A broad range of systemic conditions such as lupus, hypertension, diabetes, and more will affect your eyes. The doctors at Brookside Optometric Group can coordinate with your primary physician to document and control the changes to your vision and the health of your eye.
We provide treatment for bacterial and viral conditions that affect the cornea, as well as specific inflammatory diseases that affect the iris.
To make setting up your next eye exam even easier, we’ve added online appointment requests! Once you submit your information our staff will confirm your appointment within 24 hours.
Pink eye and red eye are common eye conditions and have various causes ranging from infections, allergies, irritantants, and styes. Mild cases of pink or red eyes get better on their own, but moderate or severe cases need further attention. If any of...
Glaucoma is generally thought of as a disease whereby the pressure of the fluid inside your eye rises to the point of causing damage to your Optic Nerve. Inside your eye, there is always a fluid being produced to bathe the eye tissue with new nutrien...
Keratoconus is an eye condition whereby the corneas (the central clear part of the front surface of the eye) become curved in an irregular manner. The first signs of this syndrome usually can be detected around the age of puberty and the progression ...
According to the CDC, 1 in 3 adults have high blood pressure in the United States.1 With this systemic disease, there are huge consequences for our bodies, including the eyes. Blood pressure is the force of blood against your artery walls as it circu...
One out of 10 adults over the age of 20 has been diagnosed with diabetes. Many adults can suffer from the effects of sugar fluctuations on their eye health. Diabetic eye disease is the leading cause of blindness in adults over 20 years old in the Uni...
October is no longer just an orange and black month in the spirit of Halloween. October is also a pink month—October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. October is the month when major campaigns to promote early detection of breast cancer with screenin...
As I examine patients and ask about eye disease in their family, nearly everyone has heard of glaucoma and cataracts (although only occasional patients can remember which is which!). Relatively few patients are familiar with Macular Degeneration, als...
As we’ve kicked off this New Year feeling refreshed and looking forward to carrying out our many New Year’s resolutions (some being more realistic than others of course...), let’s add one more thing to that list: Seeing the best that you can in 2017....
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