Have headaches taken over your life? Unable to do the activities you love? Or spend time with family and friends? According to the British Journal of Pain, approx. 95% of people have experienced a headache sometime in their life (Weatherall, Mark 2015). For some people, headaches are a part of their everyday life and can …
The term “vision insurance” is commonly used to describe health and wellness plans designed to reduce your costs for eye care. That said, we will use “vision insurance” in this article as a general term to cover wellness and discount plans that offer vision benefits. The big difference between this and major medical insurance policies …
December’s issues of Good Housekeeping and Women’s Day magazines are out and guess who was featured in the Central Illinois subscription issues!?! You guessed it, Bond Eye Associates! This September we began our 40th year of being in business here in Central Illinois and we are so happy to serve such a wonderfully, supportive community. …
Your eye doctor stresses the importance of having vision tests done but your question is why? Glaucoma is a disease that damages your optic nerve. Primary open angle glaucoma is when the eye does not drain fluid like it should. As a result, eye pressure builds up causing high pressure and damages the optic nerve. …
I covered my face to avoid the headlights of cars as we drove to the hospital. Who ever heard of going to the ER for “pink eye”? But there I was in the busy waiting room. I thought to myself “I have never been in a room with such terrible lighting.” white florescent lights, glaring. …
Stress can cause a condition called Central Serous Chorioretinopathy, commonly referred to as the CSC is condition in which fluid accumulates under the retina. CSC is only one of many diseases that causes fluid to accumulate in the retina. CSC most often occurs in young and middle-aged adults. Men develop this disease more commonly than …
LASIK has been FDA approved here in the United States since 2003, just over sixteen years now. LASIK became very popular shortly after and peaked just before the recession in 2009. If you are now over the age of 40 and wear correction then you may at one time contemplated getting the procedure done, possibly …
Making Sense of Cataract Options When You Decide to Have Surgery You have been diagnosed with having cataracts in one or both of your eyes. This clouding of the lens behind your iris may have happened gradually over time, or it may have felt like this happened overnight. Visually, you may have blurry vision, lots …
Foreign Bodies in your Eye, can be Minor or Devastating So, you feel like there’s something in your eye. Let’s start with a very important question. How did it happen, and when? Did it fall or get blown into your eye, or was it driven in at high speed (Tools)? Next…, is it metal, organic, …
Technology continues to improve the way cataract surgery is done, including techniques available right here in Central Illinois such as drop-less cataract surgery. First, what is a cataract? A cataract is when the natural lens in your eye becomes hazy and cloudy making it difficult to see clearly. Common symptoms of cataracts include blurred or …
