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Join Lake Nona Eye Care and the National Eye Institute in celebrating Healthy Vision Month, to bring awareness of the importance of taking care of your vision. Isn't it time you made your vision a priority?  Whether you need contact lenses, prescription glasses, or want to a lifetime of healthy vision for you and your [...]The post Celebrate Healthy Vision Month with Lake Nona Eye Care appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.

Whether you are looking for an eye doctor for updated contact lenses or prescription glasses, a vision exam can detect much more than just problems with your eyes. They can also discover health issues as well as diseases, before someone experiences any symptoms. A typical eye exam includes several tests. An eye muscle movement test, [...]The post Kissimmee Eye Exams; Affordable Contact Lenses & Glasses appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.

It may be natural to need glasses as we get older. It typically starts around age 40. It’s called presbyopia, when the crystalline lens in your eye undergoes changes and becomes less flexible. Making it difficult to focus on things up close. Reading starts to be more difficult. It could be that nagging headache you [...]The post Kissimmee Eye Exams, Multi-Focal Vision Contact Lenses & Glasses appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.

The internet has really come a long way, but as much as we want, it can’t do everything. You wouldn’t rely on a website  to give you direction to fill a cavity in your tooth or determine if you have something more than the flu. And you shouldn’t leave something as important as your eyes [...]The post Kissimmee/Lake Nona Eye Doctor; Are On-Line Vision Exams Safe? appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.

As a leader in the vision health industry, Lake Nona Eye Care receives lots of questions from our patients. One we get often is, How can I prevent getting cataracts? While making a few lifestyle changes can reduce your chances of getting and even delaying the onset of cataracts, we don’t have a sure-fire way [...]The post Orlando/Kissimmee Eye Exams; Preventing Cataracts appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.

While the idea of contact lenses has been around since 1508, the first modern contact wasn’t created till 1887. But we have come a long way since then! Today innovative lenses are available for several vision conditions  Light Sensitive Contact Lenses  New technology has pioneered a way for contact lens wearers to benefit from the [...]The post Orlando/Kissimmee Eye Exams; Latest Advancements in Contact Lenses appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.

Did you know, when it comes to most eye diseases, women are at a higher risk than men. More women have cataracts, glaucoma, dry eye syndrome,  and age related macular degeneration. Yet not all of them are having regular eye exams.  While there are no cures for most eye diseases, with early detection and treatment [...]The post Women’s Eye Health; Exams, Prescription Glasses, Contact Lenses appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.

How does stress affect your vision? A recent study finds stress is related to elevated intraocular pressure (IOP), has been found to lead to optic nerve damage, which leads to the most common form of glaucoma, primary-open angle glaucoma (POAG). In most cases, it goes undetected in individuals, before threatening their vision.  “Published in the [...]The post Kissimmee/Lake Nona Eye Exam; How Does Stress Affect Your Vision appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.

While having an eye exam may not be on the top of many Orlando residents ‘to do list’, but it should. A comprehensive eye exam can detect more than vision change.  Changes in vision happen gradually over time, so much so that most people don’t even notice. An optometrist performs many tests that rule out [...]The post Top Rated Kissimmee Eye Care, New Glasses & Contacts for Spring appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.

This time of year, many schools around Orlando and Kissimmee are performing vision screenings on our children. If they have this done at school or at the doctor, do they really need an eye exam by an Optometrist?  We get that question all the time here at Lake Nona Eye Care.  What is the difference [...]The post Orlando Eye Specialists; Vision Screening vs Eye Exams appeared first on Lake Nona Eye Care.