Advanced Retina Care

03/24/2026

Happy Birthday 🎁🎊🎈🎉🎂 Katie!
If you look close enough you can see she is wearing the Birthday Tiara 👑!

03/24/2026

The retina is the back part of the eye that contains the cells that respond to light. These specialized cells are called photoreceptors. There are 2 types of photoreceptors in the retina: rods and cones.
Rods work at very low levels of light. We use these for night vision because only a few bits of light (photons) can activate a rod. Rods don't help with color vision, which is why at night, we see everything in a gray scale. The human eye has over 100 million rod cells.
Cones require a lot more light and they are used to see color. We have three types of cones: blue, green, and red. The human eye only has about 6 million cones. Many of these are packed into the fovea, a small pit in the back of the eye that helps with the sharpness or detail of images.

03/23/2026

• A nevus (plural, nevi) in the eye is a common, benign, pigmented growth, similar to a mole on your skin. A nevus can occur either in the front of your eye, around the iris or colored part of the eye, or beneath the retina in the back of the eye. A nevus beneath the retina is called a choroidal nevus. Sometimes it is called a "freckle in the eye."
While most nevi are harmless, they still need to be watched regularly because, like a skin mole, an eye nevus could possibly develop into an ocular melanoma, or cancer of the eye.
• A nevus is caused by cells called melanocytes, which produce the pigment that colors skin, hair and eyes. Most of the time, melanocytes are distributed evenly, but occasionally they form clusters, which leads to the development of nevi.

03/19/2026

Our own lovely ☘️ leprechaun, Joyce! 💚

03/17/2026

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day ☘️🌈

03/17/2026

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️

03/08/2026

As we come up on daylight saving time, its as important as ever to get good sleep. Try sticking to a sleep schedule and avoiding heavy meals, alcohol, ni****ne, and caffeine before bed. It may also help to keep a dark, cool room and leave it until you feel tired enough to sleep. For more tips, read the page linked below:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/adult-health/in-depth/sleep/art-20048379

03/07/2026

03/07/2026

Don't forget!

03/06/2026

Friday Funnies!

03/06/2026

Treatments for Wet AMD: Anti-VEGF Therapy
The term "anti" means against and "vascular" refers to blood vessels. Anti-VEGF stands for "anti vascular endothelial growth factor". These drugs work by stopping a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) produced by cells in the retina from working.VEGF is an acronym for vascular endothelial growth factor. Currently, the most common and effective clinical treatment for wet Age-related Macular Degeneration is anti-VEGF therapy – which is periodic intravitreal (into the eye) injection of a chemical called an “anti-VEGF.” In the normal life of the human body, VEGF is a healthy molecule which supports the growth of new blood vessels. In the case of macular health, though, VEGF is unhealthy. It promotes the growth of new, weak blood vessels in the choroid layer behind the retina, and those vessels leak blood, lipids, and serum into the retinal layers. The leakage (hemorrhaging) causes scarring in the retina and kills macular cells, including photoreceptor rods and cones.
An intraocular shot of an anti-VEGF drug inhibits the formation of new blood vessels behind the retina and may keep the retina free of leakage. An injection in the eye can be a disconcerting experience, and it may take several treatments to become accustomed to the procedure. However, the shot is usually not painful because the eye has been anesthetized.