Scleritis is inflammation of the sclera and deep episcleral vessels. It typically presents with a deep aching pain, not responding to simple analgesia and sometimes waking the patient from sleep. Scleritis is an uncommon cause of red eye, but vital to diagnose, as untreated it may be vision (or glob
Ophthalmologists are not surprised at the ongoing difficulties the District Health Boards (DHBs) are having with timely ophthalmology follow-up appointments. ‘Fight the queue’ has always been a challenge for all eye clinic workers, made worse by the advent of anti-VEGF treatments, which have massive
Auckland Eye celebrated 12 years of offering continuing education with the last of its Insight seminars for the year at the beautiful Orakei Bay venue in Auckland.
Adjoining the consulting room of my specialty practice, Bay Eye Care, is an office shared by a clinical psychologist and a private psychiatrist. Fortunately, none of my patients are yet to require
I have never been an employer. I have been a boss to a team of employees, but if the wages aren’t coming from your own pocket, it’s a different thing, is it not? For the most part, I have only worked for the corporate kind of boss: the one who is spending someone else’s money. It was only my earlie
Early in my business career I learned to endure strategic planning sessions. These came complete with those dreaded modern-day instruments of torture, the white board, butchers paper and, wait for it …post it notes. We spent an eternity discussing, what seemed to me to be, ambiguous and ephemeral co
Most patients take a while to adjust to a new set of specs but if your patient is a child, it can take considerably longer, especially if it’s their first time wearing them. To help smooth the way, here’s a few handy tips I’ve picked up from people in the know, and from being a mum! Before you know
Preventing childhood visual impairment is a priority of the World Health Organisation’s “Vision 2020 - The Right to Sight” due to the high emotional, social and economic cost for the individual and the wider community. Many causes of childhood visual impairment are preventable. Ocular screening prog
Kiwi eye health professionals took to the airwaves in October adding their voice to the call for governments on both sides of the ditch to ban eyeball tattooing, following yet another patient horror story. Auckland ophthalmology training registrar Dr Zak Prime and New Zealand Association of Optomet
Risk factors For rapid glaucoma disease progression; Virtual clinics in glaucoma care: face-to-face versus remote decision-making; Risk of visual field progression in glaucoma patients with progressive retinal nerve fibre layer thinning.
After the Christchurch earthquakes, a paper titled, ‘Disorientated and immobile: the experiences of people with visual impairments during and after the Christchurch, NZ 2010 and 2011 earthquakes” appeared in the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, written by Dr Gretchen Good, Dr Suzanne Phib
There are hundreds of companies that manufacture eco-friendly eyewear these days. The most popular sustainable material is bamboo as it’s self-regenerating and needs little to no water to survive. Bamboo also replenishes itself within just four years from harvest, which is a great deal faster than a