Dilated Eye Exams
You might think that because your vision is fine that your eyes are healthy, but visiting Jacksonville Eye Center for a comprehensive dilated eye exam is the only way to be absolutely certain. During your visit both of your eyes will be closely examined for any signs of vision problems and eye diseases. The dilation…
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New Year’s Resolutions for Your Eyes
Happy New Year to all of you! With the start of 2015 comes resolutions to be the best that we can be in the New Year. Many of us make goals related to health or exercise — losing weight is one of the most common New Year’s resolutions, but one part of our body that…
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Stop Rubbing Your Eyes
Even though it is a very natural reaction to rub your eyes when they’re feeling itchy, watery or otherwise irritated, it is important to keep your hands away from your eyes. Rubbing them can lead to eye injuries, infections or even damaged vision. Our eyes become itchy or irritated for a variety of reasons. Sometimes…
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What is Presbyopia?
One of the most common side effects of getting older is the loss of near perfect vision. All of a sudden you find yourself having to squint to see certain things, causing stress, eye strain and an overall feeling of annoyance. This decline in close-up vision is caused by a condition known as presbyopia, which…
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Don’t Take Your Vision For Granted
It’s easy for many of us to take our physical health for granted. Running, jumping and even climbing stairs doesn’t seem like a task until you’ve sprained an ankle or even broken a bone or torn an ACL. Similarly, having healthy vision is something so taken for granted by many of us that it tends…
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Poor contact lens care leads to a million eye infections each year in the United States
Many contact lens wearers will admit that there have been times that they’ve fallen asleep in their lenses or have even worn a pair of contacts longer than they were prescribed to do so. Some even admit to substituting water for contact lens solution in desperation. If you’re one of the 38 million Americans who…
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It’s Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month
Did you know that diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in Americans aged 20 to 65? Not many people do. Jacksonville Eye Center is taking advantage of the fact that November is Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month by helping to generate awareness among our patients and community. Statistics from the American Academy of Ophthalmology…
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October is Eye Injury Prevention Month
The month of October is Eye Injury Prevention Month and Jacksonville Eye Center would like to remind you that nearly half of all eye injuries occur in or around the home. Nearly 2.5 million people in the United States experience an eye injury each year, and nearly 1 million people have lost some degree of…
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World Sight Day
Thursday, October 9th is World Sight Day, a day of awareness created to help focus global attention on blindness, visual impairment and rehabilitation of those with visual impairments. World Sight Day is held each year on the second Thursday in October. The day is observed globally by those involved in preventing visual impairment or restoring…
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September is Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
September is Sports Eye Safety awareness month and we encourage anyone who participates in sports – children and adults alike – to remember to protect their eyes. Sports are the leading cause of eye injuries in children under the age of 16. Many people are unaware of how serious sports injuries are, and that these…
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