What is intraocular eye pressure and how is it important with glaucoma management?
Reading Time: 2 minutes What is intraocular eye pressure and how is it important with glaucoma management? Author: Dr. Joel Solano Most people have eye pressures that are between 11 and 21. With that said, if you have glaucoma, your doctor needs to determine what your eye pressures should be so that you do not lose vision. Even though […]
How do I get checked for glaucoma and what can I expect at my exam?
Reading Time: < 1 minutes How do I get checked for glaucoma and what can I expect at my exam? Author: Dr. Joel Solano You must visit your eye care provider in order to be checked for glaucoma. Only with a proper eye examination can you be sure that you do not have the disease. Everyone should be checked for […]
How is glaucoma treated?
Reading Time: < 1 minutes How is glaucoma treated? Author: Dr. Joel Solano If you are determined to have glaucoma and your eye pressure is continuing to cause damage, your eye doctor will start the appropriate treatment. The three general ways to treat glaucoma are by using eye drops, treating your eyes with laser surgery, or lastly by treating your […]
Why are eye exams important?
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Why are eye exams important? Author: Joel Solano Many eye diseases can start out with no symptoms at all and early detection can mean more treatment options. As a general rule you should get at least a yearly eye exam even if you do not need glasses or contact lenses. If you are an older […]
Who is at risk for glaucoma?
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Who is at risk for glaucoma? Author: Dr. Joel Solano There are many risk factors for glaucoma including having family members with the disease, having elevated eye pressures, having advanced age, being very near sighted, or identifying as Black, Hispanic, or Asian. People with certain diseases like diabetes, hypertension, sickle cell, sleep apnea, or migraines […]
What is glaucoma?
Reading Time: < 1 minutes What is glaucoma? Author: Dr. Joel, Solano Glaucoma is a disease that affects the eyes and causes vision loss. The scary thing about losing vision to glaucoma is that it cannot be recovered. Once the vision is lost to this disease, it’s gone. This is why early detection and treatment are so important. You cannot […]
Eye C better is launching it’s first to market digital therapeutic on February 2023 at the Glaucoma 360 conference in San Francisco. Tell us more about your exciting presentation:
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Eye C better is launching it’s first to market digital therapeutic on February 2023 at the Glaucoma 360 conference in San Francisco. Tell us more about your exciting presentation: Author: Dr. Joel Solano Patients to this day continue to lose vision to glaucoma. We are taught as physicians that the best way to improve disease […]
How Big Data is Transforming Healthcare
Reading Time: 2 minutes How is big data transforming healthcare? As the number of personal medical devices continues to expand what patients can safely and accurately measure about their individual health, the amount of data points healthcare providers have on their patients is exponentially growing. Fortunately, big data has paved the way for healthcare organizations to not only implement […]
Eye C Better finalizes agreement to develop world’s first non-contact device
Reading Time: 3 minutes Eye C Better Corp. Finalizes Agreement to Develop the World’s first Non-Contact Device for Managing Glaucoma at Home Indio, California, March 10, 2022 – Eye C Better Crop. is proud to announce the signing of an exclusive and worldwide License and Research Agreement with BIRAD Research and Development Company Ltd. and the Universitat de Valencia […]
Gold-Standard in IOP measurement significantly underestimates true IOP.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Goldmann applanation tonometry and Perkins tonometry significantly underestimate true intracameral IOP Intraocular pressure (IOP) is a key objective measure in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma. Goldmann Applanation Tonometry currently remains the gold standard for IOP measurements, however as the below reference paper entitled “Goldmann applanation tonometry error relative to true intracameral intraocular pressure in […]
