South Western Eye Care

28/06/2021

South Western Eye Care is an essential care provider and will continue to remain open for the local community throughout lockdown.

Feel free to contact us if you have any concerns relating to attending your appointment. The conditions for entry at our practice include:

- Asymptomatic (No cold/flu symptoms).
- Not identified as a close or casual contact to a known Covid19 case.
- Not directed to be in isolation
- Not awaiting a Covid19 test result.
- Not under NSW Public Health Unit Advice

A face mask/covering must be worn at all times when attending our practice.

12/04/2021

Presbyopia or Near sight failure treatment with refractive lens exchange. Presbyopia is a gradual, age-related loss of the eyes' ability to focus actively on nearby objects which usually becomes noticeable in the early- to mid-40s and worsens until around the age of 65. This may occurs in conjunctio...

20/02/2021

Narrow angle glaucoma

Narrow-angle glaucoma occurs when the structure inside the eye that allows fluid to drain normally from the eye (called the drainage angle) becomes restricted. Closure of the drainage angle can occur gradually with few symptoms (chronic angle-closure glaucoma) or suddenly and severely with painful s...

09/01/2021

Glaucoma treatment with Laser (SLT). Selective Laser Trabeculoplasty, or SLT, is a form of laser surgery that is used to lower intraocular pressure in glaucoma. It is used when eye drop medications are not lowering the eye pressure enough or are causing significant side effects as shown in the two p...

15/12/2020

CHRISTMAS CLOSURE!

PLEASE NOTE: Our clinic will be closed from Monday 21st December 2020.

We will reopen on Monday 11th January 2021.

Wishing you a Safe and Joyous Festive Season and a Happy New Year. 🎄

14/07/2020

REFRACTIVE LENS EXCHANGE (RLE) with the Alcon Vivity implant What is presbyopia? Your eye forms an image of the world by focusing light that enters the eye through the cornea and passes through the inner crystalline lens where it is focused onto the retina. Over time, the inner lens may lose it flex...

27/04/2020

Pterygium is a non cancerous growth of the conjunctiva. The cause of pterygium is UV light exposure and chronic irritation from dusty enviroment. The condition can cause extreme eye discomfort including, burning, irritation, redness, tearing, foreign body sensation and astigmatism (visual defect). T...

08/04/2020

COVID-19 and pink eyes

COVID-19 and pink eyes Besides causing life threatening pneumonia, the new coronavirus can also lead to "pink eye," as the virus can be spread by tears. Although conjunctivitis (pink eye)is a rare manifestation of this disease, we should take all the necessary precautions to prevent conjunctivitis,....

19/03/2020

COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES

Due to the current pandemic of COVID-19, rest assured we are taking utmost precautions in regards to your safety and ours. We have hand sanitizer and washing stations available to all staff and patients. We continually sanitize all equipment after each patient and all surfaces within our practice are disinfected multiple times daily.

We are now taking temperatures of every patient, staff member and visitor within our practice to ensure we identify any health risks. If you see us in masks, rest assured, this is for your safety and our own. None of our staff have tested positive for COVID-19 and should this occur, a two week isolation as per the NSW Health guidelines will be effective immediately.

If you feel sick or are experiencing any of these symptoms: fever, coughing, shortness of breath, runny nose or sneezing, please kindly reschedule your appointment for a later date, once your symptoms have resolved.

If you have recently tested positive for COVID-19, traveled overseas within the last 14 days or have come into contact with someone with COVID-19, please notify our staff prior to your appointment.

We thank you for your understanding during this challenging time. Kind regards, staff at South Western Eye Care.

28/01/2020

Happy Lunar New Year! 🐁 We wish everyone a healthy and happy 2020 from all the doctors and staff at South Western Eye Care.