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January 18, 2011
Dear Doctor, I am a student at the Community College and I suffer from frequent styes. They tend to be very painful. I recently consulted an eye speci...
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January 11, 2011
If you are like most parents, your childâs eyesight will be of the utmost importance to you. When evaluating your child for vision problems or dysle...
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January 4, 2011
Dear Readers, As we move into a new year, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for supporting me in 2010. I hope you enjoyed the article...
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December 21, 2010
Dark circles under the eyes can be a very disturbing phenomenon. Ladies seem to pay more attention to them than men. This is because dark circles can ...
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December 7, 2010
I have written several articles on this topic. The situation, my dear readers, has not changed much. A lot of patients are still ignorant about the pr...
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November 30, 2010
Eye drops come as suspensions or sterile solutions. They work directly on the eye. They are free from bacteria (sterile) before theyâre opened. Once...
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November 23, 2010
Gaining weight due to a lack of exercise and poor dietary habits can increase ones risk of diabetes, stroke and heart attack. Obesity and inactivity h...
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November 16, 2010
Dear readers, Last week, I replied to a letter from a distraught eyeglass wearer. He was convinced that there was something wrong with his prescriptio...
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November 9, 2010
Dear Dr. Onu, I would like you to explain this situation to me. Recently, I went to see an eye specialist and was told that I suffer from hyperopia, a...
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October 26, 2010
Hello Readers This is a story worth recounting! I recently had a 33-year-old male present at my practice with severe redness of both of his eyes. He w...
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October 19, 2010
Without proper education, you could be unwittingly putting your eyesight under threat. Most complications arise through the overuse and over wear of c...
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October 12, 2010
Hello readers, Today I write this article with a heavy heart. Recently, a young lady in her early 30s came to visit us. She presented with intense pai...
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October 5, 2010
Did you have fun doing the exercises from last week? If you are seeing this for the first time then please read the last three articles in this series...
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September 21, 2010
Hello readers, by now you must have gained some practice at assessing eye movements. A quick recap is in order: 1. When we are visualizing pictures in...
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September 14, 2010
Last week we started the discussion on visual cues. We discussed the fact that people move their eyes when they are thinking and that this valuable in...
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September 7, 2010
Have you ever taken the time to notice that people move their eyes when they are thinking? This valuable information is a powerful indicator as to whe...
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August 31, 2010
Last week we looked at the fact that there are two types of vision. The external vision: that we are mostly aware of and our internal vision. The imag...
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August 24, 2010
One of my favorite quotes is from Helen Keller and it goes like this: The only thing worse than blindness is having âSIGHTâ but no âVISIONâ. T...
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August 17, 2010
We were at a going away celebration of a mutually good friend and we started talking about how times have changed. Dr.Truchot spoke in his usual humor...
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August 10, 2010
Dear Doctor: Several days ago, I woke up with intense pain in my left eye. I do not recall anything happening to my eye. My eyes were tearing excessiv...
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August 3, 2010
Great eye sight is crucial for a childâs overall well being and development. Most children are not able to properly explain what their eye symptoms ...
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July 27, 2010
Continued from last edition 3. Use computer eye glasses: computer eye glasses are special prescription glasses that decrease strain on the eye by narr...
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July 20, 2010
As more and more people spend the majority of their working hours in front of a computer, the occurrence of eyestrain is on the rise. Millions of peop...
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July 13, 2010
Dear Dr Onu I am avid reader of your articles in the SEARCHLIGHT newspaper. I appreciate the education. I recently bought a pair of glasses from an ey...
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June 29, 2010
âDoctor, my eyes are always dry. I have used a lot of over the counter medications, but they donât seem to work very well. Could you recommend a n...
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June 22, 2010
In the past, spectacle corrections used to be the correction of choice. With the advent of modern technology, people are now choosing contact lenses a...
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June 11, 2010
Do you remember the days when the Kleenex was called a Kleenex, a Hoover was a Hoover, Baygon was Baygon and Clorox was Clorox? Nowadays, when we need...
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June 4, 2010
I cannot believe what I am hearing! Please repeat what you just said! No, that canât be true! This is what was going on in my mind, when this young ...
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May 28, 2010
I remember that conversation as if it were yesterday. I asked my patent: Do you suffer from any general diseases? The answer came backâ no doctorâ...
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May 21, 2010
It was Helen Keller who once said: âThe only thing worse than blindness is having âSIGHTâ but no âVISIONâ. The month of May has been declare...
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May 14, 2010
Do you remember the last time you went to your eye doctorâs office to take an eye examination? Your eye doctor did so many tests and when he was fin...
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May 7, 2010
Last week I promised to show you how to test your peripheral vision by yourself. Please bear in mind that this is a rough test. You can only use it fo...
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April 30, 2010
Hello again, Right now you are reading the words in this newspaper with both your eyes. You have your eyes pointed at these words and all you are real...
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April 23, 2010
Chemical Injuries to the eye are quite common if you think about it. Almost any chemical can cause eye irritation. Most of these irritations are incon...
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April 16, 2010
Listening to other people can be a wonderful thing - or it could lead to disaster. I remember once giving advice to a friend. He wanted to know if he ...
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April 9, 2010
âTIRED EYESâ is a condition which occurs more and more frequently in this modern day world. It is typified by a puffiness around the eyes and a he...
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April 1, 2010
LAST WEEK, I started explaining about the ancient Chinese healing methods of acupuncture and acupressure. Either firm pressure is applied on the skinâ...
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March 26, 2010
One of the frequent questions I get asked in my practice is this: Doctor, are there any natural ways to treat eye disease? The answer, my friends, is ...
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March 19, 2010
Glaucoma is best defined as a group of eye diseases that gradually steal your sight without any warning. Usually in the early stages of the disease, t...
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March 5, 2010
Hello readers, The week of the 7th to the 13th of March has been designated World Glaucoma Week by the World Glaucoma Association and as such I am ple...
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February 26, 2010
Dear readers, Two weeks ago I wrote about an organization that provides free eye care for millions of people all over the world, SEE International. Th...
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February 19, 2010
Dear reader I feel compelled to bring back an article I wrote early last year. The article was titled: âDo you know the name of your medication?â ...
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February 12, 2010
Dear Readers Last week I introduced you the wonderful organization called Surgical Eye Expeditions (SEE) International and their contribution to the p...
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