Therapeutic Contact Lenses for Keratoconus

Keratoconus is a progressive, potentially visually debilitating eye disease in which degenerative thinning of the cornea results in irregular bulging of the normally round cornea. This condition results in distorted vision, ghosting and glare-because of corneal warpage-and requires special contact lenses as glasses and ordinary contact lenses don’t work well for these patients. Although most people wear contacts for cosmetic reasons, there is a population of people that have to wear special contact lenses to be able to see properly. For these people these therapeutic lenses are a medical necessity because they can’t achieve useful vision with glasses. Keratoconus is one of these medical conditions.  Therapeutic lenses are also used for people who have had corneal transplants, scarred corneas or who suffer from severe dry eyes. These contact lens fittings are much more complex and lengthy as compared to regular fittings.

If you or a friend would like to learn more about therapeutic contact lenses or contacts for keratoconus, please feel free to call Seeta Eye Centers and schedule an eye examination by calling 845-454-1025, visiting Seeta Eye Centers or facebook.com/seetaeyecenters.

Seeta Eye Centers is conveniently located at 23 Davis Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603, Cecilwood Health Center, 969 Main Street, Fishkill, New York 12524 and 664 Stoneleigh Avenue, Suite 100, Carmel, New York 10512 for patients from Westchester County, Rockland County and throughout the Hudson Valley, Dutchess County and Orange County.

Vision & Night Driving Difficulties

Night driving is difficult for many people. Driving in the dark is much different from driving during the daylight hours. The human eye's field of vision is much smaller without the help of natural light. Sunlight provides the strongest light source. When it goes down at night, there are a variety of man-made lights that help drivers safely navigate the roads. Our eyes will adjust to lower levels of light (pupils dilate in darkness and constrict in brightness), but they have difficulty functioning properly when switching from bright to dark, or vice-versa. This can happen quite a lot on the roads at night when you look directly into the headlights of oncoming traffic.  Driving either just before sunrise (dawn) or immediately after sunset (dusk) are also very dangerous time periods on the roadways, and many car accidents occur during these times. The problem is that while the sky is still well lit, the roads begin to get dark. This causes a disparity between light and dark and can cause vision problems for drivers. Car accident statistics are jarring at night. Despite 60 percent less traffic on the roads, more than 40 percent of all fatal car accidents occur at night. If you must drive at night and feel less than confident, the following tips will help you improve your night vision and reach your destination safely.

Here’s what you can do to see as well as possible when driving at night.

• Make sure that your eyes are examined regularly by an ophthalmologist and that your eye prescription for glasses and contacts is up-to-date.
• Wear a pair of glasses with antireflection coating on the lenses.
• Do not wear sunglasses after dusk.
• Clean your windshield inside and out.
• Make sure your headlights are clean.
• Use your high-beams when you can.
• Dim your instrument lights to reduce brightness when you look at them.
• Adjust your rearview mirror to “night” setting to dim the glare of headlights when cars are behind you.
• Keep an extra two car lengths away from the car ahead of you at night.
• It is also advisable to have an eye exam with an ophthalmologist to rule out any possible eye conditions causing difficulties with night driving as well as discuss vitamins, nutritional therapy or medications helping to improve night time vision.

 If you have any concerns about your night time vision please feel free to call Seeta Eye Centers and schedule an eye examination by calling 845-454-1025, visiting Seeta Eye Centers or facebook.com/seetaeyecenters.

Seeta Eye Centers is conveniently located at 23 Davis Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603, Cecilwood Health Center, 969 Main Street, Fishkill, New York 12524 and 664 Stoneleigh Avenue, Suite 100, Carmel, New York 10512 for patients from Westchester County, Rockland County and throughout the Hudson Valley, Dutchess County and Orange County.

Contact Lenses for Astigmatism

Have you been diagnosed with astigmatism and think that you can’t wear contact lenses? It is estimated that 75% of people wearing eye correction have some amount of astigmatism correction.  Astigmatism is a refractive condition like myopia or nearsightedness and hyperopia or farsightedness. All of these common eye conditions cause the same thing-blur. Depending on how much astigmatism you have, you may not need to actually correct it in your contact lens prescription. If you do have moderate amounts of astigmatism, there are contacts for astigmatism that correct this problem and help you see clearly. With today's technology we can fit, prescribe and fabricate practically any astigmatic contact lens prescription.

If you or a friend would like to learn more about contact lenses for astigmatism, please feel free to call Seeta Eye Centers and schedule an eye examination by calling 845-454-1025, visiting Seeta Eye Centers or facebook.com/seetaeyecenters.

Seeta Eye Centers is conveniently located at 23 Davis Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603, Cecilwood Health Center, 969 Main Street, Fishkill, New York 12524 and 664 Stoneleigh Avenue, Suite 100, Carmel, New York 10512 for patients from Westchester County, Rockland County and throughout the Hudson Valley, Dutchess County and Orange County.

NY Eye Exams for Diabetic Retinopathy

“Regular eye exams are the best way to help prevent vision loss from diabetic retinopathy,” said Satish Modi, M.D., a NY eye physician and surgeon in the Hudson Valley with offices in Poughkeepsie, Fishkill and Carmel, New York. “The eye examinations for diabetic retinopathy need to be thorough and when necessary include advanced testing such as retinal photography, fluorescein angiography and ocular coherence tomography in order to really document how the retina and it’s blood vessels are functioning,” Dr. Modi further explained. “Depending on the severity and the risk of progression of each patient’s diabetic retinopathy we will advise them of the frequency and intervals for their exams. But, patients with diabetes need to know that it is terribly important to keep their appointments.”

Vision loss from diabetes and especially catastrophic vision loss from diabetic retinopathy can be prevented with early detection, diagnosis and treatment. If you or someone you know has diabetes or even elevated blood sugar levels they should work to prevent diabetic eye disease and problems with regular eye exams by calling Seeta Eye Centers by calling 845-454-1025, visiting Seeta Eye Centers or facebook.com/seetaeyecenters.

Seeta Eye Centersis conveniently located at 23 Davis Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603, 969 Main Street, Cecilwood Health Center, Fishkill, New York 12524 and 664 Stoneleigh Avenue, Suite 100, Carmel, New York 10512.

Disposable Contact Lenses for Kids?

Seeta Eye Centers Contact Lens Specialist Dr. Guzman loves to fit kids with contacts. “I really enjoy fitting kids with their first contacts. I love the expression on their faces when they can see around my exam room without glasses.” To be sure we take extra care when fitting children with contact lenses for the first time. “Those of us that have kids know how sloppy they can be. They must practice good hygiene when caring for contacts-but they usually don’t! That is why my lens of choice for kids is DAILIES®. They use them once and throw them away. No more worries of using dirty lenses, torn lenses etc. There is nothing better for the eyes than putting on a fresh pair of lenses every day. The comfort, vision, and safety can’t be beat.”

If you or a friend would like to learn more about disposable contact lenses for kids or fitting children with contacts, please feel free to call Seeta Eye Centers and schedule an eye examination by calling 845-454-1025, visiting Seeta Eye Centers or facebook.com/seetaeyecenters.

Seeta Eye Centers is conveniently located at 23 Davis Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603, Cecilwood Health Center, 969 Main Street, Fishkill, New York 12524 and 664 Stoneleigh Avenue, Suite 100, Carmel, New York 10512 for patients from Westchester County, Rockland County and throughout the Hudson Valley, Dutchess County and Orange County.

Cataract Surgery for NY Diabetes Patients

Cataractsurgery for patients with diabetes can be performed successfully with good results. “In performing cataract surgery and lens implants for patients with diabetes we are especially critical in our preoperative evaluations and apply cautious surgery techniques,” commented NY Cataract Surgeon Satish Modi, M.D. “For over a year now we have used the Alcon® LenSx® Femtosecond Laser to perform bladeless laser assisted cataract surgery for these patients. It has proven to be a real plus, giving us even greater confidence in the precision and predictability for higher risk patients.”

“Given the growing diabetic population in the U.S. and the fact that diabetes is a known risk factor for developing cataracts and diabetic retinopathy, it is not uncommon for diabetic patients to need cataract surgery and often at an earlier age than others who are not diabetic,” explained Andreas Wolter, M.D., a New York Cataract Surgeon at Seeta Eye Centers in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. “We know that diabetics can have some difficulty with wound healing. My cataract surgery incision is very tiny-2.2.mm-and really poses no additional risk to diabetic patients than to non diabetic patients. The really exciting thing about my cataract surgery technique is that I we now use the femtosecond laser for bladeless cataract surgery which gives me exquisite control of the wound and incision architecture each and every time I operate,” noted Dr. Modi.

Early diagnosis and treatment is the key to preserving eye health and vision with diabetes. If you or someone you know suffers from diabetes and is concerned about cataracts or in need of cataract surgery and lens implants please feel free to call Seeta Eye Centers and schedule an eye examination by calling 845-454-1025, visiting Seeta Eye Centers or facebook.com/seetaeyecenters.

Seeta Eye Centersis conveniently located at 23 Davis Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603, 969 Main Street, Cecilwood Health Center, Fishkill, New York 12524 and 664 Stoneleigh Avenue, Suite 100, Carmel, New York 10512 for patients from Westchester County, Rockland County and throughout the Hudson Valley, Dutchess County and Orange County.

Contact Lenses for Dry Eyes

Seeta Eye Centers Contact Lens Specialist Dr. Guzman remarked, “If I had a dollar for every time that I had a patient come in and tell me-“I miss wearing my contacts because my eyes are too dry,” I would be a multimillionaire.” As we get older our eyes do get drier, and this along with medications, hormone changes and environmental conditions can make wearing contact lenses uncomfortable. However, there is no need to discontinue contact lens wear. Contact lens companies have invested billions of dollars in researching new materials and designs to make lens wear more comfortable for patients with dry eyes. Two contact lenses-ACUVUE® TruEye® and Ciba DAILIES® Total 1® lenses are the lens of choice for my dry eye patients.  New contact lens technology combined with medications for dry eyes have made many dry eye patients happy again!

If you or a friend would like to learn more about contact lenses of any type including ACUVUE® TruEye® and Ciba DAILIES® Total 1®  contacts for dry eyes, please feel free to call Seeta Eye Centers and schedule an eye examination by calling 845-454-1025, visiting Seeta Eye Centers or facebook.com/seetaeyecenters.

Seeta Eye Centers is conveniently located at 23 Davis Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603, Cecilwood Health Center, 969 Main Street, Fishkill, New York 12524 and 664 Stoneleigh Avenue, Suite 100, Carmel, New York 10512 for patients from Westchester County, Rockland County and throughout the Hudson Valley, Dutchess County and Orange County.

NY Patients Prevent Diabetic Eye Problems & Disease

“We really want to work to help patients with diabetes from throughout the Hudson Valley avoid diabetic eye problems and the consequences of diabetic eye disease,” explained NY Ophthalmologist Andreas Wolter, M.D. Prevent Blindness America has designated November as National Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month. “What we know from the most recent Prevent Blindness America Vision Problems in the U.S. report is that diabetes is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults 20-74 years of age. This data is even more striking when you consider that diabetes affects 25.8 million people in the United States. Although there is no cure for diabetic eye disease, annual eye exams for diabetes patients are essential to help slow the progression of the disease,” said Dr. Wolter.

The Prevent Blindness America Vision Problems in the U.S. identified that there are almost 8 million people ages 40 and older who have diabetic retinopathy. This represents an 89 percent increase between the years 2000-2012. “While it is unexpected that that the incidence of certain eye diseases and problems increases with the aging of the baby boomer population, it is very disturbing to see the dramatic spike in diabetic retinopathy cases which is directly a result of the diabetes epidemic that is rampant in the U.S.,” Dr. Wolter explained. The vision loss from diabetic retinopathy can be prevented if it's caught early and treated in time. More than one third of those diagnosed with diabetes do not adhere to vision care guidelines recommending a dilated eye exam every year. As part of Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month we are urging people with diabetes to have a dilated eye exam every year.

In addition to having regular eye examinations and testing at the direction of your eye doctor, patients can help to reduce the risk of developing diabetic eye disease  by not smoking, controlling their cholesterol and lipid profile and blood pressure, as well as working to eat a heart-healthy diet rich in fish, fruit and green leafy vegetables and exercising. 

If you or someone you know has diabetes or even elevated blood sugar levels they should work to prevent diabetic eye disease and problems with regular eye exams by calling Seeta Eye Centers and schedule an eye examination by calling 845-454-1025, visiting Seeta Eye Centers or facebook.com/seetaeyecenters.

Seeta Eye Centers is conveniently located at 23 Davis Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York 12603, Cecilwood Health Center, 969 Main Street, Fishkill, New York 12524 and 664 Stoneleigh Avenue, Suite 100, Carmel, New York 10512 for patients from Westchester County, Rockland County and throughout the Hudson Valley, Dutchess County and Orange County.