Macular degeneration is a widespread eye condition that causes loss of central vision in patients.  Typically, macular degeneration is an eye problem of advancing age and is more typical in fair skin and light eyed patients.  Macular degeneration runs in families and tends to occur slowly; therefore regular eye examinations are important.  The eye doctors at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown new york in Long island examine many patients with this eye problem and typically see drusen or calcification in the macula, which is the center of the retina, as the first sign.  Patient complain of metamorphopsia which describes distortion of a visual image.  There are treatments for macular degeneration including eye vitamins, laser and possible injections for wet macular degeneration.  Macular degeneration is dry when there is no bleeding under the retina and wet when new blood vessels form and start to bleed under the retina.  As patients age, cataracts devel

A stye or hordeolum is a boil or pimple on the skin of your eyelid. It usually happens when there is an infection in the root of the eyelash or a meibomian gland. A meibomian gland is a gland in your skin that produces an oily material which helps to moisten and protect your eyes  by preventing the water layer on your eye surface from evaporating. Symptoms of a stye are redness, pain and swelling on your eyelid. You may see white, pus-filled spot with a head on it close to the edge of your eyelid and it may be very tender as well. When left untreated it can become a chalazion. Once the initial inflammation has gone, you may be left with a bump that is painless on the underside of your eyelid. The most common cause of a stye is a bacterial infection. It is estimated that close to 90%  of styes are caused by staphylococcal bacteris, which is usually found  on your skin and inside your nose and mouth. Commonly  associated with styes is a process called blepharitis.

Long Islanders have trusted the board certified eye doctors and eye surgeons at North Shore Eye Care in Smithtown New  York in long Island for many years.  Dr. Sidney Martin started North Shore Eye Care in 1962 back when  there were no office buildings in Smithtown in Long Island.  Quite a bit has changed since then and Smithtown is now a busy surburban town close to new york city.  Dr. Sidney Martin started with general eye care of patients with glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, dry eye, diabetes and diabetic retinopathy and grew later to encompass the latest in lasik and laser eye surgery.  His son, Dr. Jeffrey Martin, along with Dr. Larry Zweibel and Dr. John Mauro round out the current board certified team of lasik surgeons and lasik doctors.  We do the very best in lasik laser eye surgery including ilasik, which is the most advanced way possible to have lasik. With ilasik, we use Intralase, a blade-free laser to make a superficial flap i