EYE CARE TIPS

Given the choice, many people would gladly choose contact lenses over glasses to correct their vision. Contact lenses are not only perceived as more attractive, many people consider them a better corrective vision option for their active lifestyles. Unfortunately, some patients in need of vision correction haven’t been able to take full advantage of contact lenses because of an eye

As we grow older, aging can bring unwelcome changes to our vision. While most of these may only require lifestyle tweaks to accommodate them, a few serious age-related conditions like cataracts and glaucoma can cause major vision loss. The doctors and staff of Hattiesburg Eye Clinic are committed to helping their older patients avoid the dangers posed by these and

Suleman Ali, a fifty-year old Hattiesburg businessman, thought his eyes were healthy. So he was surprised about three years ago when a routine eye exam revealed a serious problem. “During my annual exam at Hattiesburg Eye Clinic, Dr. Stoney Williamson found that my eye pressure was too high,” says Ali. “He diagnosed me with glaucoma and put me on medication

Pick virtually any ophthalmol­ogist’s practice and you’ll find patients who complain of vitre­ous floaters. When, if ever, should these patients receive treatment? Visit aao.org to learn more.

Cataracts are one of America’s leading causes of blindness, gradually robbing people of sight later in life. June is Cataract Awareness Month and vision care providers like Hattiesburg Eye Clinic are raising awareness about this serious condition, as well as the amazing treatment advances of recent years that not only restore vision but in some cases improve it. A cataract

Last year Beverly Crawley underwent surgery at Hattiesburg Eye Clinic to remove cataracts distorting her vision. During each of her two surgeries, one for each eye, she received an intraocular lens (IOL) to replace the natural eye lens. Each procedure took less than 10 minutes, and later each surgery day she went home. Combing her hair a few days after,

Beverly Crawley had a lot of problems with her vision. She had lost a lot of her focusing ability with age and from astigmatism (a misshapen cornea). She also had cataracts, a condition in which the eyes’ natural lenses become cloudy, which causes viewed objects and colors to lose their clarity. To make matters worse, when she developed an ulcer

Hattiesburg Eye Clinic’s Dr. David Richardson remembers clearly what he was thinking when he first saw a picture of his eye taken last May with Optomap, a new type of retinal imaging camera. “I told the company representative, there must be some mistake,” says Dr. Richardson. “This has to be the image of another patient – it can’t be mine.

When she was first diagnosed with cataracts in 2005, Mary Kurka’s physician told her she would know when it was time to have them treated. This past fall, she knew the time had finally come. “I began to notice I couldn’t read weather warnings or news alerts on television,” says Kurka. “Colors were fading – everything looked dull and gray

 Hattiesburg Eye Clinic Patients Enjoy Better Vision During her last vision check-up, Barbara Harvey’s ophthalmologist, Dr. Todd Williamson of Hattiesburg Eye Clinic (HEC), told her it was time to correct the cataracts in her eyes they had been monitoring for some time. “I asked him when it could be done and he said they could start on one eye that