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  • Myopia Management

    Dr. Kathy Hendrickson, Family Vision Center|Dec 25, 2023

    We are very proud that we are expanding our scope of care in Myopia Management. Read more about how a new FDA Approved contact lens can be life-changing for your child. What Is Myopia? Myopia is a progressive and irreversible eye disease. Its common vision symptom is nearsightedness or the inability to see distant objects clearly. The underlying cause of myopia is due to the eye growing longer than it should. The eye with myopia is longer from front to back than the eye without myopia....

  • Migraine and light sensitivity

    Dr. Kathy Hendrickson, O.D., Family Vision Center|Nov 20, 2023

    A migraine is a neurological disease that can be debilitating. It can include many different symptoms: such as headaches, nausea, vomiting, visual auras, fatigue, depression, and more. Light Sensitivity and its Relationship to Migraine Attacks Migraine attacks can be triggered by a whole range of factors, from stress and hormones to weather and certain foods and light (sunlight, flashing lights, fluorescent lights, and from electronic devices). Light is a common trigger for migraine attacks. A high percentage of migraine sufferers also...