Ocular toxoplasmosis and histoplasmosis both produce inflammatory chorioretinal lesions and, in some cases, sight-threatening complications. To reduce ocular morbidity, clinicians need to be alert for these diseases.
Ocular toxoplasmosis, an inflammatory disease caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is the most common cause of posterior uveitis.1,2
The optical laboratory business has transformed from a craft to an industry in a relatively short time.
My grandfather founded Sutherlin Optical Lab in 1939, while the country was still mired in the Great Depression. He had been the most skilled lens maker in a local optical lab, but the hard-pressed owners first forced him to train his replacement and then let him go so that they could hire someone less expensive.
My experience with Sunrise Hyperion laser thermokeratoplasty turned out surprisingly positive for both me and my patients.
Although the technology ultimately failed in the marketplace, my experience with the Sunrise Hyperion laser thermokeratoplasty (LTK) system was very positive. We may not have gotten what we had hoped for, but no harm was done, and patients (myself among them) benefited and learned from the experience.
New daily disposable toric contact lenses like the 1-DAY ACUVUE® MOIST® for ASTIGMATISM are changing the way we prescribe contact lenses for astigmats.
Astigmats—and particularly low cylinder astigmats—have not always had good contact lens options. In one large study of spectacle lens prescriptions almost half (47%) had cylinder correction of 0.75 D or more in at least one eye.1
