Leading Eye Surgeon Joins Eye Clinic of Austin

Thomas Henderson, MD, and Melanie Prosise, OD are excited to welcome leading eye surgeon Farhan A. Irshad, MD to the Eye Clinic of Austin family.

April is Sports Eye Safety Month

April is Sports Eye Safety Month, and with sports accounting for more than 40% of all eye injuries per year, Eye Clinic of Austin wants to bring attention to the importance of using proper eye protection. It’s estimated that 100,000 people suffer from sports-related eye injuries each year and over 13,000 of these injuries result in permanent vision loss.

March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month

The American Academy of Ophthalmology has declared March Workplace Eye Wellness Month. Almost 25,000 Americans make a visit to the emergency room each year because of a workplace eye injury.

Shingles and Your Eyesight

The Shingles vaccine is now recommended for everyone over 50 and it could save your eyesight. The majority of adults who get shingles are otherwise healthy and shingles that affects the eye usually occurs weeks after the initial onset of the disease.

Glaucoma Awareness this New Year

As we move into 2018, we take the month of January to spread awareness about a leading cause of blindness in the US – glaucoma. Glaucoma is called the “sneak thief of sight” because early on in the disease’s progression, there are no symptoms.