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Monthly Archives: July 2018
Jul25
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Ask An Ophthalmologist: What Is Macular Degeneration?

By Baptist Eye Surgeons - Knoxville Eye Care,Macular Degeneration

Macular degeneration is a common condition that causes the loss of central vision, which means that an object will be out of focus when you look directly at it. It’s called macular degeneration because it’s a deterioration of the macula, which is the small central portion of the retina that’s responsible for central vision. When the macula doesn’t work properly, your central vision appears blurry, darkened, or distorted. This can greatly affect activities like driving, reading, cooking, and other tasks that require you to focus on what’s in front of you. Macular degeneration does not affect your peripheral, or side, vision.
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Jul15
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How Smoking Increases Your Risk For Eye Diseases

By Baptist Eye Surgeons - Knoxville Eye Care

It’s common knowledge that smoking increases your risk of developing lung cancer and having heart disease or a stroke. But did you also know that smoking puts you at higher risk for developing eye diseases and losing vision?

Cigarette smoke is extremely toxic and contains as many as 4,000 active compounds, including tar, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, and heavy metals. In addition to harming the lungs, heart, blood vessels, and tissues of the body, these toxins have also been directly linked to two leading causes of vision loss, cataracts and macular degeneration.

Studies indicate that smoking can increase your risk of vision loss by up to four times. Smoking damages the blood vessels inside your eyes, damages your retina, and reduces the amount of oxygen that reaches your macula. Smoking also increases your risk of dry eye syndrome. In fact, smoking contributes to numerous eye diseases, such as: (more…)

Jul12
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Baptist Eye Surgeons Welcomes Dr. Anzeljc For Functional & Cosmetic Eye Surgeries

By Baptist Eye Surgeons - Knoxville Eye Care

Ophthalmology specialist Dr. Andrew Anzeljc will be joining Baptist Eye Surgeons in August, 2018. Dr. Anzeljc specializes in oculoplastic, tear duct, and orbital surgery, essentially meaning anything around but not in the eyeball.

Dr. Anzeljc obtained his medical degree from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2012, completed his internship at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, in 2013 and his residency in Ophthalmology at Emory University in Atlanta in 2016. He then completed a fellowship in oculoplastic and orbital surgery at Emory University in Atlanta in 2018 before joining Baptist Eye Surgeons.

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Jul6
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7 Corneal Conditions That Can Affect Your Vision

By Baptist Eye Surgeons - Cornea,Eye Infection,Knoxville Eye Care

The cornea is the transparent, dome-shaped window on the front of your eye that covers the iris and pupil. Its main purpose is to refract light. It also contributes approximately two-thirds of the eye’s total focusing power, even though its focus is fixed. The cornea consists of three layers:

  1. The stroma, which makes up most of the cornea.
  2. The epithelium, consisting of several layers of cells covering the exterior of the stroma.
  3. The endothelium, which is a single layer of cells lining the interior of the stroma.

Cataracts are usually the condition that’s familiar to most people when they think of eye problems. However, cataracts technically affect not the cornea but the eye’s crystalline lens, which is just behind the pupil and works with the cornea to focus light on the retina. Regardless, the cornea is susceptible to a number of other conditions, including: (more…)

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