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About
Dr. Clouse
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| Who is a good
candidate for LASIK? |
| The criteria for being a
LASIK candidate include a minimum age of 18, healthy
eyes, a stable refractive error that falls within a
certain range (up to 15 diopters of nearsightedness, 4
diopters of farsightedness, and 4
diopters of astigmatism), and no collagen vascular disease or
autoimmune disease (rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, etc).
Most importantly, you must have realistic expectations.
LASIK does not correct for presbyopia so patients who normally
need reading correction or bifocals before surgery will still
need reading correction or bifocals after the surgery.
Another option is to have monovision LASIK. As
with any surgery, there are risks involved. However,
the risks of an adverse outcome are less
than 1% with an experienced surgeon. |
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| I wear contact lenses
and often get red eyes... what can I do? |
| Dry, red, irritated eyes
are symptoms of many different things. Contact lens wear usually
slows any healing process with the ocular tissue so
temporarily discontinuing or cutting down your lens wear time
is usually advised. The
most common causes of red eyes are dry eye
secondary to computer use, viral infection, medication
changes (such as antihistamines and birth control pills), over-use of contact lenses, contact lens
solution problems and anything that dehydrates your lenses (A/C, heater, fan,
etc). If any of your symptoms persist/worsen
or you're experiencing any ocular itching,
ocular discharge, ocular pain, vision changes, light
sensitivity or a sore throat/cold, have
your eyes examined for potential treatment.
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Dr.
Steven Clouse is an independent
optometrist in the Portland, Oregon
metropolitan area. The links
from this site are to pages that Dr.
Clouse has evaluated for quality of
content. Although Dr. Clouse
provides these links because he
believes there is more to eye health than
just periodic vision exams, the information
in this site and associated links may
not be appropriate for your particular
eye or health conditions. |
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