASIK patient Happy New Year from West Georgia Eye Care Center! According to most dictionary definitions, the word “new” can be used to describe things not seen before. New flares and shades of color in a sunset. Shades you’ve… Read More
