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Contrary to popular belief, color blindness does not mean seeing in black and white. Usually. The vast majority of colorblind people can still see some colors. Let’s take a look at the three basic categories of color blindness and how they can impact a person’s daily life. Red-Green Color Bli...

Most of us notice a person’s eye color almost immediately when we meet them. A striking pair of eyes can make a deep impression, and what could be more striking than a pair of eyes that don’t match? In scientific terms, that’s heterochromia, a phenomenon fairly common in cats and dogs but m...

Do you find yourself squinting at the computer screen or rubbing your eyes often? Is it hard to focus on small text or images? Do your eyes feel tired all the time? If any of these symptoms sound familiar, then you may be suffering from eye fatigue, also known as eye strain. Eye fatigue is ...

Do you spend a lot of time after the sun goes down looking at a bright screen? For as long as we’ve been using handheld devices to go online (and probably longer), many of us have had our eyes riveted to bright screens late into the evening. As optometrists, we can’t approve of this bedtime r...

Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of permanent vision loss for people over the age of fifty. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the slow loss of central vision due to the deterioration of the macula, the part of the retina with the highest concentration of photoreceptor c...

As we get older, the lenses in our eyes become less flexible. This is presbyopia, and it affects the majority of people older than 40. It’s why most people end up needing reading glasses even if they never needed glasses before. For those who already wear glasses or contacts, presbyopia makes t...

An underrated ingredient of a good quality of life is healthy eyesight. As many as one in six adults struggle with sight-threatening eye conditions and far more than that live with some level of vision loss as they get older. Age is a risk factor for many of the major causes of blindness, includi...

Since January is Glaucoma Awareness Month, now is a great time to learn about this serious eye condition. Glaucoma affects over four million Americans and is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide.¹ Fortunately, there are many treatment options available, and taking care of...

Clear eyesight requires all of the intricate parts and systems of the eye to work together. If one thing goes wrong inside the eye, it is often enough to seriously impact eyesight and the health of the eye. For example, we don’t often think much about the fluid inside the eye, but that fluid ha...

Binocular vision dysfunction (BVD) is a common but often overlooked condition that can cause a range of symptoms, including headaches, eye strain, and difficulty with reading and other visual tasks. At Primary Eye Care in Arlington and Memphis, we want to help you understand the symptoms of BVD a...