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Protect your child’s eyes from computer eyestrain & dry-eye:

⏱Take breaks

🎮Use blue-light reflectors

💻Adjust computer screen light

📱Hold devices18 to 24 inches away

😉Blink more often

⛑Visit your eye doctor yearly

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Here's how to PREVENT dry eye:

💦Stay hydrated

🕶Protect your eyes with sunglasses

🌬Avoid smoking

💨Avoid wind/AC/heat blowing directly in eyes

📖Take breaks from screens/reading

🌪Use a humidifier in the wintertime

🐠Add Omega 3 to your diet

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Instead of just dealing with symptoms, LipiFlow treats the source of dry eye: the lack of oil.
Lipiflow opens 🔓& clears the blocked glands, restoring natural production of oils.

Specialty Eye was among the first doctors in the WA to treat patients with LipiFlow🥇

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86% DryEye is from MGD.

⭐️The LipiFlow system delivers therapeutic energies to the meibomian glands while protecting the delicate eye area.
️As a result, the obstructed blockages are liquefied and pushed out making it a great option for MGD patients.

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For those with CHRONIC dry eye, Prokera @BiotissueInc may be right for you. It heals the eye surface using amniotic tissue; restoring your eye to a normal condition.

💥93% dry eye patients report relief from Prokera! 💥

Want more info?
☎️Call/text 425-821-8900
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For moderate to sever Dry Eye, consider these options and consult with your eye doctor:

☔️Plug tear ducts using silicone plugs (punctal)

☔️Use special contact lenses (prescribed by doc)

☔️Unblock oil glands using thermal pulsation- Lipiflow

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When home remedies ⛑ isn’t enough to manage your dry eye, it's TIME to consider:

💊Antibiotics for inflammation.
💧Prescription Eyedrops to control cornea inflammation.
👁Eye inserts that work like artificial tears.
😭Tear-stimulating drugs.
💉Eyedrops made from your own blood.

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Some things to consider when selecting over the counter products for dry eyes:

👨🏽‍⚕️Preservative vs. non-preservative drops

💧Drops vs. ointments

🚫Drops that reduce redness

Talk with your doctor about which might be best for you.
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Flaxseed and fish oil contain important dietary fatty acids that have multiple health benefits, including prevention or treatment of dry eyes.

Fish oils and fatty fish such as salmon, tuna and sardines are excellent food sources of omega-3 fats essential.

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People with dry eye 👁often benefit from washing their eyelids or applying warm compresses daily.

•Place warm a wash cloth or tea bags over eyes
•Gently rub the washcloth over your eyelids and the base of the eyelashes
•Use a mild soap on your eyelids. Rinse thoroughly.

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Some alternative dry-eye approaches may help relieve your dry eye symptoms. Discuss the benefits and risks with your doctor. Please note that further study is needed

🐠Fatty acids.

🌱Castor oil eyedrops.

📍Acupuncture.

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Here are 3 quick ways to alleviate dry eye symptoms at home!
💧Use a humidifier
💧Use warm compresses (10min per eye)
💧Artificial tears (eye drops)

Complete the questionnaire prior to initiating dry eye treatment and self-care.

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For ppl w/ occasional or mild dry eye symptoms, it's enough to use eyedrops 💦. For more serious cases, you have other options.

Some focus on reversing or managing while other treatments can improve your tear 💧quality or stop them from quickly drying.
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Top 5 ways to protect your eyes from 🖥screen time:

1. Adjust your computer screen settings; Brightness, Text size, color temp
2. Blink more often
3. Do the 20-20-20 rule
4. Take frequent breaks
5. Position screen 20 to 24 in from your eyes

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Last week we posted a short questionnaire 📝to help determine if it’s time to see your eye doc.

Your doctor will run a variety of tests 📊to determine the severity of your dry eye and put a stop to it.

Text us 📱425-821-8900
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Symptoms of computer vision syndrome include: eye fatigue and discomfort, dry eyes, headaches, blurred vision, neck and shoulder pain, eye twitching and red eyes.

One way to help your eyes? Digital screen protection glasses and see your doctor.

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Many are wondering how a doctor determines dry eye.

There are different approaches to test for dry eyes, but one of the most common is to run a Schirmer's test.

Its that simple. Now go take care of your 👀We only get the 2 🙄.

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Dry Eye can affect anyone at any age! If you suspect you may have Dry Eye, take this VERY short quiz and see if you need to call your eye doctor. It's that simple.

☎️Or call/text us 425-821-8900

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You might not know this, but your lifestyle actually plays a HUGE roll in your eye health 👀.
In today’s tech day & age, it seems like it’s easier than ever before to get dry eye 🙀 using screens, our medications, and so on.

Text us 425-821-8900
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✨🇺🇸Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸✨

Be sure to protect your eyes during this holiday....
God knows some of us need to invest in some protective
eyewear 😎😉

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