Eye Doctor, MD, P.C.

08/24/2024

At the Women in Ophthalmology conference this weekend. Learning lots of new things. And love seeing all the amazing female docs in our field:

In the dry eye field:

1) Lacrifill– a new punctal natural insert to help dry eyes which last for six months. I’m excited to try this in our patients!

2) Blink Nutritears - a nutritional supplement to help dry eye patients with Lutein and Zeaxanthin (which also can help macular degeneration), made by B&L which makes Blink drops. We have samples in the office!

3) more support for Ivizia drops (OTC) which also help dry eye pts, prescription meds Tyrvaya (which I’ve been using for 2 years with great results in pts) and Xdemvy (amazing treatment for demodex blepharitis which I’ve also been using for almost a year)!

Shilpi Pradhan, MD - Lifestyle Medicine

05/11/2024

To celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mother's Day, we are offering our book, How Healers Heal, FREE again on Kindle for this weekend only!

Did you know 22 of the 33 authors in our book are Asian/Indian?

My chapter in our book is all about my journey on becoming a mother. I have a more personal and detailed memoir that may never be released but I let you into the heart of my journey in my chapter in our book, How Healers Heal.

If you haven't gotten your copy yet, here's your chance to get the Kindle edition free. (Link in comments).

Please tag someone who would also love to read our stories and learn about our struggles and transformations. Support your fellow physicians and leave a honest and hopefully positive review as well after your read our book about our health journeys.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there including my amazing Mom who helps take care of me and my kids every day!

04/27/2024

So proud of our book! Let me know what you've learned from the book when you read it and your favorite lesson.

https://www.americanlegacyawards.com/2024awardannouncement.html

How Healers Heal is an American Legacy Book Awards Finalist in the 1) Best New Nonfiction, 2) Health - General, and 3) Health - Women's Health categories!

04/19/2024

If you live in the Richmond area, you have seen the carpet of yellow pollen covering all of the cars and sometimes the street as well. The rain helped settle it out of the air and left beautiful yellow swirls in the parking lot one day after work too!

Some tips to help you combat itchy eyes during this time of year and dry eyes that can be made worse with allergies too:

1) Wash your hands and face too after coming in from outside. So simple but important to get the allergens off your hands, face and clothes when you come in from outside.

2) Do not rub your eyes. So simple but important! Rubbing your eyes or even an allergic rash activates your immune system to bring more immune cells/mast cells and release more histamines which can make the allergic reaction worse.

3) Use a triple therapy approach if needed - eye drops, nasal sprays and oral meds. If the allergies are affecting your ability to breathe, you need to see your doctor and maybe get inhaled medications or steroids.

Check out my blog post for more information!
https://www.eyedoctormd.org/2024/04/19/allergy-season-is-here/

04/18/2024

Comments on my new Goodbye Dry Eye online course Facebook ads…

It’s ok. I created the course to help people.

Priced at only $349 with a 20% off coupon too when watching the free webinar.

I know what I learned in grade school… if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. You do you and I’ll keep helping people any way I can!

Drop me a comment or send me a message if you want the link to my new course!

04/17/2024

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/what-to-do-with-leftover-solar-eclipse-glasses

You have three options for what to do with your leftover eclipse viewing glasses: Keep, donate or recycle them. If you keep them, be gentle with them so they stay safe to use.

04/08/2024

We sold out of our solar eclipse glasses and were able to donate $360 to St. Jude's Children's Hospital today. Hope everyone had a safe and fun solar eclipse day! Thanks for all your support!

04/07/2024

Our zip code on NASA website.
Not much cloud cover as previously predicted.
Should be good viewing weather!

04/07/2024

Did you know there are phases of the solar eclipse and different cool sites you can see during the two phases?

According to the NASA website, there are a few phases.

1) Partial Eclipse
- First contact - when the moon first "touches" the sun
- The sun appears as a crescent
- Shadow bands - remember physics? These are rapidly moving dark and white bands sometimes visible on the sides of buildings
- Bailey's beads - light rays from the moon edge through valleys of the moon's horizon
- Diamond ring - when a single bright spot remains at the edge of the moon before totality

2) Totality - moon completely covering the sun (1-4 minutes only!)
- also known as second contact
- no direct sunlight so it is the only time when safe to look at the sun without solar eclipse glasses but don't look if you are not sure and not in an area where totality will exist (we will not get totality in Virginia, only 83%)
- can see a pink circle around the moon (chromosphere of sun)
- you may see 360-degree sunset
- the temperature may drop up to 10 degrees

3) Partial eclipse again with same events as prior partial eclipse
- Brightening - aka third contact when the moon starts moving off the sun again and you start to see the sun peeking out again
- make sure to get your glasses back on if you're in an area of totality.

4) Fourth contact - none of the sun is covered by the moon's shadow and the eclipse is over!

Other reminders:
1) Remember your sunscreen and protective clothes
2) you cannot use the solar eclipse glasses over your camera. That requires a specialized solar filter

Remember, if you don't have solar eclipse glasses, you can use the indirect viewing method to look at the effects of the eclipse and it's pretty easy to make! Check it out on the NASA website.

During a solar eclipse in high school (when I didn't have eclipse glasses), I still got to experience it by being under a tree and seeing all the shadows of the leaves as crescent shadows. It is such a cool memory to this day.

Have a great solar eclipse everyone tomorrow April 8th, 2024, and stay safe!

02/17/2024

Get your FREE Kindle copy of The Night of Christmas Miracles by Pam Soddu (now through Sunday) and show her some love by leaving a rating/review! Thank you!