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Dilating Your Eyes Can Save Your Life
By James Wymore, M.D. Not everybody looks forward to a trip to the eye doctor. Patients often have to undergo eye dilation, which lengthens the time in the doctor’s office, makes the eyes sensitive to light and may blur reading vision. Can the eye doctor examine your...
Why Dilate Your Eyes During an Exam
The dilated eye allows almost the entire lens to be viewed and is one of the few places in the body we can see the blood vessels, nerves, connecting tissue in action - without surgery. During dilation, doctors may discover patients with poorly controlled high blood...
Save 50% Off Glasses for Children Under 18
Save on glasses for children under 18. One Day Sale Thursday, September 13th, 6:00 - 7:30 pm Only at our Rock Island office - 4731 45th St. Ct. Rock Island, IL Take 50% off frames and lenses including polycarbonate, anti-reflective and UV protection lenses. Receive a...
Cataract Surgery News
ESA reaches cataract patients in Monmouth. Eye Surgeons Associates is pleased to bring cataract surgery to patients well south of the Quad City area. Dr. Carlton Fenzl will be performing cataract surgery at OSF Holy Family Medical Center one Friday per month....
Protect Your Eyes on the Field and Court
Millions of school-age children participate in a sport in the U.S. But for some, not every memory is fond, especially for those kids who suffer an injury. Eye injuries are one of the leading causes of visual impairment in children. Athletes need to choose protective...
Early Vision Screenings for Children & Back to School Eye Exams
By Dr. John Frederick Getting ready for back to school: early vision screenings for children. Vision problems affect one in ten preschoolers and one in five school-age children. Children often don’t realize they have vision problems, yet until age 12, vision is 80%...
Make Regular Eye Appointments a Priority
Linda considered herself lucky for most of her life because she was the only person in her family who didn’t wear glasses. Then one morning she woke up and saw mostly black out of her left eye. She made the decision to make an appointment with Eye Surgeons Associates...
The Power of Teamwork
“This is the place to be for eye care,” says Denny, an Eye Surgeons Associates patient for five years. Denny has both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). He was first diagnosed with dry AMD in the right eye and wet AMD in the left and was referred to...
AMD Patients Have Choices
By Yasser Elshatory M.D., Ph.D. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common cause of vision loss in people 50 years and older. The single most important factor in determining who has this condition is age. A lot of progress has been made in the last 10 years in...