Visual loss common as patients age

As people age vision declines as well as most other bodily functions. This is due to a myriad of different causes such as loss of corneal clarity, cataract formation, glaucoma, diabetes, and macular degeneration, as well as other less common disease states.  It is quite common to have more than one cause for loss of vision in the elderly.  As the natural lens within the eye continues to opacify(cataract)  visual loss can sometimes be ignored because patients were told they have other ocular problems such as pigment alteration in the back of their eyes.  These pigmentary changes are associated with macular degeneration, but unless the cataract is removed it often isn't possible to tell just how much of the visual loss is actually associated with the observed macula changes.  Studies have shown that people with significant cataracts often get substantial visual impovement inspite of their apparent macula degeneration.

At North Shore Eye Care our Board Certified Ophthalmologists will be able to give you an accurate and honest assessment for your visual loss and recommend the most appropriate treatment for visual restoration.  You will find our equipment and office to be state of the art with testing peformed by expert technicians who will make you feel at home even while being examined.  For year after year we have been consistently recognized by Castle Connelly's Top Doctor's in the New York Metro area.