For decades, patients facing surgeries have had blood draws in advance, so it can be stored and put back into them if needed. That procedure minimizes the risk of complications from transfusion of another donor’s blood. Eye doctors now employ a similar approach to treating dry eye disease, using autologous serum drops (ASEDs) which are... Read More

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Search Google for “dry eye,” and 1.3 million results pop up within a second. So, where should you begin to figure out how to cope with dry eye? The answers are complicated: The condition affects millions of people around the world in different ways, can fluctuate throughout your life, and has a myriad of symptoms... Read More

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Fifteen gallons of tears. That’s the low estimate for how much fluid the average person’s eyes produce in one year; some of us run as high as 30 gallons. We don’t think much about those tears until they stream down our cheeks in joy or sorrow. But healthy people tear up through the day in... Read More

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Dry eye and the need for tears has been recognized by healers since Ancient Egyptian times. Traditionally, doctors have battled the condition with dry eye treatments such as drops, warm compresses, even tiny punctal plugs that fit in the drainage structures of the eyelid to keep lubricating fluids on the surface longer. Yet new, noninvasive... Read More

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Dry eye disease sounds like a minor issue, right? Use over-the-counter drops, and you’re done. Yet the solution may not be so simple, because the tears that lubricate your eyes each time you blink aren’t simple. If your body can’t make enough or can’t keep them on the surface of your eyes, you’ll have a problem. Ultimately,... Read More

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Horizon Eye Care, consistently confirmed by peers as the most trusted eye practice in Charlotte, is now open in the one of the city’s most popular locations. Horizon’s new full-service, multi-specialty location features a state-of-the-art facility that includes 8,300 square feet of medical space. The staff at Waverly consists of four ophthalmologists, one pediatric ophthalmologist... Read More

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Horizon Eye Care will relocate to Waverly this fall. The current Arboretum location will close once this new space is completed. Read the full story from the Charlotte Business Journal. Detailed information about the Waverly multi-use development in south Charlotte is available at www.waverlyclt.com.

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It has been estimated that by age 65, one in three Americans has some form of a potentially vision-affecting eye disease. Most seniors may not be aware of their condition as some do not have any symptoms in the early stages, or they assume that their vision naturally declines with age. As our seniors live... Read More

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Horizon Eye Care is excited to announce the recent release of the book titled “Ocular Surface Disease” which includes a chapter written by one of our cornea and cataract specialists, Dr. Joseph Biber. Dr. Biber was selected by the leaders of the ophthalmology field to share his expertise on the management of very common conditions... Read More

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