American Eyecare Centers

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Glasses and contact lens technology. Wave Front/Free Form Progressives. The quality of a digital camera depends on the number of pixels it is capable of producing. The same is true for the clarity of a lens. These technologies allow lenses to be engineered with many times more precision resulting in lenses that offer increased clarity at all distances. To learn what these lenses can do for you visit our optical gallery. Bifocal contact lenses. The ability to focus from far away objects to objects that are close is slowly lost as we age. Once we have reached our early 40s we have lost enough of this focusing ability to notice. This usually means the need for bifocals or reading glasses. Today, with advances in contact lens technology, the need for glasses can be greatly reduced if not eliminated. There are many different designs that correct focusing difficulty. The process of finding the one that is right for some can be a process. Our doctors are experienced in these technologies and are eager to find the contact lens that is right for you. Acanthamoeba Keratitis. Acanthamoeba Keratitis is an eye infection affecting the cornea that is found most commonly in contact lens wearers who do not take proper care of their lenses. Acanthamoeba is a parasite found in unsterilized water, wearing contact lenses during swimming, hot tub use, or showering might increase the risk of infection. If left untreated, this infection can eventually cause blindness. Symptoms include redness, eye pain, tearing, light sensitivity, and blurred vision. Lazy eye, or amblyopia, is the loss or lack of development of central vision in one eye that is unrelated to any eye health problem and is not correctable with lenses. It can result from a failure to use both eyes together. Amblyopia is often associated with crossed-eyes or a large difference in the degree of nearsightedness or farsightedness between the two eyes. It usually develops before age six and it does not affect side vision.