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With this blog, I hope to share to important issues in Ophthalmology, Eye Care and Sight that I see and treat every day in my office. I welcome your questions and comments.

Dr Noah Klein MD

• EYE PAIN When a patient complains of eye pain asking the right questions often helps determine the cause of the pain. This makes the diagnosis and treatment easier. It is helpful to distinguish between eye pain caused by external factors such as a foreign body on the surface of the eye and......
• Senator Barak Obama Has A Head Tilt August 18, 2008 Noah Klein, MD Noah Klein, MD, PC   Senator Barak Obama Has a Right Head Tilt    Watching the Saddleback Church Forum with Pastor Rick Warren interviewing Senator Barack Obama on Saturday August 16, I was struck by the marked and obvious tilting of the Senator’s head......
• WHAT IS GLAUCOMA? WHAT IS GLAUCOMA? Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve often associated with increased intraocular pressure (IOP). Elevated IOP alone is not enough to make the diagnoses of glaucoma. Some patients may have glaucoma when their IOP is within normal limits. This is called Normal Tension Glaucoma (NTG). Conversely......
• BLEPHARITIS Blepharitis is an inflammation of the eyelids. Patients often complain of red eyes, eye irritation, itching, foreign body sensation (feeling of something in the eye), ocular discharge, crusting and flaking of the eyelashes. Some get red pimples on the eyelid and refer to them as styes. Get more information here. Most......
• CORNEAL ULCER Eye pain, redness, light sensitivity and decreased vision can be caused by a corneal infection called an ulcer. A corneal ulcer is a collection of white blood cells in the cornea which is sometimes visible as a white dot in the cornea. You can get more information here. If you......
• Contact Lens Irritation Part 2: Dry Eye Dry eye is a very common cause of contact lens problems and contact lens intolerance. It causes wearers to feel as if there is something in their eyes, a foreign body sensation in their eyes, as if there is grit or dirt in the eye, and eye pain when......
• VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - PINK EYE Dr. Noah Klein Noah Klein, MD, PC August 4, 2009 Red eyes with itching, tearing, clear discharge and a foreign body sensation (feeling of something in the eye) can be caused by a virus. This is called viral conjunctivitis or “pink eye” and can be quite uncomfortable.It may be difficult......

• How to Handle Corporate Blog Comments One of the biggest issues in the corporate blogging world is whether or not you should allow readers to comment on your blog posts. There are two main schools of thought to the issue, basically yes and no. However, we believe that it is important to allow your readers to......
• Effective Blog Commenting - How to do it Correctly There are all sorts of ways to increase your website traffic but one of the easiest and cost free methods of doing it is blog commenting. If you can comment at the right times on the right blogs you will be able to send targeted traffic to your website via......
• How to Increase Blog Traffic With Comments A really great endeavor worth pursuing when trying to learn how to increase blog traffic is to use blog comments in order to attract a steady stream of people to your blog. When you leave strong comments in other blogs, it can play a large role in how to increase......
• Blog Posting Ideas (Pt. 2) Be a news source – New things are always happening in the world, regardless of the topic. Advancements in technology, new ideas, or even new markets come up all of the time. Thanks to this, you really should have no problem finding things to write about. You could use RSS......
• Learn What You Must Do To Create A Big Impact Through Blog Commenting Every webmaster and blogger relies upon traffic generation for success and that is why it is important to use methods that have proven to be effective like blog commenting if you want to send highly targeted traffic to your own blog or website. Every IMer and Webmaster worth his/her salt......
• Using Blog Commenting While Internet Marketing Blogs and blogging have moved from a small personal diary to the mainstream of online communication. Blogging gives your visitors and readers the ability to interact with you quite easily. Also they allow the ability for you to update without the knowledge of HTML or any other web language.......
• Cure For The Blog Commenting Blues Blog commenting - Get The Conversation Started [/caption] Blogs that are the most active tend to be the most thriving and lots of quality comments are a good indicator that your blog is on the right track. There could be many things holding people back from blog commenting on your......