Pugliese Family Eye Care

Dr. Dave found a men's wedding ring at Willow Field in Greenville. If anyone is missing one or knows anyone who is, let us know. You can pick it up at our office.

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We will be closing today for an office meeting until 1pm today. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Please consider purchasing a ticket and enjoy a fun evening while helping the cheerleaders. Make sure you hit the drop-down box when asked “how did you hear about us” and click on Sarah Brown, my granddaughter and super star cheerleader.
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Pugliese Family Eye Care updated their business hours.

In accordance with the CDC recommendations we will be cancelling all routine care until 6 April 2020. Our staff will be calling to reschedule appointments to later dates. If you have not received a call feel free to call us to reschedule. We will still be seeing patients who have an urgent need(e.g. retinal detachment, foreign body, corneal scratch,...), eye exams are not considered urgent. We will still be in the office for eyeglass and contact lens pick ups. You will still be able to order you contact lenses over the phone. If you are coming in to pick up please call to confirm we are here.

We will be closed for the 4th of July and also on July 5th and reopen on 8 July @9:00am. Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday weekend.

On Friday, April 19, we will undergoing a change of our computer system. That day we will not be able to see patients, schedule appointments or order contacts or glasses. However, we will be open if you would like to pick up glasses or contacts or pick out new glasses. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Today, Google is celebrating the man who helped our blind and visually impaired friends become more mobile on the streets. Thank you Seiichi Miyake!

Today's Google Doodle Was Under Your Feet This Whole Time You might have missed this ingenious invention right beneath your nose

We are open today until 1 pm. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

While we dig out of the snow today, Pugliese Family Eye Care will be closed. We will call and reschedule all of today’s appointments tomorrow, as our servers are down and we are unable to check our schedule remotely. We’re sorry for the inconvenience. We will re-open tomorrow at our regular time of 9 am.

To save you a click: No, they don’t. Dark green, leafy vegetables are better!

Do carrots really help you see in the dark? There's a surprising source to this popular myth, which stretches all the way back to an attempt by the British Air Ministry to hoodwink the Germans in WWII.

Our power is back on and we’re back open for business!

The power is currently out here at our building. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Joke Saturday: I just found out I was colour blind. The diagnosis came completely out of the purple.

It's the little thing in life...

This visually impaired baby seeing mom for the first time after getting special glasses • r/aww 335 points and 12 comments so far on reddit

Frequently asked Questions with Dr. Dave

Q: Do I need a specific magnification for Occupational Lenses?

A: Occupational lenses are calculated from your distance and near prescriptions. From a standard prescription any optician should be able to create a pair of occupational progressives for you. If you were to get glasses just for computer that were not progressives, generally speaking, that prescription will be your distance prescription plus half you near prescription. But this depends on how far you sit from your computer. If your computer is closer you may need slightly more power and if it's further you may need less power.

-Dave

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Frequently asked Questions with Dr. Dave

Q: Is dry eye curable? What are plugs? Will they cure my dry eye?

A: There is no "cure" for dry eye, but there are ways to treat it. Plugs work by blocking the outflow of tears through your tear duct. This allows the tears to stay in your eyes longer than normal and will reduce your dry eye symptoms. But it is not a cure. Sometimes the tears may still evaporate more quickly than they are produced despite the plugs and you will still have symptoms. This may depend on environmental factors as well (dry winter air, fan blowing in your face, etc).

There are two types of drops for dry eye: artificial tears and long term anti-inflammatories. The first category just replaces the tears you lose to the tear duct or evaporation. In the category of artificial tears there are two subcategories: lipid enhanced and non-lipid enhanced. The lipid enhanced have a bit of oil in them and they work best for combating evaporative dry eye. Naturally, your eyes produce oil for your tears to prevent the water part of your tears from evaporating, so replacing the oil later of your tears is important. If you don't wear contact lenses, these are the drops I recommend. If you do wear contact lenses, there are non-lipid enhanced artificial tears that do not have an oil emulsion. Sometimes the oils of the lipid enhanced tears can stick to the contact lens and cause cloudiness. Non-lipid enhanced artificial tears can be used to clear out the eyes of debris as well.

Currently on the market for long term ant-inflammatory drops for dry eye are Xiidra and Restasis. These are medicated drops that require a prescription and long term treatment. The exact mechanism between these two drops are slightly different but the general effect is the same. Both drops reduce inflammation in and around the eye to help produce more of your own quality tears. "Quality tears" is defined as tears having the correct proportion of oil, water and mucous. Oil helps prevent evaporation, water provides nourishment and mucous keeps the water attached to the eye. Inflammation will damage the cells that produce all three components of tears, therefore, reducing inflammation aids in the production of quality tears. These drops take a little while to work, two weeks in the case of Xiidra and one month with Restasis. However, these do not cure your dry eye because if you stop taking these medications the inflammation and consequently the dry eye will return.

Fish oil capsules can aid in the reduction of inflammation more generally and may help with dry eye but these medications reduce inflammation right in the eye and are generally more effective.

-Dr. Dave

If you have any other questions for Dr. Dave, he will be happy to answer them. Please feel free to leave a comment of your question and he will respond when he can.

We will be closing from 1 pm until 2 pm today for an office meeting. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

Attention Patients: This Monday, July 30, 2018, there will be no doctors in our office. The doctors will return on Tuesday, July 31. Sorry for any inconvenience. We will be open for glasses and contact lens pick up.

our phones and internet are working normally again. Thank you for your patience...patients...see what I did there?

Unfortunately our phone lines are down due to the accident yesterday. Hopefully Verizon fixes this asap. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Lower your risk of vision loss by calling us for an appointment!

This technology could replace the need for donor corneas and create an unlimited supply!

First 3D-printed human corneas The first human corneas have been 3D printed by scientists.

Rodan + Fields hit with suit over eyelash enhancer The skincare company is accused of failing to disclose side effects of a key ingredient in its Lash Boost eye serum

Leafy greens, not carrots

It is Salad Month! Leafy greens, such as spinach, contains nutrients that can improve your vision.

Learn more here: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/news/2010/mar/120301.htm

We are excited to announce the newest optometrist on our team Dr. Nicole Patricio, OD! She is a graduate of MCPHS college of optometry in Worcester MA where she graduated with her doctor of optometry and her masters in public health. She is a member of the Rhode Island Optometric Association and has been elected to their board of directors for 2017. Dr. Patricio completed her clinical training at Fenway Health Center in Boston MA.

Dr. Patricio was born and raised in New Bedford MA and earned her bachelors degree from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

We are happy to have her on board! You can schedule an appointment to see her on Tuesdays, just click the "Book Now" button on our page!

Thank you for the kind words Lisa! We enjoyed having you in!

Pugliese Family Eye Care COME IN AND SEE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING!

We are pleased to announced that after a long medical leave Dr. John R. Pugliese will be returning to Pugliese Family Eye Care on Monday, April 9! We sure missed him here!

What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—And Our Ability to See? Our eyes are hardening; we can barely see our phones any more. We must learn to look at the wider world.

Due to the impending storm, Pugliese Family Eye Care will be closing at 2pm today March 21, 2018. Please be safe.