Dr. Swales Vision Source Blog

Dr. Swales Vision Source Blog is your trusted source for informative articles, expert insights, and valuable tips related to eye health and vision care. Explore a wealth of knowledge on topics ranging from eye conditions, vision correction options, to maintaining optimal eye wellness. Stay informed and prioritize your eye health with our engaging and educational blog content.

Be Careful When Buying Costume Contacts

September 22, 2020

Colored contact lenses are sometimes the perfect final touch to take a Halloween costume to the next level. Unfortunately, not all costume lenses are created equal — or with equal concern for wearer safety. With Halloween coming up, we want to give all of our costume-loving patients some guidan...

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What Is My Ideal Eye Exam Frequency?

September 15, 2020

Dentists will tell you that you should have a dental exam every six months, but what about eye exams? Eye health is a little different than dental health, but preventative care is still a good idea, even when you don’t need a new prescription for your glasses or contacts. The human eye is incre...

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Maintaining Healthy Vision as We Age

September 8, 2020

A lot changes as we get older, including our eyesight. As we age, we should be vigilant in watching for signs of age-related vision loss, because early diagnosis is critical in preventing many sight-threatening conditions from progressing. We want our patients to be as informed as possible so tha...

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Eye Protection for Athletes

September 1, 2020

As eye care professionals, we’re big fans of eye protection, and that includes eye protection in sports. 90 percent of eye injuries can be prevented by wearing the right eye protection, which means 27,000 out of the annual 30,000 sports-related eye injuries in America could be avoided with this...

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Strange and Fascinating Animal Eyes

August 25, 2020

Just because we work with human eyesight, it doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate some of the unique eyes in nature. Depending on how they hunt (or avoid being hunted), where they live, and even how big they are, animals have a wide array of vision adaptations that human eyes don’t have. Let’...

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Protecting Your Eyes from Digital Strain

August 18, 2020

Many who have to rely heavily on digital devices for work have felt the discomfort of digital eye strain. Even if you’re on a device for social or entertainment reasons rather than professional ones, you might be familiar with this problem too. It only takes two hours of screen time per day to ...

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Why Kids Need Eye Exams

August 11, 2020

What comes to mind when you think of a school nurse’s office? We’re guessing your list probably includes vinyl recovery beds, jars full of wooden tongue depressors, and the big E eye chart. For over a century and a half, that big E chart (officially called the Snellen chart) has been an excel...

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The Basics of Pink Eye

August 4, 2020

Can you recognize the symptoms of conjunctivitis (pink eye) when you see them? The main ones are redness, itchiness, and either watery or thick discharge. Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the conjunctiva, which is the clear outer layer of tissue that covers the surface of our eyes, as well a...

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Having 20/20 Vision Isn’t Everything

July 28, 2020

“20/20 vision” and “perfect eyesight” are often used interchangeably, but they really shouldn’t be. There is a wide range of vision problems that have nothing to do with refractive errors like nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. These problems tend to go massively undiagno...

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Hey Kids, Your Glasses Are Awesome!

July 21, 2020

Kids often struggle to adjust to having to wear glasses. They’re already used to not being able to see clearly; the strange feeling of the glasses on their nose and ears and possibly teasing from their peers might not seem like a great trade for clear vision. What is a parent to do? Good eyesig...

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