Dr. Paul Krawitz's Ultimate Insider's Guide to Eye Health

The Ultimate Insider’s Guide to Eye Health contains 60 pages of critical information about common eye problems in simple, easy-to-understand language, including chapters about macular degeneration, dry eye syndrome, cataract surgery, diabetic retinopathy, and contact lenses.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Macular Degeneration Overview

• Visual Acuity
• Fundus Examination
• Fundus Photography
• OCT
• Fluorescein Angiography

2. Myopic Macular Degeneration

• The Amsler Grid

3. Lutein, Zeaxanthin and Beta-Carotene

• The Ground-Breaking Lutein Antioxidant Supplementation Trial
• Protective Effects of Lutein and Zeaxanthin
• A Double Benefit
• Additional Benefits of Zeaxanthin on Mental Performance
• The Latest Research

4. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Macular Degeneration

• How do Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help Prevent Macular Degeneration?
• Who Should Take Omega-3 Fatty Acids based on the current study?
• How does this study compare with AREDS (Age-Related Eye Disease Study)?

5. Avastin and Lucentis Injection Treatment for Macular Degeneration

6. The Genetics of Macular Degeneration

• Where It Started
• Don’t Know Genes? Here’s a Simple Explanation
• The First Big Breakthrough
• Other Important Information
• What The Macula Risk Test Can and Cannot Do

7. Macular Degeneration Quiz

8. Dry Eye Syndrome

• Dry Eye Syndrome Symptoms and Signs
• Causes of Dry Eye
• Diagnosis of Dry Eye Syndrome
• New Treatments Bring More Comfort to Dry Eyes
• Conserving Your Tears
• Nutritional Support
• Clinical Trials of Dry Eye Drugs

9. “Laser” Cataract Surgery

10. Intraocular Lens Choices

• Basic Monofocal Lens
• Multifocal Lenses
• ReZoom and ReSTOR multifocal intraocular lens implants
• Flexible Accommodating Crystalens
• Toric Intraocular Lens Implant — For Patients with High Astigmatism

11. Clear Lensectomy: The Lasik Alternative

• There are several benefits to Clear Lensectomy

12. Why do Flomax commercials contain a warning about Cataract Surgery?

13. Diabetes Mellitus and The Eye

• What is Diabetic Retinopathy?
• Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR)

14. Lasik and Laser Refractive Surgery

• You Can’t Have It All
• Different Types of Laser Vision Correction
• Lasik
• Epi-Lasik
• PRK

15. Why a Proper Contact Lens Fitting Isn’t Free

16. Why Pro Athletes Wear Contact Lenses